Social areas
Labs
Meeting rooms
Offices

Old Market

In-house members

13

Total footprint

30,000sq ft

Midland Road, Bristol, BS2 0NS

Our Old Market incubator hosts growing Deep Tech companies that have moved beyond proof of concept and are scaling their teams, typically 20–30 people strong.


This site serves as the main event venue of our Bristol campus — featuring the 1023 bar, our community’s main stage for events and a gathering spot for informal meetups every Thursday.

Old Market members are breaking new ground in several science and engineering fields — from advanced sustainable materials to vaccine platforms and stem cell therapeutics.

Details

With 30,000 sq ft of laboratory, office and meeting space, our Old Market incubator is a supportive, well-connected hub for growing Deep Tech companies.

This location also features a large event space, shared social spaces, and our favourite addition — the 1023 bar, open every Thursday for the community.

Membership includes access to our platform of support, providing opportunities to attend workshops and events, connect with other founders, and find a mentor.

Labs

  • 330 - 2,000+ sq ft
  • 3.2m ceiling heights
  • Designed for Containment Level 2 activities
  • Community owned equipment available to all members
  • Nitrogen gas lines to each laboratory
  • On-site liquid nitrogen

Offices

  • Furnished offices
  • Lab adjacent office spaces available
  • Hot-desking space available
  • High-speed internet (6Gig fibre connection)
  • Natural light
  • Air conditioning
  • Modern design

Extras

  • On-site parking
  • Secure bicycle storage
  • Showers & drying room
  • Easy access to Bristol-Bath cycle path and Temple Meads train station
  • Access to event space & bar on site
  • Meeting rooms with AV for video conferencing
  • Large breakout spaces
  • South-facing terrace
  • Free tea & bean-to-cup coffee
  • Fridge stocked with fresh lunches

Support

  • Advice from our network of experts and partners
  • Access to key business events and workshops
  • Access to a vibrant community of Deep Tech startups
  • Founder meetups to learn from other entrepreneurs
  • Discounted rates from suppliers

Floor plan

Ground floor
First floor
Labs
Meeting rooms
Offices
Social areas
Ground floor
First floor
Meeting rooms
Offices
Social areas

Private labs at capacity

Find your new home at Science Creates

Our Old Market incubator is currently full, but if you if you are looking for private lab space we encourage you to get in touch to enquire about future openings, or explore OMX, our third Bristol incubator, set to open in 2026.

Available

OM LB-05

  • 2-8 people
  • 5.125 sf
Coming soon

OM LB-04

  • 2-8 people
  • 5.125 sf
Available

OM LB-03

  • 2-8 people
  • 5.125 sf
Coming soon

OM LB-02

  • 2-8 people
  • 5.125 sf
Available

OM LB-01

  • 2-8 people
  • 5.125 sf

Building amenities

  • Reception
  • On-site parking
  • Secure bicycle storage
  • Showers & drying room
  • Easy access to Bristol-Bath cycle path and Temple Meads train station
  • Access to event space & bar
  • Meeting rooms with AV for video conferencing
  • Large breakout spaces
  • South-facing terrace
  • Free tea & bean-to-cup coffee
  • Fridge stocked with fresh lunches

Lab amenities

  • Designed for Containment Level 2 activities
  • Nitrogen gas lines to each laboratory
  • On-site liquid nitrogen
  • External dewar storage
  • Gas cylinder storage
  • Ice machine
  • Autoclave for waste disposal
  • 8 air changes per hour
  • Recycling schemes
  • Type 2 deionised water

Services

  • Maintenance & lab support
  • GM biosafety committeePeer support groups
  • Partner and supplier discounts
  • Hazardous waste disposal
  • Waste & recycling disposal
  • Shared stores
  • Mail & printing
  • Dedicated VLAN

