Stevenage Ecosystem
Stevenage is undergoing a £1b regeneration project
A future city and a leafy suburb
Stevenage’s £1bn regeneration will see new public areas and green spaces, improved public transport infrastructure, health and community facilities and 100,000 new homes.
The town has both old and new quarters, boasts 240 acres of woodland and parkland with Fairlands Valley Park featuring 11 acres of boating lakes.
Neighbouring areas include picturesque villages such as Bennington and Codicote, as well as larger market towns St Albans and Hitchin, the latter ranked number 20 in RightMove’s Happy at Home Index 2024.
Heart of the Golden Triangle
Stevenage, situated in North Hertfordshire equidistant to London and Cambridge at the heart of the golden triangle, is home to big Pharma and innovation such as GSK, Airbus and Fujitsu.
Elevate Quarter, one of Europe’s largest science parks, is currently being developed on the Stevenage Campus next to SBC and GSK to provide 1.6 m sq foot of office and lab space for scaling life science businesses.
Stevenage also includes The Assembly, a 530k sq ft life science and technology knowledge cluster under development, part of the largest in the OxCamb Arc, and the chosen location for SBC graduate Autolus’ new HQ.
Access to talent
Stevenage offers access to over 12,000 annual STEM graduates being within 30 miles of three of the global top ten universities: Cambridge University, Imperial College London, and University College London.
There are over 100 annual life science apprenticeship graduates.
Stevenage is home to 2 x OUTSTANDING and 12 x GOOD Ofsted ranked secondary schools, as well as 10+ top performing independent schools and 20+ top performing nursery and primary schools.
Affordable Housing
Stevenage offers housing at 10-30% lower in purchase price and 20-30% lower in rental price versus Oxford, Cambridge and London regions.
With plans for over 100,000 new homes, Stevenage is an attractive and affordable location for those wishing to settle in the home counties, just 20 minutes to London Kings Cross and 40 minutes to Cambridge.
Home to big pharma and innovation
