One of the world’s healthiest buildings Introducing... The North-West One of the world’s healthiest buildings Ecosystem The building helps to create a built Below are the key science and tech environment that improves the nutrition, clusters from across the North West. fitness, mood, sleep patterns and performance of its occupants. New and existing developments across the region are already attracting internationalM6 The seven concepts of the building are: businesses to Liverpool to work alongside our growing local talent. M61 M62 M6 M66 M61 M62 Fitness Water Light Nourishment M58 M60 M60 M58 M6 M602 MANCHESTER M57 M6 M57 M60 M62 MANCHESTER Air Comfort Mind KQ M60 LIVERPOOL SCIENCE PARK M62 M62 M6 LIVERPOOL SPEKE LIVERPOOL PHARMACEUTICAL SCI TECH MANCHESTER DARESBURY JOHN LENNON M57 AIRPORT AIRPORT M57 ALDERLEY PARK M6 M57 Travel times from KQ Liverpool: BY CAR BY TRAIN BY PLANE Manchester Manchester Central Europe 45 minutes 35 minutes 2 hours Chester London UAE 45 minutes 2 hours 7 hours Birmingham Leeds Boston/NYC 2 hours 1 hour 20 minutes 8 hours London Glasgow San Francisco 4 hours 30 minutes 3 hours 30 minutes 12 hours Welcome to Liverpool KQ Liverpool Liverpool is centrally located within the Knowledge Quarter Liverpool UK and with a population of 1.52m, is the (KQ Liverpool) is home to the largest fifth largest city in the country. cluster of science, health, education and cultural minds in the city region Since being named European Capital of Culture Liverpool provides a great setting to explore the and is one of the best places in the UK in 2008, Liverpool has regenerated and transformed great outdoors with 120km of coastline and over to start, grow and scale-up into a world-class destination with a dynamic 2,500 acres of parks and green spaces. National reputation. Liverpool is regularly cited as the Parks, Snowdonia, Lake District and Peak District an innovative business. most successful Capital of Culture to date, with are all within two hours drive of the city. The unique mix of culture, science and the prestigious title providing the catalyst for Home to the University of Liverpool (UoL), medicine – including KQ Liverpool’s world- huge investment and building developments Liverpool is also brimming with culture and is Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), leading strengths in infectious diseases and within the city. 2018 will see Liverpool attract internationally recoginsed as a UNESCO World Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), materials chemistry– combined with stunning investment of more than £1bn for an Heritage City; it has one of the most impressive Liverpool Science Park (LSP), the new £429m architecture and its position at the heart of the unprecedented forth successive year, with £14bn collections of museums and galleries in Europe. Royal Hospital and the £157m Clatterbridge city, has already attracted the Royal College of of projects either on site or in the pipeline. The city not only has a celebrated past as a Cancer Centre, KQ Liverpool is fast becoming Physcians (RCP), Proton Partners International mercantile hub and gateway, it is now also a one of Europe’s leading Innovation Districts. and Kaplan, all of which will be based within The city’s biggest asset is its people - known for must-visit destination for lovers of art, theatre Due to its overall importance to the city’s Paddington Village, KQ Liverpool’s newest their warm welcome and great sense of humour. and museums. economic development, it is a Mayoral development site. Liverpool was voted the UK’s friendliest city by Development Zone. readers of Condé Nast and was ranked the fourth The Albert Dock attracts 5 million visitors each best city for growth and investment in the UK, year. Located adjacent to ACC Liverpool, the Albert KQ Liverpool is completely absorbed in by Arcadis. Dock attractions include: the Tate Gallery, The culture and is home to some of the city’s best Beatles Story, International Slavery Museum and bars and restaurants. With two international airports within a 45-minute the Merseyside Maritime Museum. The Museum of drive and a high speed rail service reaching Liverpool is the first purpose-built museum in the London in two hours, it has never been easier to UK for over 100 years and reflects the city’s global get to Liverpool. significance through its unique geography, history and culture. Strength in Culture Liverpool is a global brand, with music, the creative and performing arts and sport synonymous with the city’s international reputation. One of the things that most differentiates KQ Liverpool from other innovation districts is the richness of the culture that is embedded into the fabric of the place. The KQ Liverpool eco-system is fuelled by culture – it’s what gives the place vibrancy and energy. Music is undeniably a key part of the KQ Liverpool proposition, with the Liverpool Philharmonic and the UoL Institute of Popular Music located here but it also plays a much wider role in the