Key locations

Travel between locations is measured in walking distance

  • Old Market & OMX Incubators

    Midland Rd & St Philips Rd

  • Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station

    0.5 miles / 11 min

  • St Philips Incubator

    0.7 miles / 15 min

Who's in our incubators

Meet the startups changing the future ofhealthcare and sustainability

Who’s here

Meet the startups changing the future ofhealthcare and sustainability

Materials
Biotech
Biotech
Quantum/AI
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Materials
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Quantum/AI
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Engineering
Biotech
Biotech
Materials
Biotech
Biotech
Quantum/AI
Biotech
Biotech
Materials
Biotech
Biotech
Materials
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Quantum/AI
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
Biotech
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Engineering
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Materials
Biotech
Lifecare Chemistry Ltd

Lifecare is committed to improving the lives of people and pets with diabetes. It is developing the next-generation of miniaturized and implantable nanobiosensors for correct and continuous monitoring of glucose and other biomarkers to the market. The company’s spin-off entity Lifecare Chemistry Ltd was founded to enhance research collaboration and secure ownership of its improved analyte-specific chemical receptor developments.

FINE

Fine Agrochemicals is enhancing crop quality for fruit and flower growers in agricultural, ornamental and landscape markets using its plant growth regulator (PGR) technology. Its PGR products, made using naturally occurring molecules through fermentation and combined with chemically synthesised compounds, help stimulate plant cells to enhance nutrient levels and targeted growth for improved crop outputs.

Argonaute RNA

Argonaute RNA is developing safe, reliable and targeted methods of temporarily silencing genes in different tissue cells. It does this via the proprietary modification of small interfering RNA (siRNA), using a novel stabilisation method to overcome previous obstacles to developing siRNA drugs for healthcare.

Carbometrics

Carbometrics is striving to improve diabetes patient care by enhancing technology for continuous glucose monitoring. The team aims to pave the way for a new class of highly-accurate sensors with its groundbreaking synthetic molecule that is both chemically stable and able to bind to glucose in the blood. This follows on from the work of exited startup Ziylo Ltd, which was Science Creates’ very first resident and acquired by Novo Nordisk in 2018.

EnsiliTech

EnsiliTech is improving the shelf-life and global accessibility of vaccines and other biological therapeutics by combatting cold chain transport and storage issues. Its novel ensilication technology, designed for both existing and new biopharmaceutical formulations, encases thermally unstable biomolecules within silica nanoshells to prevent environmental degradation. This eliminates the need for cold chain requirements that are expensive, prone to failure and generate significant carbon dioxide emissions.

FINE

Fine Agrochemicals is enhancing crop quality for fruit and flower growers in agricultural, ornamental and landscape markets using its plant growth regulator (PGR) technology. Its PGR products, made using naturally occurring molecules through fermentation and combined with chemically synthesised compounds, help stimulate plant cells to enhance nutrient levels and targeted growth for improved crop outputs.

STL

STL is leveraging its deep sector expertise as a venture builder to unlock the true value of innovation. Working alongside a network of investors and service providers, its strategic commercialisation process helps its customers build IP-led businesses that are viable and sustainable. It does this by applying streamlined entrepreneurial capabilities, in-house engineering and end-to-end due diligence for ventures bringing new technologies to life from basic concept to prototype demonstration, enhancing their growth and scalability.

Epinal

Epinal is revolutionising the detection and prevention of narcotic-impaired behaviour for safer roads, flights and workplaces. Utilising AI and novel biotechnology that mimics natural sensory mechanisms, it’s developing a handheld breathalyser that generates rapid results with extreme sensitivity and selectivity.

Extracellular

Extracellular is developing cell culture technologies to use the cell samples of living animals and plants to create sustainable alternatives to commercial products in the cosmetic, material and food industries. As a bioprocessing and manufacturing partner, it provides solutions from cell-line and scale-up development to facilitating routes to market, supporting other biotech companies seeking to develop greener consumer products such as cultivated meat, dairy products, leather, cotton and active ingredients for cosmetics.