Science Park
North Bristol will become home to a major new Science Park being developed by the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) and its development partner supported by the Universities of Bristol, Bath and the West of England (UWE) and other strategic partners.
This substantial new development will enable high technology businesses in the South West to take the next step and successfully graduate from the current business incubation facilities in the region, such as those offered by the three Universities:
- Step 1: Pre-incubation for very early stage ventures
- Step 2: Incubation for new small businesses
- Step 3: Graduation space at the Science Park for smaller high technology businesses
- Step 4: Mature space at the Science Park for more developed high technology businesses
The site has recently been purchased by the Regional Development Agency who are working closely with the universities of Bath, Bristol and UWE. SW RDA is now ready to let sites and buildings to knowledge and science based companies.
Location
Located at the crossroads of the M5 and M4 (with visibility from the M4 for improved profile) and with the region’s ever growing airport nearby, the park offers excellent connectivity:
Road - minutes from the M4 and M5
Rail - 2 main line railways, Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads, within 8 miles of the site
Air - Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham airports nearby with Heathrow only 100 miles away by motorway
Sea - Situated near Avonmouth and Cardiff docks
Facilities
This substantial new development will offer technology and knowledge based businesses:
- Up to 100 acre green field site in two phases
- Unrivalled location - in the middle of one of the country’s largest high technology clusters
- Excellent communications by road, rail, air and sea
- Graduate space - a halfway house
- Research centre for corporate venturing
- Linkages to some of the country’s top research universities and companies
- Situated in a fully landscaped environment
- Close to a full range of amenities and housing
The Innovation Centre
The site will also be home to an Innovation Centre that will contain business incubation space in addition to conference facilities, business meeting space, biotech Cat II laboratories and corporate venturing facilities.
The centre boasts:
- Serviced business units
- Business advisory service
- Gateway (two-way) to the universities’ research and innovation
- Access to specialist sites
- “Respectable” address
- A ready made network
- Source of continuing education and training
Contact
For further information, please contact Matthew Hatch