city. Earlier this year, Liverpool was recognised as a UNESCO City of Music, due to its extraordinary musical heritage. The creative and performing arts are The London Carriage Works at also at the heart of KQ Liverpool, with The Hope Street Hotel, the award- the Everyman and Unity theatres and winning Art School, 60 Hope Street, the Liverpool Institute for Performing The Quarter, HOST, The Pen Factory, Arts, which is one of the UK’s leading Moose Coffee, Frederiks, Roski, institutions for the creative and Oktopus and Free State Ktichen. performing arts. And it doesn’t stop there. KQ Liverpool People work hard in the Knowledge is home to some of Liverpool’s most Quarter but they also know how to popular tourist hot-spots, including the enjoy themselves. The independently- Victoria Gallery & Museum, Blackburne owned restaurants on and around House and the Metropolitan and Hope Street offer residents and Anglican Cathedrals. visitors alike some of the best food in Liverpool. These include: Mayoral Development Zone Knowledge Quarter Mayoral Development Zone Paddington Village 13 15 Knowledge Quarter Gateway Fabric District Discover our key sites 13 and buildings N HILL LOW O K 14 1 RCP North (The Spine) 4 2 The University of Liverpool Health & Life Sciences Campus, including the 3 Liverpool Bio Innovation Hub and Biobank D 4 J 3 The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre ST GROVE 5 4 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 2 6 1 5 Sensor City G Q 6 The Victoria Gallery and Museum SMITHDOWN LANE 7 Materials Innovation Factory 8 Liverpool John Moores University, 12 9 Mount Pleasant Campus B 16 8 9 University of Liverpool, 11 The Foundation Building 7 10 Liverpool Institute for F 12 Performing Arts (LIPA) 11 City of Liverpool College 8 I GRINFIELD ST 12 Liverpool Science Park 13 Liverpool John Moores University, City Campus 14 Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator 11 15 Liverpool Hope University, Creative Campus 11 16 Lewis’s Building P CROWN ST H E Discover places of interest 11 10 A Liverpool Cathedral L B The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King C The Echo Arena & Convention Centre GROVE ST D Lime Street Station E Liverpool Philharmonic C A F Liverpool One G The Royal Liver Building H Albert Dock Baltic I Everyman Theatre M Triangle J The Town Hall K Central Library L China Town M Exhibition Centre Liverpool N Walker Art Gallery © Copyright Liverpool City Council O The World Museum P Unity Theatre Q Liverpool Playhouse Theatre Paddington Village Phase One This £1bn flagship KQ Liverpool As the owner of the land, Liverpool City Council is Paddington Central expansion site sitting at the eastern working closely with a range of organisations and existing and potential new occupiers to secure new gateway to the city centre, has been business and job-creating opportunities at the heart earmarked as 1.8m sq ft of science, of the site. technology, education and health space. In addition to the RCP’s new Northern Centre of The site is being developed in three phases: Excellence, RCP North, Paddington Central will Paddington Central, Paddington South and become home to Liverpool International College, Paddington North, with phase one now underway. a partnership between Kaplan and the University of Liverpool, Rutherford Cancer Centre North West At 30 acres, Paddington is a sizeable urban village, and the recently announced Rutherford Diagnostics inspired by the sense of community you’d find in the centre. The 12-storey international college will bring likes of Greenwich Village in New York. 45,000 sq ft of education and learning facilities and 262 residential bed spaces to the site, the Rutherford Not only will it be a great place to live but it will be a cancer centre is one of their first four pioneering great place to work, discover and socialise, with state- proton beam cancer treatment centres to be built in of-the art workspace, labs, cafés, restaurants, shops, the UK and the diagnostics centre will provide core accommodation, a hotel and teaching, examination technologies, such as CT, MR, PETCT, ultrasound, and events space. endoscopy and genomics. Paddington South Paddington South will present the A new train station will link to the city’s existing opportunity for mixed-use developments underground network, connecting Paddington Village to the rest of the city centre. focused around research and innovation. Liverpool City Council is already working There will be education space and residential closely with Merseyside Police to relocate their accommodation, centred around landscaped vehicle repair centre, which is currently based on public realm and green space, which will connect Paddington South. seamlessly with Paddington Central. Paddington North Paddington North, which sits opposite The development framework also proposes an easy- the health campus, will offer long-term access link bridge, which will connect the site directly to the heart of Paddington Central.