Jericho Wharf News

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Oxford Canal: Jericho Wharf is more than a boatyard

The plight of the more than 400 boaters who call the city centre section of the Oxford Canal home is reason enough to get a working boatyard back on the historic site at Jericho Wharf.

Posted at Oxford Mail on December 4, 2025 , writer Madeleine Evans

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Recent news items

Breakthrough—as Jericho Wharf is bought by Worcester College

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This purchase of the adjacent Wharf makes good sense both from the community and College points of view, The Wharf site as drawn here also incorporates the Council-owned land in Dawson Place

Watch this space

Looking forward

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JWT Trustee David Edwards explains the twin-track process – pursuing both a negotiated sale and  a compulsory purchase

We have to crack on

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Councillor Ed Turner’s patience is at an end

City taking steps towards a Compulsory Purchase Order

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This prominent brownfield location has become an embarassing eyesore.

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