Oxford Constructing Excellence invite you to join colleagues and friends for our summer networking drinks & lunch, plus a tour of the Bicester Heritage site.
Bicester Heritage
Gate 8, Skimmingdish Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX27 8AL (Sat Nav use OX26 5HA)
on
3rd July 2025
Programme
11:00 - 12:15 Site visit to The Ranges, under construction by Kier (Optional)
12:30 - 13.15 Lunch arrival and registration
13.15 - 14.15 Buffet lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Guided tour of the site
16.30 Close
If you are attending The Ranges site tour, please bring your own PPE.
Tickets
£25 Oxford CE and COCCEC Club members
£40 All non-members and guests
Venue
Bicester Heritage is creating a revolution in historic vehicle ownership. The unique location is the UK’s only hub for historic motoring excellence and is the national centre for a £5.5bn per annum industry that employs over 34,000 skilled people. The unique ecosystem of businesses based at a beautiful 444 acre former WW2 RAF Bomber Training Station acts as ‘marina-like’ cluster, promoting skills and expertise, employment, qualified customer footfall, shared business incubation and aggregate growth. Collectively, Bicester Heritage is all about driving the future of the past.
The former RAF Bicester site on which Bicester Heritage is now based is of national historic importance. Neglected for the best part of 40 years, it was added to Historic England’s ‘At Risk Register’ in 2008 and designated the most 'at risk' of all Defence Estates in the UK. Since Bicester Heritage’s tenure, over 93% of the buildings have been delicately restored or re-activated for modern business use and occupation, with the site now held as a national exemplar of constructive conservation by Historic England. The time-warp base is truly unmatched in evocative character, with even the paint colours being correct to 1930s British Standards. An active airfield and test track complete it’s dynamic operation.
Photo: The Bremont room, courtesy of Bicester Heritage