Castle, Canal & College: Worcester Street Car Park & related areas, Oxford HISTORIC CONTEXT STUDY & CONSERVATION PLAN

Worcester Street Car Park, part of the former Oxford Canal wharf built
within the outworks of Oxford Castle, was made available by Lord Nuffield
in 1938 for an element of his new college, but was never built on. Its
original and intended uses have been almost forgotten as it has remained
open land for more than half a century. Public interest in the future potential
of the Car Park has increased in recent years, especially with the growing
leisure use of the Oxford Canal, and the realisation that the canal might once
more be brought back into the area of the former wharf. This aspiration has
been reflected in recent planning documents, and a local campaign to
promote a revived Canal basin, but other uses have also been suggested in
various planning studies.