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Oriel
Objective 1:
Creating a world class
integrated facility
We’re working in partnership with
Moorfields and UCL on Oriel, the joint
initiative to create a new world class
integrated centre for advancing clinical care,
teaching and research, opening in 2027.
The state-of-the-art eye
new technologies to speed up
It will be located in St
health centre will provide
delivery of the highest quality
Pancras, Camden in London’s
opportunities for deeper
treatments and therapies for
‘Knowledge Quarter’ – one
collaboration between
patients in the UK and globally.
of the highest densities of
researchers, students,
Oriel is a partnership
clinicians, patients and
between Moorfields Eye
educators.
Hospital, the UCL Institute of
knowledge-based, cultural
and scientific organisations
anywhere in the world.
With patients’ needs at the
Ophthalmology and Moorfields
Philanthropy is critical to
heart of its design, the new
Eye Charity. The new centre
achieving our ambitions for
centre will be transformative
will house Moorfields Eye
the new eye centre of the
- delivering groundbreaking
Hospital and the UCL Institute
future and we’re grateful
research, outstanding eye
of Ophthalmology under one
to our generous donors for
care and world-leading
roof when they move from
making this possible.
education. It will leverage
existing sites in Islington.
London’s Knowledge Quarter
