Milton Park in Oxfordshire is a dynamic science and technology community with 9,000 employees and more than 250 companies.
The five key clusters at Milton Park are life sciences, space technologies, electronics, automotive and creative & digital.
Businesses benefit from a sustainable and connected location where they can collaborate with like-minded companies and higher education institutions while offering their staff a work/life balance with restaurants, sports and health facilities, beauticians, bars, post office and lots of green spaces in which to relax, walk and run.
Milton Park is part of Science Vale UK, one of the most important science-based clusters in Europe providing an outstanding community for scientists and technologists. It is also in an enterprise zone where new businesses relocating can benefit from business rates discounts, superfast broadband and simplified planning.
In 2019 Milton Park launched its pioneering Vision 2040, looking at future growth in an inclusive and sustainable way. The Vision 2040 Goals are:
1. Reach 20,000 workers
2. Eliminate travel to work by single-occupancy vehicles and use fossil fuels for commuting, in order to cut private vehicle traffic on-site by 50%, replacing it with safe and sustainable alternatives such as autonomous pod shuttles and bus services
3. Assist customers in their quest to discover cures to life-threatening diseases and sustainable solutions to reducing carbon emissions