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Science City Bristol

Bristol, Bath and the surrounding area are one of only six 'Science Cities' in the UK.

Its culture effectively blends the traditional with the alternative creating an innovative place where the giants of aviation rub shoulders with pervasive media and the cutting-edge of sustainable energy development.

The area is home to the UK's aerospace industry, Europe's Silicon Valley, and a hotbed of creative industries and environmental technologies. It is also home to the third most powerful academic research cluster in the UK and a diverse range of Public Sector Research Establishments, such as the Environment Agency and the MOD.

For 10 Amazing things that Bristol gave to the world download the Science City Bristol booklet((File size: 5MB))

The Science City Bristol film, "a day in the life of the city" can be viewed on the Science City Bristol YouTube channel

Latest news

Science City Bristol presenter recognised in Queen's birthday honours list

15th June 2009

Kathy Sykes, presenter of the Science City Bristol short film, has been awarded an OBE in the...

Masterplan worth £300m for Bristol campus

10th June 2009

Every cloud has a silver lining - and the economic downturn is providing a potentially hallmarked...

Latest events

Wireless 2.0

2nd to 3rd July 2009

Silicon South West, the UK network for the region’s burgeoning electronics industry, is to host...

Fact 6/100: Professor Joe McGeehan, of the Centre for Communications Research at the University of Bristol, developed a secure portable radio in the 1980s that became the basis of Nokia's first mass-market mobile phones.

Fact 46/100: The National Cycle Network Centre, part of Sustrans, was founded in Bristol in 1977 and works towards a future in which people will travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment.