Samlesbury Enterprise Zone & Innovation Hub

Samlesbury Enterprise Zone and Innovation Hub

A site of international significance, Samlesbury Enterprise Zone can enable transformational economic growth for the whole of Lancashire. Designed to support advanced engineering and manufacturing, hi-tech and research-led sectors, including cyber and robotics, the 120-acre site is primed to become a hub of world-class innovation, Industry 4.0 processes, and disruptive R&D.

The site sits strategically at the heart of Lancashire and will act as an anchor development for several other emerging economic opportunities. These include the Preston Station Quarter, Blackburn’s Cyber Skills and Education Campus and Innovation Quarter, and the wider M65 East Lancashire Corridor. The site is adjacent to BAE Systems and accommodates the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre North West (AMRC NW).

The site is ready for development and has undergone significant remediation and plot preparation, unlocked through the provision of utilities and a dedicated spine road.

The location of the National Cyber Force in the Samlesbury area provides opportunity to harness new corporates, SMEs and talent into the region. Funding to build the first phase of an Innovation Hub has been secured through Devolution. This Hub will harness this growing tech sector potential by being home to a series of programmes, funding initiatives and events to draw in new community members and establish Lancashire as the centre of cyber security technologies.