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The Oxford Business Park is a business park
Business park

A business park or business estate is an area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. All of the work that goes on is commerce, not industry or residential....
 of 88 acres at Cowley
Cowley, Oxford

Cowley in Oxford, England, is a residential and industrial area that forms a small conurbation within greater Oxford. It has a population of about 16,500 people....
 on the eastern edge of Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The park is immediately adjacent to the Oxford Ring Road
Oxford Ring Road

The Oxford ring road is a ring road around the city of Oxford, England. It is a dual carriageway for most of its length apart from a short section to the North between the Woodstock Road and Banbury Roads....
.

The park was developed on the site of the original Morris Motors factory, sold in 1992 by British Leyland to the property group Arlington Securities. Arlington was itself sold to the Australian property company Macquarie Goodman, now the Goodman Group
Goodman Group

Goodman Group is an Australian integrated industrial property development and property management company.The organisation was founded in 1989 as a private property trust focused on industrial properties, listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1995 as Goodman Hardie Industrial Property Trust....
, in 2005.

Major tenants include Blackwell Publishing
Blackwell Publishing

Blackwell Publishing Ltd was a learned society publishing company based in Oxford, England. It was formed by the merger of two earlier Blackwell companies in 2001 and was taken over by John Wiley & Sons in 2007....
, Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson Motor Company is an United States manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company sells heavyweight motorcycles designed for cruising on the highway....
, Oxfam
Oxfam

Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice....
, Royal Mail
Royal Mail

Royal Mail is the national mail of the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turns operates the brands Royal Mail , Parcelforce and General Logistics Systems....
 and HM Revenue and Customs. There is also a hotel on the site.








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The Oxford Business Park is a business park
Business park

A business park or business estate is an area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. All of the work that goes on is commerce, not industry or residential....
 of 88 acres at Cowley
Cowley, Oxford

Cowley in Oxford, England, is a residential and industrial area that forms a small conurbation within greater Oxford. It has a population of about 16,500 people....
 on the eastern edge of Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The park is immediately adjacent to the Oxford Ring Road
Oxford Ring Road

The Oxford ring road is a ring road around the city of Oxford, England. It is a dual carriageway for most of its length apart from a short section to the North between the Woodstock Road and Banbury Roads....
.

The park was developed on the site of the original Morris Motors factory, sold in 1992 by British Leyland to the property group Arlington Securities. Arlington was itself sold to the Australian property company Macquarie Goodman, now the Goodman Group
Goodman Group

Goodman Group is an Australian integrated industrial property development and property management company.The organisation was founded in 1989 as a private property trust focused on industrial properties, listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1995 as Goodman Hardie Industrial Property Trust....
, in 2005.

Major tenants include Blackwell Publishing
Blackwell Publishing

Blackwell Publishing Ltd was a learned society publishing company based in Oxford, England. It was formed by the merger of two earlier Blackwell companies in 2001 and was taken over by John Wiley & Sons in 2007....
, Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson Motor Company is an United States manufacturer of motorcycles based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company sells heavyweight motorcycles designed for cruising on the highway....
, Oxfam
Oxfam

Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice....
, Royal Mail
Royal Mail

Royal Mail is the national mail of the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turns operates the brands Royal Mail , Parcelforce and General Logistics Systems....
 and HM Revenue and Customs. There is also a hotel on the site.

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