Ocean Village Innovation Centre

About Ocean Village Innovation Centre

A managed business centre in Ocean Village marina for start-ups and growing firms, run by Oxford Innovation Space. It has a staffed reception and meeting rooms for hire, and runs a free monthly morning meet-up, the OVIC Networking Hub.

• Paid parking
• Wifi
• Step free
• Ev charging
• Accessible loos

Finding the door

Staffed reception. Meeting rooms hold 2–50 people. The Networking Hub runs 8:30–10:30am with no speakers; you can come and go as you like.

Parking

Free on-site parking for visitors to the centre, with a multi-storey car park opposite. The OVIC Networking Hub organisers point drivers to the multi-storey about 2 minutes' walk away at 1 Channel Way, SO14 3QF. Ocean Village car parks are run by Marina Developments (MDL): first 20 minutes free, then from £2.40 for 2 hours. Payment is by card or app; most do not take cash.

• Ocean Village – Enterprise car park (Ocean Way, SO14 3QF)

  Nearby · 3 min walk · 148 spaces

  First 20 mins free; 2 hrs £2.40, 3 hrs £3.50, 4 hrs £4.70, 6 hrs £6.90, 12 hrs £11.50, 24 hrs £15.50. Evenings (18:00–02:00): 1 hr £1.50, max £2.50

  24 hours

• Ocean multi-storey car park (Ocean Way)

  Nearby · 3 min walk · 776 spaces

  First 20 mins free; 2 hrs £3.00, 4 hrs £6.00, 8 hrs £9.50, 12 hrs £15.50, 24 hrs £25.00

  24 hours

• Ocean Village surface car park

  Nearby · 5 min walk · 85 spaces

  First 20 mins free; 2 hrs £2.40, 3 hrs £3.50, 4 hrs £4.70, 6 hrs £6.90, 12 hrs £11.50, 24 hrs £15.50; evening £1.50

  24 hours

Getting here

Unilink U1 buses stop outside the National Oceanography Centre, about 2 minutes away. Bluestar 19 stops in Ocean Village. Southampton Central station is about 2km away across the city centre.

• Eastern Docks, outside Southampton NOCS · 2 min walk

  Unilink U1A, U1C, U1E (run by Bluestar)

  Outside the National Oceanography Centre on European Way

• Ocean Village, opp Admirals Quay · 4 min walk

  Unilink U1N (night)

• Ocean Village (W-bound / E-bound) · 5 min walk

  Bluestar 19, 19a; Unilink U1N

• Southampton Central · 31 min walk

  South Western Railway, Great Western Railway, Southern, CrossCountry

  About 2km away; walking time estimated from straight-line distance. The U1 bus links the area with the city centre.

• Bike racks (on site)

  The centre lists bike racks on site.

Inside

Access: The centre says the building has a step-free entrance, lifts to all floors and accessible facilities throughout.

Food and drink

Tea, coffee and snacks at the Networking Hub; catering for meetings on request

Charging

EV charging in the on-site car park