20 +
places to eat & drink
Coffee, breakfast, street food, team lunches and somewhere to meet after work.
LIFE
at Harwell
A connected campus with room to think, move, meet and recharge.
Life at Harwell
A lot more than a place to work
Harwell has been designed to make sure everything you need is on campus.
21+
Sports teams & facilities
including Pavilion, full size cricket, rugby and football pitches
35%
off bus journeys for Harwellians
FREE
bikes &
e-bikes
to get to, from and around campus
For work, life and everything in between.
Morissons
Post Office
3 Gym’s
Dentist
Hair salon
2 Nurseries
Hotel
Hearing care
Physio & rehab
Chiropractor
Co-working spaces
Meeting room hire
Sports pitches
End-of-journey facilities
300+ person Conference centre
More events than any other campus in the UK
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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Getting around
Plan your journey by bus, rail, bike or car.
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Find essentials
Healthcare, childcare, shops, services and hotel.
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Events
Discover events and activities across the campus.Get here & around
Simple ways to get around
Plan your journey, move around campus and find the travel option that works for you.
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.
View bus information
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 for free, 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
Travel Hub
Your campus travel base.
Live journey information, secure cycle storage, showers, bike maintenance and onward travel.
Request access
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
The UK’s most eventful science campus.
We host more events than any other science campus in the UK.
Harwell has a packed calendar of educational sessions, networking events and science-focused partnering opportunities, alongside team-building activities such as our famous annual Cup Challenge. Whatever your interests, there’s always something happening at Harwell.
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National facilitiesInside Diamond – In Person Public Open Day
20th Sep
:01 – 23:59 | Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus
Ballot closes 23:59 on Sun 20 Sept. Our Inside Diamond open day events offer the…
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National facilitiesDidcot Café Scientifique hosts Diamond Light Source
20th Oct
19:00 – 21:00 | Cornerstone Arts Centre, 25 Station Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7NE
Dr Adrian Mancuso joined Diamond in November 2022 from the European XFEL…
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Campus lifeRocket Fuel: Free coffee for Harwell’s Innovators
30th Sep
8:00 – 12:00 | The Quad
Powered by White & Black and Anderson Law Rocket Fuel is a free pop-up…
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Space and satellitesThe Kármán Line – Podcast Recording at Harwell
14th Oct
16:00 – 18:00 | Quad Two, Rutherford Avenue, OX11 0DF
Hear The Kármán Line podcast recorded live on campus. Hosted by Dr Alice Bunn…
Wellbeing & nature
Trails on campus
Walk, run or cycle through landscaped areas, rewilding zones and out towards the Ridgeway.
