Jericho Wharf Trust

Key questions and answers about compulsory purchase

Will the boatyard operations disturb residents?

Has the JWT been blocking development?

For answers to these and other questions on the compulsory purchase proposal, please click HERE

Jericho Wharf News

Media Coverage

Title	Publisher	Date
Hope for boat owners as city boatyard plans revived	BBC	22-03-26
Jericho Wharf: council vows action after years of delay	Oxford Mail	21-03-26
Jericho Wharf progress promised as ‘patience at an end’	Oxford Mail	20-03-26
Jericho Wharf looks set to awaken from 20 years of inaction	Oxford Clarion	20-03-26
Campaigners welcome action on ‘derelict’ wharf	Oxford Times	22-01-26
Oxford council to take action on ‘derelict’ Jericho Wharf	Oxford Mail	16-01-26
Oxford - ‘crucial step forward’ in wharf development praised	Oxford Mail	16-01-26
City may consider compulsory purchase of canal wharf	BBC	16-01-26
Oxford Canal: Landowner has ‘no new scheme’ amid campaign	Oxford Mail	30-12-25
Radio Oxford Breakfast Show	BBC Radio Oxford	12-12-25
Why do residents want to save a derelict wharf?	BBC	07-12-25
Developer ‘abandons’ Jericho piazza redevelopment plans	Oxford Mail	06-12-25
“Enough is enough”: Jericho community loses patience with wharf saga	Oxford Clarion	06-12-25
Oxford Canal: Jericho Wharf is more than a boatyard	Oxford Mail	04-12-25
The community deserves the best for Jericho boatyard site	Oxford Times	04-12-25
Boatyard revamp project scrapped	Oxford Times	04-12-25

Recent JWT news

Looking forward ${news_caption}$ JWT Trustee David Edwards explains the twin-track process – pursuing both a negotiated sale and a compulsory purchase
We have to crack on ${news_caption}$ Councillor Ed Turner’s patience is at an end
City taking steps towards a Compulsory Purchase Order ${news_caption}$ This prominent brownfield location has become an embarassing eyesore.
A busy 2025 at Jericho Wharf ${news_caption}$ Drone's-eye view of the derelict site in our new campaign video
Save Jericho Wharf from Lazy Gentrification

Jericho Wharf Trust

The Jericho Wharf Trust is responsible for all aspects of the campaign to develop the Jericho Wharf canalside site in Oxford on behalf of the community.

For a visual presentation of the Jericho Wharf story so far, please click HERE