Science Area, Oxford

For the business district, see Oxford Science Park.
Science Area

Oxford Science Area
Science Area
 Science Area shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSP515069
Civil parishunparished
DistrictOxford
Shire countyOxfordshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Oxford
Postcode district OX2
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentOxford West and Abingdon
WebsiteScience Area, University of Oxford
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°45′32″N 1°15′14″W / 51.759°N 1.254°W / 51.759; -1.254

Oxford University Science Area sign on the Keble Road Triangle in Oxford.

The Oxford University Science Area in Oxford, England, is where most of the science departments at the University of Oxford are located.[1][2]

Overview

The main part of the Science Area is located to the south of the University Parks and to the north of South Parks Road, bounded by Parks Road to the west. Some departments are also located south of South Parks Road. Close by to the northwest, further departments are located in a triangle of land bounded by the Banbury Road to the west, Keble Road to the south, and Parks Road to the northeast, opposite the University Parks, known locally as the Keble Road Triangle.

Redevelopment

The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter further to the west between Woodstock Road and Walton Street, where the Radcliffe Infirmary hospital used to be located, is now being developed by the University for a number of departments, following the granting of planning permission in 2009. The re-organisation of this central part of the university’s science campus is accompanying the construction of a new Biochemistry Building design by Architects Hawkins Brown and Terra Firma Landscape Architects[3] worked with them to design the new public interest and external facilities required by staff, researchers and students.

Departments

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 276–282. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  2. ↑ Tyack, Geoffrey (1998). Oxford: An Architectural Guide. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 281–283. ISBN 0-19-817423-3.
  3. ↑ Landscape Architects.
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