Our Members are tackling society’s biggest challenges through place based innovation.

The UK IDG is a peer network of the UK’s leading Innovation Districts and Knowledge Quarters.

  • Credible voices for place based economic growth.
  • Curious explorers of new urban models.
  • Collaborative partners across place, academia and industry.
  • Connected leaders linking local excellence to national policy.

Since we established in 2017, we have been leading the UK conversation positioning innovation districts at the forefront of excellence in knowledge share and regeneration of place. We explore and demonstrate how place based innovation is an enabler for emerging industries and inclusive economic growth.

We believe that innovation districts play a central role in delivering the UK’s Industrial Strategy. Our peer network supports the UK’s aims by collectively addressing productivity, skills gaps, and place challenges, and by sharing this learning to create evidence-based change.

Birmingham Knowledge Quarter

An Investment Zone and global innovation district, delivering cutting-edge innovation space and creating 22,000 new...

Durham Innovation District

Durham Innovation District is a partnership between Durham County Council, Muse, and Durham University. Together,...

GCID

Glasgow City Innovation District is a hub for entrepreneurship, innovation, and collaboration. It builds on...

GRID

Glasgow Riverside Innovation District (GRID) spans 700 acres across both banks of the River Clyde,...

Innovation City Belfast

Belfast’s innovation district, Innovation City Belfast (ICB),  combines industry with academia to accelerate the evolution...

Knowledge Quarter Liverpool

Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool) is a 450-acre innovation district spanning almost half of Liverpool...

Knowledge Quarter London

The Knowledge Quarter London is a partnership of over 100 academic, cultural, research, scientific and...

Newcastle Helix

Newcastle Helix is a 24 acre regeneration scheme in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne....

Nexus

Nexus is where innovative businesses work with the University of Leeds to turn ideas into...

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Innovation District

London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) is a Mayoral Development Corporation responsible for the development of...

South Yorkshire Innovation District

We solve market and societal challenges for a smarter, greener, healthier and better connected future....

Wolverhampton Green Innovation Corridor

Wolverhampton Green Innovation Corridor is a game-changing new innovation district being led jointly by the City...