Driving productivity and prosperity through place based innovation
We are a peer network of UK Innovation Districts
and Knowledge Quarters.
Our Members Include:
We are a peer network of UK Innovation Districts and Knowledge Quarters.
Better together, we enable the delivery of, and maximise the benefits from, innovation districts and knowledge quarters sharing best practice and knowledge to collectively solve challenges.
UK IDG Members
ENGLAND:
Bristol Temple Quarter
Birmingham Digital Futures
London West Innovation Network
Knowledge Quarter London
SHIFT, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Newcastle Helix
Leeds Nexus
South Yorkshire Innovation District
Knowledge Quarter Liverpool
NORTHERN IRELAND:
Belfast Innovation District
SCOTLAND:
Glasgow City Innovation District
Glasgow Riverside Innovation District
Placemaking in practice
Together, the UK IDG represents leading innovative places in the UK where businesses, universities, the public sector, and local communities are working together to develop new technology and practices and tackle some of society’s biggest challenges — ranging from identifying net zero interventions to combatting the spread of infectious diseases to developing new applications for artificial intelligence. We link academic research, think tanks and government policy with practitioners, investors, businesses and innovators across every scale and sector.
Ultimately, our aim is to ensure place-based innovation drives inclusive urban growth in the UK.
The UK IDG:
Connects
a network of practitioners, researchers, academics, policy makers, investors and businesses
Researches
trends, opportunities, challenges and their solutions
Leads
a national, evidence-based discussion on innovation in places
Builds
practical tools and experiments for places to learn through doing
