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Begbroke Science Park is ascience park located five miles north ofOxford, England. It is owned byOxford University and managed as part of the university'sMathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division It lies within the parish ofBegbroke, although it is only accessible from the village ofYarnton on theA44.[citation needed]
The site has been the home of research facilities since 1960, when the Weed Research Organisation was established there. It was later used as the Technology Centre of theCookson Group. The site was bought by Oxford University in 1998,[1]
The university owns 200 acres (81 ha) of land surrounding the research park, mainly devoted to agriculture, of which the Science Park is developed on a 10-acre site at the centre.[2]
Begbroke Science Park has over 30 different high tech spin out and start-up companies. In 2017, a new science enterprise centre, known as the Begbroke Innovation Accelerator, was opened in the park as an extension of the Centre for Innovation and Enterprise.[3]
Two Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) units are located on the site:
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