Explore Park

Explore Park, strategically located in the East Midlands Investment Zone, boasts Europe’s largest and most advanced pre-assembly manufacturing facility, making it a premier destination for growth and innovation.

This unique site offers an unparalleled opportunity for transformative placemaking, meticulously addressing critical infrastructure occupants’ security, regulatory, and logistical needs. With transport connectivity exceeding 90% across the UK, a highly skilled and motivated local workforce eager to learn, and proximity to world-class research institutions, Explore Park is primed not just to attract investment but to become a catalyst for sustainable economic growth, job creation, and enhanced social value in the region.

Imagine a thriving centre of advanced manufacturing that encourages collaboration and continuous improvement. Explore Park champions cutting-edge British manufacturing, utilising the latest in R&D, AI, robotics, digital engineering, and green technologies to deliver clean, efficient, and profitable critical infrastructure across the nuclear (including SMRs and Fusion), data centres, robotics and advanced technologies, defence (AWE), healthcare, housing, justice, transport, and energy distribution sectors.

Located just west of Worksop, Explore Park is more than merely an employment zone; it is a dynamic hub poised to transform the future of manufacturing in the UK. With millions of pounds already invested, the site is home to Laing O’Rourke’s state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility, which opened in 2009. With full planning consent for an additional 50,000m² of space and a placemaking masterplan currently in development, the potential is vast. Explore Park will cement its position as a cornerstone of advanced manufacturing in the region and a catalyst for nationally significant infrastructure development.

These businesses will introduce pioneering green technologies and long-term investment, generating jobs and skills to enhance the local workforce and supply chain. This transformation will result in better working conditions, increased productivity, and the realisation of government aspirations for workers’ rights, ensuring a brighter, more sustainable future for all.

Together, we can build a thriving ecosystem at Explore Park that nurtures innovation, promotes sustainability, and secures a prosperous, green future for the East Midlands and beyond.

Key facts

• Europe’s largest and most advanced pre-assembly manufacturing facility
• Strategically located in the East Midlands Investment Zone
• Transport connectivity exceeding 90% across the UK
• Full planning consent for an additional 50,000m² of space
• Placemaking masterplan currently in development

Why invest in Nottinghamshire?

Nottingham is a city with a rich past and a bright future. A city of leaders and legacy, known for its resilience, its compassion and its community spirit – just like its hero, Robin Hood. A city where you’ll find the legend of its outlaw hero and a thousand years of history at Nottingham Castle a stone’s throw from state-of-the-art developments emerging in Southside, Waterside and the Island Quarter. A place that’s on a mission to become the UK’s first carbon-neutral city by 2028, with unprecedented levels of investment in an award-winning, clean and green public transport system, electric vehicles and sustainable energy sources. A vibrant clash of creativity and culture, history and heritage, and world-class sports. A city where you’ll find independent shops, world cuisine and a thriving nightlife buzzing within the curious alleyways, boutique arcades and beautiful architecture. And two world-class universities nurturing innovation and independent minds, while a growing business scene secures their future. A place that’s always moving forward while celebrating its past. The biggest small city in the UK, nestled in the heart of the Midlands.