Campus life
| Sports
Lunchtime Pilates
26th Aug
12:30 – 13:30 | Quad Two, Rutherford Avenue, OX11 0DF
Join us on Wednesday lunchtimes at 12.30pm from 5th August – 14th October…
LIFE
at Harwell
A connected campus with room to think, move, meet and recharge.
LIFE BEYOND THE LAB
Acres of green space. Hundreds of organisations. One campus community.
Surrounded by Oxfordshire countryside and acres of traffic-free space, Harwell brings together world-leading science with everything people need for a better working day.
Meet over coffee, join a sports team, explore the campus trails or take time out in nature. With food, fitness, everyday services and a busy programme of events all close by, it is easy to feel part of the Harwell community.
Make the most of Harwell
Everything you need, easier to find
Whether you work here every day or are visiting for the first time, find the food, facilities, activities and information you need.
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Eat & drink
Coffee, street food, team lunches and somewhere to meet after work.
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Sports & wellbeing
Sport, fitness, community groups and plenty of space to reset.
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Get here & around
Plan your journey by bus, rail, bike or car.
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Find essentials
Healthcare, childcare, shops, services and accommodation.
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Join in
Discover events, activities and groups across the campus.Get here & around
Simple ways to get here
Plan your journey, move around campus and find the travel option that works for you.
Travel Hub
Your campus travel base.
Live journey information, secure cycle storage, showers, bike maintenance and onward travel.
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Bus travel
Let someone else do the driving.
Harwell Campus employees receive 25% off selected South Oxfordshire Zone tickets through the key or the Oxford Bus app, including multi-trip, weekly and annual options.
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Rail connections
Connected by rail.
Didcot Parkway rail station is only 5 miles away, with direct services to Central London (Paddington) in under 45 minutes and Oxford City Centre in under 15 minutes. Frequent bus services, taxi’s and bike hire are available to onward travel to campus.
Plan your journey
Cycling
A better way to move.
Available to use to and from campus, simply locate a bike via the Donkey Republic app and you’re good to go.
Explore cycling
Lift share
Share the journey.
Find a convenient, cost-effective way to travel by matching your commute with other Harwellians.
Find out more
future of travel
Get around with Darwin
Travel around Harwell for free on our zero-emissions autonomous shuttle, running two weekday routes across campus via the ESA building.
Track DarwinEvents for everyone
Join in the fun
At Harwell we have an event directory that is jam packed with a variety of events. From educational, networking and science specific partnering opportunities, to fun team building days such as our famous annual Cup Challenge, Harwell has something for you.
Campus life
| Science and innovation
Engineering Modern Life: Jonn Elledge Q&A
1st Sep
17:00 – 18:00 | Lightbox Café, The Quad
Explore the ideas behind 31 Inventions That Built Our World with Jonn Elledge…
Campus life
| Sports
Lunchtime Yoga
3rd Sep
12:30 – 13:15 | Ground Floor, Quad Two, Rutherford Avenue, OX11 0DF
Free lunchtime yoga sessions with Wellbeing with Rachel…
Campus life
DiSH Monthly Quiz Night
3rd Sep
18:00 – 20:00 | DiSH, Second Street, OX11 0GD
Tease your brain and win a prize – have you got what it takes? Come along…
Science and innovation
3rd UK-Switzerland Bilateral Call for Joint Innovation Projects
3rd Sep
11:00 – 11:00 | Online
** Applications close at 11am on 3rd Sept ** Bilateral call to strengthen…
Campus life
| NextGen
Harwell NextGen: Social at Lightbox Café
3rd Sep
16:30 – 17:30 | Lightbox Café, The Quad
** Save the Date ** NextGen is the Harwell community for early-career…
Campus life
Commuting to Campus Breakfast
8th Sep
8:40 – 9:30 | DiSH, Curie Avenue
Join us for our annual Commuting to Campus Breakfast to discover the alternative…
National facilities
| Science and innovation
Designed to Last a Million Years: The Materials Shielding Our Nuclear Legacy
10th Sep
17:30 – 19:30 | Ridgeway House, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Campus, OX11 0QX
The Central England Branch of the Nuclear Institute would like to welcome you…
Science and innovation
Training Course: Practical Laboratory Skills
16th Sep
9:30 – 16:30 | Advance Training Centre, MRC Harwell, Harwell Campus, OX11 0RD
Having the knowledge and confidence to work safely in the laboratory is an…
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Wellbeing & nature
Space to reset
Walk, run or cycle through landscaped areas, rewilding zones and out towards the Ridgeway.
