Leicester's Space industry is home to cutting-edge innovation, research, and manufacturing all concentrated at Space City. Leicester and Leicestershire propels the future of aviation and exploration, and is a hub of technological advancement and expertise that drives global advancements in the aerospace sector.

Space City is home to the iconic National Space Centre and Space Park Leicester. The area has a cluster of space technology companies and major new developments that place us at the heart of future opportunities in the space sector. Research scientists at the University of Leicester have a long and distinguished record of discovery in space science. Their work includes x-ray and observational astronomy, radio and space plasma physics (including space weather) and planetary science and instrumentation development.

£100m Space Park Leicester - the heart of the UK’s space industry at Space City

200 academics, 29,000 employees and 20,000 students in space-related fields

Every single year since 1967 has seen a Leicester-built instrument operating in space