HR Wallingford

HR Wallingford is an independent civil engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation founded in 1947 and headquartered in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, with around 250 employees and operations worldwide. It works on water and climate resilience, coastal and marine sustainability, and the energy transition, delivering independent research and consultancy to governments, communities and organisations.

Its technical work spans physical modelling, ship simulation and scientific research and consultancy. The organisation maintains specialist facilities for this purpose, including ship simulation centres, physical modelling equipment, wave basins for coastal and marine engineering research, and tsunami simulators for studying and mitigating coastal hazards. These are used to test and validate water and coastal engineering solutions and to translate scientific knowledge into applied insight.

HR Wallingford is a not-for-profit company that reinvests profits into research, innovation and the development of its people, tools and technology. It positions itself as a bridge between academia and industry, with work spanning the water, coastal and marine, environment, energy transition, built environment and government sectors, and a stated focus on protecting people, places and livelihoods.