The Talbot Quarter, Bournemouth

Where ideas matter, people connect, and you can live well

A South Coast commercial, community and connective space set in the heart of Bournemouth, the UK’s fastest-growing digital economy.

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What is the Talbot Quarter?

Home to the best talent and the brightest minds, Bournemouth’s Talbot Quarter is designed to be the UK’s most ambitious innovation district. Anchored by world-class universities, this is the place where ideas start, are nurtured, and eventually grow into the individuals and businesses that shape tomorrow.
Nestled among two sector leading universities, great people, great minds and great ideas converge at The Talbot Quarter. Exceptional academics and researchers spark alongside emerging talents and visionary entrepreneurs. It’s an exciting fulcrum point; the right people, in the right place, at the right time.
Through its central green spine, meandering boulevard and neighbourhood feel, the Talbot Quarter invites people to come together, to play and to stay. It’s a hub of art, events, food and culture where friends, colleagues and communities connect, collaborate and explore.
The Quarter is underpinned by an approach to lifestyle that’s fresh and perfectly located. Looking to unwind among the pines? Scoot or cycle down to Bournemouth’s rich and natural gardens and chines. Seeking the sunshine? Seven miles of award-winning beaches are yours to explore. Nature is never far away.

Talbot Quarter Overview

The Innovation Park offers a range of high quality business spaces, including offices, lab spaces, co-working centres and flexible hybrid buildings, all designed around the end user, flexible floor plates and a strong focus on long term sustainability. The Innovation Park incorporates carefully considered landscaping and public realm centred around Talbot Place. With close proximity to the skilled work force of the Universities, and Nuffield Health Hospital, the Innovation Park offers a work-life balance unique to the Talbot Quarter.
The Talbot Quarter will feature a purpose built, state of the art Nuffield Health hospital as a key anchor, offering quality healthcare and outpatient services. Nuffield Health in Bournemouth has a world leading reputation for research and through its long standing relationship with Bournemouth University’s Orthopaedic Research Institute is a true champion of innovation.
Talbot Place is the central focal point of the Talbot Quarter, attracting residents, students, and workers across the day and night time economies. It will offer a blend of hotels, retail, dining, and community buildings such as educational and healthcare facilities. Talbot Place will play host to pop-up and cultural events in public gathering areas. It also boasts the Innovation Hub, collaborative and dynamic business space, home to the next generation of companies and entrepreneurs.
The residential neighbourhood of the Talbot Quarter is designed with a mixture of modern, quality, purpose built student housing with build to rent for families, young professionals and graduates. Along with extra care housing, the area will offer a mixture of accommodation to meet the diverse needs of the local communities. This inclusive design ensures a culturally sustainable, cooperative and vibrant eco system throughout the week.

Where the Talbot Quarter is

Talbot Village Trust

Transforming lives and communities

Talbot Village Trust supports those in need, nurturing talent and enhancing opportunity. Founded in the 1850s, it has improved lives for over 170 years. Today, The Talbot Quarter reflects this vision by fostering a creative neighbourhood for talent, innovation, and collaboration. As a key landowner and grant-giver in South East Dorset, the Trust builds partnerships to unlock opportunities and enable people to live well.

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Miles of opportunity

People are looking for greater harmony between their lives, their work place and the natural world. This is what drives the Talbot Quarter. Known for high quality of life, Bournemouth is an ideal environment for a sustainable work-life balance. At the core of the Talbot Quarter is an ambition to be a sector leader in ESG, from design, procurement and the sourcing of materials, through to working alongside BCorps and protecting nearby heathland.
The Talbot Quarter is designed to incorporate ambitious environmental goals, aiming for market leading BREEAM, NABERS, and Net Zero Carbon standards. Key public realm such as ‘Talbot Way’, a 1.5-acre Growing Hub, and a Heathland Support Area will create a sustainable biodiverse eco system for all to enjoy. Smart city principles, leading PropTech solutions and sustainable infrastructure will be incorporated into design, future proofing the Talbot Quarter for the long term.
The Talbot Quarter offers vibrant cultural and leisure options, factoring in Social Capital and collaboration into every decision and making it a hub for work and play. Featuring co-working at the Innovation Hub, flexible architecture, and a campus feel within an urban setting, it supports creative and lab style working as well as sustainable living.
The vision for the Talbot Quarter is rooted in the local community and looks to build on the legacy of the Talbot Village Trust’s founding principles for living well. As a single land owner, the charity believers the key to success is work with local business and communities. The use of BCorp advisors aims to foster a culture of trust and transparency with all stakeholders.