About the Wellcome Genome Campus

WGCL is the owner, operator and developer of the Wellcome Genome Campus, which is located nine miles south of Cambridge, within an established life science cluster and ecosystem. WGCL and the Campus are owned by a world-renowned endowment fund that is committed to expanding its existing campus into a global centre for genomics, biodata sciences and associated technologies.

The plans that are underway will grow the Campus from 125 acres to 440 acres. They include new lab space and translation workspace, hotel facilities and 1500 homes, new retail, food and drink, sports, health and fitness, nursery, primary school, play area and other community facilities. All connected by new, inclusive routes and civic spaces, parks, gardens and bridges; and connected to new microgrid power and ambient loop heating networks, with photovoltaics, heat pumps, battery storage and other technologies providing resilient and affordable energy and shi...