The site’s dedicated power supply gives it a significant edge in a region bursting with ambitious organisations and companies leading the surge in pharma and life sciences innovation, advanced engineering, deep tech, and new technologies.
With exceptional connectivity, close proximity to world-leading universities and research facilities and ready access to a burgeoning workforce, the site has quite rightly been described as a ‘jewel in the crown’ of north Oxfordshire.
The site provides a ‘blank canvas’ for occupiers to create their own bespoke building that is not readily available elsewhere.
Find out moreAt the heart of the Oxfordshire economy is Bicester, a rapidly growing hub attracting significant investment.
Find out moreBicester Arc benefits from excellent infrastructure, providing unrivalled access via road and rail with junction 9 of the M40 within five minutes’ drive time.
Find out moreBicester Arc is based in a prime location near Bicester Village retail park and has excellent transport links, with Junction 9 of the M40 only a five-minute drive away, ensuring seamless connections to London, Birmingham, and beyond.
It also has enviable rail links – Oxford is just 14 minutes away by train, while London Marylebone is reachable in 46 minutes. The development of the East West Rail project will connect communities between Oxford and Cambridge and has completed the upgrade of an existing section of railway between Oxford and Bicester.
The site is also close to a park and ride scheme and has efficient bus services. For visitors from further afield, Heathrow Airport is 50 miles away, Birmingham Airport is 57 miles and Luton Airport is 47 miles from Bicester Arc’s doorstep.
One important sustainability feature is the pedestrian access – 2,000 people live within a 10-minute walk of the site, so future employees can easily walk or cycle to their new workplace, boosting an occupier’s green credentials.
With a target of building 10,000 new homes in Bicester by 2031, the town’s population is expected to increase from 30,000 to more than 50,000 people.
A further 5,000 homes are planned for north west Bicester from 2031 onwards. The new residential developments include a pioneering eco-town.
Thousands of workers are choosing Bicester as their home, making it a prime location for new business development opportunities in Oxfordshire.
Oxford – just 12 miles from Bicester – is home to one of the UK’s most established life sciences clusters. Oxford Science Enterprises nurtures the scientific start-up ecosystem for the University of Oxford and has introduced more than 250 companies since 2015, including Oxford Nanopore and Oxford Biomedica.
This ‘golden triangle’ region linking London, Oxford and Cambridge is bursting with pioneering businesses and ‘unicorn’ start-ups and is ripe for further expansion and economic growth.
Automotive skills and businesses are an important part of the local economic ecosystem – with the ‘motorsport valley’ featuring a number of F1 teams and resulting engineering and development clusters. Investors include Andretti Global, which has recently opened a new F1 facility at Silverstone Park.
Bicester is a rapidly growing hub attracting significant investment from technology and science-based industries, including pharma, life sciences and biotech communities, to advanced manufacturing and engineering firms. Siemens Healthineers is building a new £250m headquarters in North Oxfordshire to design and manufacture MRI magnets and pioneering electric flight motor manufacturer Evolito is creating a new HQ at Catalyst Bicester.
These clusters of technology-driven companies are attracting even more high-tech businesses – and the educated and highly-skilled workforces they require. With 53% of residents holding a degree or higher, Oxfordshire ranks among the highest in the country for educational attainment.
Are you an investor or business looking for a ‘blank canvas’ area of land to create your own bespoke building?
Bicester Arc is one of Oxfordshire’s most promising business development opportunities, offering the ultimate flexibility with a variety of plots that can be split or combined, making it ideal for a single or multiple occupiers or a campus of buildings.
It has the capacity to accommodate a wide range of operational needs, from pure office buildings to hybrid mixed-use facilities.
It has secured three major planning permissions so far, offering more than 600,000 sq. ft of flexible commercial space. This includes detailed permission for a 62,000 sq. ft headquarters office/laboratory building and 100,000 sq. ft across two office and research and development facilities. The sustainable buildings will be designed and built to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating and EPC ‘A’.
The feather in the cap of the site’s offering is the dedicated primary substation delivering a 13.7 MVA power supply solely for occupiers. This ambitious step was taken due to a shortage of deliverable power across the immediate area and to safeguard Bicester Arc’s future success.
Among the site’s special features is the dedicated 15-acre eco park which will be created for the exclusive use of the development’s occupiers, providing a habitat-rich environment with walking routes for people to enjoy.
This exciting package of amenities provides the perfect launchpad for any national and international company aiming to create its own identity in a prime location, on a site that will support their ambitions from day one.
