The Sylva Wood Centre in south Oxfordshire is the home of the Sylva Foundation. Our main focus at the Sylva Wood Centre is to encourage the use of home-grown wood by supporting skills, enterprise and innovation. We achieve this through a number of ways:

Business Hub

We provide a hub for small businesses and craftspeople who design, innovate or make in wood. Businesses range from furniture making and outdoor structures, to boatbuilding and upholstery. There is also a small-scale timber yard on the site.

Read more about our inspiring community of woodworking professionals.

Business Incubation

We provide facilities to support business incubation, including start-up units, shared workspaces, and hot-benching facilities.

For further information about terms and availability please contact Joseph Bray.

Sylva Wood School

Our dedicated teaching facilities support life-long learning in woodworking and related crafts. We offer a wide range of courses throughout the year, suitable for all abilities.

Business Community

Business	Description	Website
Ali Buchan Furniture	Ali Buchan. Bespoke furniture maker.	www.alibuchan.com
Anthony Dain	Anthony Dain. Bespoke furniture and cabinet makers.	www.anthonydain.co.uk
AWR Woodwork	Alec Roberts. Carpentry, joinery and furniture maker	awrwoodwork@gmail.com
Chris Boreham Bespoke Woodwork	Chris Boreham. Furniture business originally supported under our Start-Up facilities.	www.chrisboreham.co.uk
Classic Watercraft	Gareth Lewis. Custom boat building and restoration.	www.classicwatercraft.co.uk
Colin Henwood	Colin Henwood. Builder of wooden boats: restoration and rebuilds.	www.colinhenwood.com
Face North Forestry	Nick Keighley. Professional forestry contractor offering low impact management of the rural environment, plus mobile sawmill and firewood processing.	www.facenorthforestry.co.uk
Illingworth Designs	Richard Illingworth. Furniture maker.	www.illingworthdesigns.co.uk
Julian Angus	Julian Angus. Carpentry and fitted joinery. Education workshops for young people.	www.julianangus.com
Leatham Creative Woodwork	David Leatham. Furniture, Woodwork, Art and Design	www.leathamcreativewoodwork.co.uk
LulaJames	Andrew Joye & Daisy Brunsdon. Bespoke furniture and small craft objects	www.lulajames.co.uk
Mary’s Chairs	Mary Blaxland. Furniture restoration and upholstery, also offering tuition and creative workshops.	www.maryschairs.co.uk
The Microfactory	Daniel Bruce. Design, manufacture, management and maintenance consultancy.	www.themicrofactory.org
Neil Scott Furniture	Neil Scott. Bespoke furniture maker	www.neilscottfurniture.com
Oxford Oak	Rodas Irving. Outdoor furniture and pergolas using home-grown oak.	www.oxfordoak.co.uk
Pegg Furniture	Michael Buick. Furniture designer and manufacturer	www.peggfurniture.co.uk
Simon Clements Carving	Wood carving and sculpture, also offering training courses. Simon Clements

Join our business community

Business Incubation

We offer dedicated incubation facilities at the Sylva Wood Centre which suit business start-up and serious hobbyists. We operate a 'hot-benching' scheme available offering weekly rental in a communal space, with access to a well-equipped machinery workshop.

Read our terms and conditions

Business Units

We offer rental units of varying sizes for established wood-related businesses.