Tapton Park Innovation Centre

The goal of Tapton Park Innovation Centre is to stimulate innovation and the creation of technology and knowledge based businesses within the community. The centre, which opened in March 1997, can accommodateover 35 firms and this lively, thriving business environment will supply many opportunities for the interchange of ideas among all the businesses. The centre, originally funded by Chesterfield Borough Council, North Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce and North Derbyshire TEC has been built in the parkland grounds of the home of one of the country's great inventors.