Warneford Park is a collaboration between Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Oxford, and a local benefactor. Together, we aim to improve mental health care for people living in Oxfordshire and beyond, and have developed plans to transform the Warneford Hospital site into a major mental health and medical research campus.
Update
Our planning application is being considered by Oxford City Council's Planning Committee on 21 April.
Read the planning application submission announcement →Oxford's world-class centre for Mental Health and Brain Sciences
Our plans include
A new mental health hospital
A brand-new facility to replace the current 200-year-old Warneford Hospital, which is no longer deemed fit for modern services.
A major research and innovation facility
Space for world-leading medical research at the University of Oxford, with additional provision for biotech, pharmaceutical and start-up companies.
A new University of Oxford college
The first new college in Headington — ensuring a long-term future for the Grade II-listed hospital building, restored and expanded for post-graduate medical education.
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January 2026
Warneford 200: Mental Health Through the Ages
With plans for the future of the Warneford Hospital site under consideration, this year also marks 200 years since the hospital opened in Headington.
January 2026Warneford Park planning application: an update
Improvements to road safety proposals and additional environmental data submitted to Oxford City Council.
December 2025A new dawn for mental health inpatient care in Oxfordshire
Britta Klinck, Chief Nurse for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, discusses how the new mental health hospital will have an enormously positive impact on the quality of mental health care for people living in Oxfordshire.