The new centre for eye care, research, and education (Oriel) is due to open in 2027. It is a joint partnership between UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Moorfields Eye Charity that will move services from Islington to a new, integrated centre in St Pancras, Camden.
This is our opportunity to create a world-leading centre for advancing eye health that is keeping with the excellence of our talented workforce. Harnessing the expertise of the partners under one roof will enable us to deliver the highest-quality care, research and education.
Moving to the new area will bring us closer to other important health and research partners including the main UCL campus, University College London Hospital, the Francis Crick Institute and Great Ormond Street Hospital. We also would seek to become a member of the London Knowledge Quarter – organisations that are within one-mile radius of King’s Cross that are actively engaged in the advancement and dissemination of knowledge.
On 25 March 2026 it was announced that the new centre has been officially named the Moorfields and UCL Centre for Eye Health.
Fly through our new centre
The external facade of the centre was completed in June 2025. Watch a short film (approximately four minutes) to get an idea.
Our key partners
Moorfields Eye Hospital is the leading provider of eye health services in the UK. The trust has a reputation, developed over two centuries, for providing the highest quality of ophthalmic care.
Moorfields Eye Charity is Moorfields’ main fundraising and grant-making charity that provides funding to research cures and find treatments for millions of people affected by eye disease in the UK and around the world.
Links
- World-class eye health centre in London named
- Oriel case study on UCL Estates
- Oriel on Moorfields Eye Hospital’s website
- For any enquiry about the new centre, please email: oriel@ucl.ac.uk
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Design
The new centre will bring together our staff and students with colleagues at Moorfields and Moorfields Eye Charity, for the first time all under the one roof.
Our vision for the new centre
Our vision is to create an environment for innovation, research and practice in eye health that attracts top talent.