feature Melbourn Science Park … a tranquil home to cutting-edge technology Melbourn Science Park is an extremely successful and growing hub for innovation and technology development. Owned by TTP Group since 2000, the Science Park has nine buildings, totalling over 200,000 square feet, within its 17 acres of landscaped grounds. It is home to a broad range of companies engaged in pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, communications, printing, electronics, mechanical engineering, testing and technology consulting. The companies based on Melbourn Science Park form part of the world renowned Cambridge Cluster and vary in size from one-man businesses to companies with 300+ staff. The site was originally a private house (Sir Winston Churchill is said to have slept here) with parkland and has retained the grandness of a great park. The landscape gardening team carries out a rolling programme of reinstatement and improvements, sympathetically integrating modern buildings with established parkland. A high proportion of the park stands as wild meadow, which is encouraged to flourish. Mindful of the environment, the gardening team practices a code of biodiversive park management using a process of mulching to put everything back into the soil.
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People working at Melbourn Science Park are encouraged to use the space for creative thinking time as well as for relaxation. TTP Group commissioned two world-class bespoke furniture designers, Fowler & Company of Sussex and itre Furniture of Dorset to create pieces of sculpture that work not only as seating areas but also provide impressive visual impact around the park. The Park’s head landscape gardener, Charles Tarrington, tells us: ‘the park has a quiet energy. You feel the space and tranquillity and at the same time touch the buzz of something special happening from behind the walls of the various companies around.’ If you would like to read more about one of the largest and most successful companies in Melbourn, or if you would like to rent premises on this beautiful park, please go to TTP Group’s website: www.ttpgroup.com
