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 is more than a place to work, it’s a thriving, connected neighbourhood designed around your whole day. Pick up everyday essentials, visit the dentist, fit in a workout, grab a haircut or meet over lunch, all without leaving campus. With less life admin waiting for you after work, there’s more time for the people and pastimes that matter most.
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Campus trails
25%
off selected bus journeys
FREE
bike hire
For quick commutes and lunchtime rides.
And all this, too
For work, life and everything in between.
Morissons
Post Office
Gym
Dentist
Hair salon
Nursery
Hotel
Hearing care
Physio & rehab
Chiropractor
Private event hire
Conference centres
Co-working spaces
Meeting room hire
Sports pitches
End-of-journey facilities
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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Life sciences and healthHarwell Health Cluster Celebrates 10 Years
16th Sep
13:30 – 16:30 | CO:LABS, Harwell Campus
Join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Harwell Health Cluster and help…
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Campus life | Defence & SecurityDefence Cluster Breakfast: Building Stronger, More Diverse Supply Chains
6th Oct
8:40 – 9:45 | Launchpad, Quad Two
The Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Chilterns Regional Defence and Security…
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Science and innovationPhysical Computing Teacher Workshop: Coding with Crumbles
24th Sep
16:00 – 17:30 | Online
Bringing computing to life in the primary school classroom with this hands-on…
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Science and innovationRAL Lecture – New perspectives in laboratory astrophysics experiments
24th Sep
14:00 – 15:30 | R22 Pickavance Lecture Theatre and Zoom Webinar
Come along to R22 Pickavance Lecture Theatre or join online to hear from…
Wellbeing & nature
Trails on campus
Walk, run or cycle through landscaped areas, rewilding zones and out towards the Ridgeway.
