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ORFC 2025

Conference Venues

A brief guide to the various spaces at ORFC and what you will find going on there.

All venues are located just off the High Street in the centre of Oxford and within a 5-minute walk of each other. 

Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BX

Join us in the Main Hall for our opening and closing plenaries. It will also be the main social hub, with lunches, refreshments and uplifting workshops during the day, and food, music, and a bar each evening. 

You’ll find answers to many of your practical questions in sessions across the Town Hall, including the Assembly Room, Council Chamber, Court Room, and St Aldate’s Room. In the Old Library, we’ll be hearing from the Landworkers’ Alliance, La Via Campesina, and the Justice Strand on key issues for the movement for agroecology in the UK and internationally.

Museum of Oxford, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BX

The Museum of Oxford is attached to the Oxford Town Hall and the entrance is through the Oxford Town Hall Foyer. Head downstairs to find the Museum Makers Space, where we will be hosting a variety of practical workshops, and the Learning Studio, a space for small groups to engage in participatory discussions.

Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, Oxford, OX1 2DH

Wesley Memorial Methodist Church is one of our new venues for 2025. This will be where all conference registration will take place. It is conveniently located between the train station and central Oxford. We’ve got our new Speakers’ Hall, which will include sessions from movement leaders taking on the most urgent challenges facing farming communities today.

Blue Boar House, 5 Blue Boar St, Oxford OX1 4EE

The Inter-Varsity Room is just around the corner from the Museum of Oxford and the Oxford Town Hall, where we’ll be hosting a day of land access focused sessions on Thursday, and dynamic workshops on Friday.

St Columba’s United Reformed Church, Alfred Street, Oxford OX1 4EH 

A two minute walk from the Oxford Town Hall on Alfred Street, you’ll find one of our new venues for 2025, St Columba’s United Reformed Church. This is where you will find the Sanctuary, for sessions focusing on land connection and reciprocity, and the Hall, where we’ll be hosting youth-focused sessions and a variety of workshops.

St Aldates Tavern, 108 St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BU

Head over the road from the Oxford Town Hall to the Blue Room on the first floor of the St Aldate’s Tavern for a rich selection of sessions in a less formal setting, plus the press social on Thursday night.

Cheng Building, located in Jesus College on the corner of Cornmarket and Market Street

You’ll find critical policy discussions happening in the Digital Hub downstairs at the Cheng Building and in the Seminar Room, just off the foyer, plus our newcomers and sector leaders’ networking social in the café upstairs on Thursday evening.

Ship Street Centre, Jesus College, Oxford, OX1 3DW

We’re adding the Ship Street Centre, located in another part of Jesus College, to our session venues this year. Head into the Lecture Theatre for stimulating discussions on some of the most controversial and challenging topics, including the question of cultured meat and whether or not faeces can feed the world!

Story Museum, 42 Pembroke St, Oxford OX1 1BP

We’re back at the Story Museum this year too. There will be a selection of sessions focused on the international movement for food sovereignty in the Woodshed, while in the Magic Common Room and the Link Room, you’ll find practical hands-on workshops and socials programmed by the Landworkers’ Alliance and the Justice Strand.

ORFC 2025 Venue Map

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ORFC 2025 Venue Map PDF

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