Exeter Science Park is an English centre of activity for businesses in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM). Exeter Science Park is based on a 26 hectare (64 acre site) at Junction of 29 of the

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on the edge of the city of

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal c ...

. It was established in 2013 and was officially opened in 2015. Exeter Science Park Ltd (ESPL), the park developer, has four shareholders:

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, the

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and

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. Its two strategic partners are the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone. The building of the Science Park Centre was made possible with shareholder equity from Devon County Council, East Devon District Council, Exeter City Council, and the University of Exeter; the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP) which committed a £4.5m loan from the Growing Places Fund; and a £1million grant from the Regional Growth Fund. Exeter Science Park’s Grow-on Buildings were partly funded by £4.5m from the HotSW LEP Growth Deal Funding. The HotSW LEP also provided £2.5m local Government funding towards the Environmental Futures Campus. The

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Building is partly funded by £5.5 million from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership’s Growth Deal Funding. In addition to this, East Devon District Council’s Cabinet invested £1.1m in the development of the building in conjunction with Devon County Council as part of the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone programme. Funding for the

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building was secured in August 2020 from the Government’s ‘Getting Building Fund’ and allocated to Exeter Science Park by the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP) from its £35.4 million share of the national pot. The building was one of the first Getting Building Fund projects to begin construction in the area. Buildings at the Science Park include provision of laboratories, offices, meeting rooms and

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facilities. It is also home to a café which is open to the public. In 2021, the

transferred the business activity of its Innovation Centre to Exeter Science Park and released £2.25m funding to support the provision of innovation services by SETsquared Exeter over the next 18 years. The park is being developed around four clusters and once complete, it is anticipated it will comprise a million square feet of accommodation and employ around 3,000 people.

Occupants

As of December 2022, the park has 42 tenants. These include CEFAS, Securious, Attomarker, Heart of the South West LEP, Diagnexia UK Limited, the

and Remit Zero Limited. In 2016, the

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took delivery of an IT hall and neighbouring office building at the Science Park. The IT hall houses a new supercomputer, the Met Office's third.

Redhayes Bridge

The Redhayes pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M5 evolved from a study looking at

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in Exeter and East Devon that led to a successful bid for £5.5 million to the

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. The bridge links Blackhorse Lane to Hollow Lane, beside the park. It was opened on 20 July 2011 by Transport Minister

Norman Baker Norman John Baker (born 26 July 1957) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewes in East Sussex from the 1997 general election until his defeat in 2015. In May 2010 he was appointed ...

. The bridge won a British Construction Industry Award in 2011. It is named after the Redhayes House which stood on the site now occupied by the Science Park. The property, which was constructed circa 1900 was destroyed by fire in 1990.

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Science Park A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park”, "technopark", “technopole", or a "science and technology park" (STP)) is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters the growt ...

Science parks in the United Kingdom

Occupants

Redhayes Bridge

See also

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