Science Area, Oxford

Science Area

Oxford Science Area
Science Area
Science Area shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SP515069
Civil parish
  • unparished
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Oxford
Postcode district OX2
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Science Area, University of Oxford
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.

History

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History opened on Parks Road in 1860. Several science departments moved within the building—astronomy, geometry, experimental physics, mineralogy, chemistry, geology, zoology, anatomy, physiology and medicine.[3] As the departments grew in size over the years, they moved to new locations along South Parks Road.

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.

Redevelopment

The new Biochemistry Building was designed by Architects Hawkins Brown. Terra Firma Landscape Architectsworked with them to design the new public interest and external facilities required by staff, researchers and students.[4]

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. ↑ "Introduction". web.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2018-08-28.
  4. ↑ Landscape Architects.


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