Knowledge Quarter, Liverpool
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The "Knowledge Quarter" is an area of Liverpool city centre covering 450 acres, incorporating the vicinity around London Road, Islington, the so called 'Fabric District', Paddington Village and part of Canning.
Knowledge Quarter, Liverpool | |
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Clockwise from top left: Liverpool Guild of Students; Victoria Gallery & Museum; Paddington Village; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; University of Liverpool; The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre; LJMU Redmonds Building and John Lennon Art and Design Building | |
Location within Merseyside | |
OS grid reference | SJ3558790264 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Liverpool |
Postcode district | L1, L3, L7 |
Dialling code | 0151 |
Police | Merseyside |
Fire | Merseyside |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
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The Knowledge Quarter is one of the largest campuses in the UK for academics, clinicians and scientists and contains a concentration of nationally and internationally renowned institutions which are prominent within the knowledge economy. The area is home to some of world’s most influential establishments in science, health, medical research, medicine, technology, education, music and the creative performing arts. It has been identified by Liverpool City Council, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the UK central government as a major contributor to the UK science, health and digital economy and as a priority area for sustained physical regeneration, development and investment.[1][2][3][4][5]
Some of the institutions within the area include the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and various others across Liverpool Science Park and Paddington Village.