Milton Park is the UK’s largest single ownership innovation community,[1] situated in Vale of the White Horse in South Oxfordshire, England.

In 1984, MEPC plc acquired Milton Park and in 1988, the management team made the decision to support science companies, startups and Oxford University spinouts.

[4] In addition to its occupiers, Milton Park features a variety of amenities including cafés, food outlets, a gym with a swimming pool, pharmacy, Post Office, Amazon lockers, MOT centre and a day nursery.

[6] The Royal Flying Corps established Milton as a storage depot in 1916 and during the Second World War, RAF ordnance units were built.

[22] Milton Park supports a variety of charity and business networks,[23] a school engagement programme, stakeholder and occupier events and onsite amenities.

Comprising nearly three million sq ft, Milton Park holds a Local Development Order[28](LDO), which is a simplified ten-day planning policy agreed as part of a partnership with the Vale of White Horse District Council.

Milton Park’s Bee House has its own sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) that attracts wildlife and helps prevent flooding.

The facility was designed with a particular focus on sustainability and incorporates air source heat pumps, a demand-based laboratory ventilation system, as well as low energy lighting and appliances.

The consortium responsible for the trial comprised Milton Park is served by the following bus services all operated by Thames Travel:[43] X2 (Oxford-Abingdon-Milton Park-Didcot)[44] X32 (JR Hospital-Oxford-Milton Park-Didcot-GWP South)[45] X36 (Didcot-Milton Park-Grove-Wantage)[46] 33/33A (Abingdon/GWP North-Milton Park-Didcot-Wallingford-Henley)[47] There is a disused siding for rail freight, connected to the Great Western Main Line and the nearest train service is to Didcot Parkway station.

The findings support the case for buses to be equipped with greater driver-assistance technologies, similar to the way that smaller vehicles like cars are evolving.

[52] Composed of representatives from Park occupiers, it was combined with the Sustainable Travel Forum set up in 2017[53] and aims to share best practice and raise awareness of existing green initiatives around energy use, recycling and transport.

Milton Park holds the British Standards Institution (BSI) ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management Systems (EMS).

It has a zero-to-landfill waste policy,[54] resulting in approximately 250 tonnes of mixed recycling being processed each year, reducing its environmental impact.