Explore Britain
Not "select an ecosystem". These are places — with weather, hills, harbours, music and rent — that also happen to be building some of the most demanding technology in the world.
Hefin Owen from Wales / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0Destinations
Manchester
North West
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Britain's national materials institute is headquartered here.
Source: Henry Royce Institute
Cambridge
East of England
Innovation
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Genomics and biomedical research at campus scale.
Source: Wellcome Genome Campus
Bristol & Bath
South West
Innovation
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A jointly run robotics laboratory of national scale.
Source: Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Glasgow
Scotland
Innovation
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More small satellites built here than anywhere else in Europe.
Source: Space Scotland
Sheffield & Rotherham
Yorkshire and the Humber
Innovation
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Sheffield hosts one of the largest applied manufacturing research campuses in Europe.
Source: University of Sheffield AMRC
Leeds & West Yorkshire
Yorkshire and the Humber
Innovation
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Leeds hosts national health digital and data organisations alongside its teaching hospitals.
Source: DSIT — UK innovation clusters map
Liverpool City Region
North West
Innovation
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Liverpool hosts a school of tropical medicine with international field programmes.
Source: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Newcastle & the North East
North East
Innovation
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The North East is a focus for battery and electrification supply chain investment.
Source: North East Combined Authority
Teesside & the Humber
North East / Yorkshire and the Humber
Innovation
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Teesside and the Humber host the UK's flagship industrial decarbonisation clusters.
Source: GOV.UK — Carbon capture, usage and storage
London
Greater London
Innovation
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London holds the largest concentration of venture capital investment in Europe.
Source: DSIT — UK innovation clusters map
Oxford
South East
Innovation
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Harwell hosts national scientific facilities covering space, energy, health and physical sciences.
Source: UK Research and Innovation
Birmingham & the West Midlands
West Midlands
Innovation
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The West Midlands holds one of the deepest automotive supply chains in Europe.
Source: DSIT — UK innovation clusters map
Edinburgh
Scotland
Innovation
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Edinburgh hosts one of the largest informatics research communities in Europe.
Source: University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Innovation
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Belfast has one of the largest concentrations of cyber security employment in the UK outside London.
Source: Invest Northern Ireland
Cardiff & South Wales
Wales
Innovation
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South Wales hosts the UK's compound semiconductor cluster.
Source: DSIT — UK innovation clusters map
Southampton & the Solent
South East
Innovation
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The Solent hosts the UK's densest concentration of marine autonomy activity.
Source: DSIT — UK innovation clusters map
Cornwall & Plymouth
South West
Innovation
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Goonhilly provides deep-space communications services from Cornwall.
Source: Goonhilly Earth Station
Nottingham & Derby
East Midlands
Innovation
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Derby engineers aero engines, rail vehicles and nuclear systems in one city.
Source: DSIT — UK innovation clusters map
Norwich & the East
East of England
Innovation
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Norwich Research Park holds one of Europe's largest concentrations of plant and microbial science.
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