Labs4Rent
UKScience ParkLimited

Scale Space

London, England - 58 Wood Lane, London, W12 7RZ

Part of Joint venture between Imperial College London and Blenheim Chalcot

About

Scale Space is a 200,000 sq ft flexible workspace on Imperial College London's White City Campus, run as a joint venture between Imperial and venture builder Blenheim Chalcot, offering fully serviced CAT 2 (BSL-2) wet labs alongside offices in the White City Innovation District. Its differentiator is deal structure and speed: ready-to-occupy lab modules of roughly 800–1,100 sq ft on 1–2 year leases rather than the traditional 5+ year London life science lease, with base build already provisioned for 3-phase power, O₂/CO₂/N₂ gas ring mains, compressed air and LEV, so founders skip costly fit-out. Residents sit in a mixed healthtech/AI/SaaS community with direct routes into Imperial researchers and graduate talent — past lab tenants include Avacta Therapeutics, Impli, PhycoWorks and Eden Bio.

Lab Types

Wet LabOfficeMixed UseBSL-2

Space Options

Private LabOffice SuiteEntire Floor

Size range: 818–968 sq ft

Equipment Included

3-Phase Power
Gas Ring Mains (O2, CO2, N2)
Compressed Air
Local Extract Ventilation (LEV) With 6+ Air Changes Per Hour
Emergency/Backup Power
Dedicated Write-Up Space (In Select Lab Units)

Shared Facilities

Shared Equipment Room
Meeting Rooms
Event And Conference Space
Cafe
Kitchens
Showers
Bike Storage
Reception Services
Video Conferencing Facilities
Collaboration Areas And Call Booths

Special Features

Located In The White City Innovation District On Imperial College London'S 23-Acre White City CampusFlexible 1-2 Year Lab Leases Instead Of Traditional 5+ Year ContractsReady-To-Occupy Labs Requiring No Costly Fit-OutDirect Connections To Imperial College London Researchers And Graduate TalentBacked By Venture Builder Blenheim ChalcotMixed Community Spanning Life Sciences, Healthtech, AI And SaaS200,000 Sq Ft Building With Phased Lab Expansion (16,900 Sq Ft Launched, Plus A 60,000 Sq Ft New Wing)Second Location In Nottingham (Office Space)

Amenities

24/7 Building Access
High-Speed Wi-Fi
Daily Cleaning
100% Renewable Energy
Air Conditioning
On-Site Cafe
Showers
Bike Storage
Staffed Reception

Contact & Pricing

£1,400–£110,000/sqft/mo

Lab pricing on request (not published). Office space is listed publicly from £1,400/month for 104 sq ft up to £110,000/month for a 12,357 sq ft dedicated floor.

Contact

Min. period: 1 year (labs marketed on flexible 1-2 year leases)
Early-Stage Life Science And Biotech CompaniesScaleupsR&D TeamsHealthtech StartupsCorporate Innovation TeamsAI And SaaS Companies
Visit WebsiteApply / Book a Tourhello@scalespace.co.uk+44 (0) 208 050 1479

Last updated: Aug 2026

Ask about this space

Send one message and we will chase Scale Space for an answer.

We pass your details to the provider and follow up to make sure you hear back.

More Labs in UK

Alderley Park lab space

Alderley Park

UK
Macclesfield
Size
300–52,000 sq ft
Price
£1,000–£1,500/bench/mo
Biosafety
BSL-1, BSL-2
Availability
Available

Alderley Park is the UK's largest single-site life science campus — 400 acres of parkland with over 1 million sq ft of lab and office space, 30 minutes from Manchester, home to 250+ businesses and ~4,000 members. Operated by Bruntwood SciTech, it offers a genuine growth ladder: a managed coworking lab with published bench pricing, serviced labs, and standalone leased labs from 300 to 52,000 sq ft including new-build options. Its standout draw is the depth of on-site scientific infrastructure — 24/7 walk-up 500MHz NMR, a Waters-partnered open-access LC-MS lab with mass-directed prep chromatography, and Biacore/AKTA/Typhoon platforms all on pay-as-you-go — plus CL2 biology and chemistry suites created through a £20m lab redevelopment.

Wet LabChemistry LabCell Culture
Science Park
Updated Aug 2026
View details
Babraham Research Campus lab space

Babraham Research Campus

UK
Cambridge
Size
600–13,797 sq ft
Price
On request
Biosafety
BSL-1, BSL-2
Availability
Available

Babraham Research Campus is a 430-acre life science campus outside Cambridge, home to 60+ companies, ~2,000 employees and ~300 academic researchers from the co-located Babraham Institute. It offers a genuine growth ladder under one landlord: LiveLabs shared co-working bench space on 3-month rolling memberships for pre-seed teams, scaling to ScaleLabs fitted wet lab suites from 600 sq ft up to nearly 14,000 sq ft. Its biggest differentiator for founders is subsidised access to the Babraham Institute's core facilities (flow cytometry, genomics/NGS, advanced imaging, bioinformatics) plus the Accelerate@Babraham venture programme.

Wet LabCell CultureOffice
Science Park
Updated Aug 2026
View details
BioCity Glasgow lab space

BioCity Glasgow

UK
Glasgow
Size
188–9,952 sq ft
Price
Price on application (POA) — no published rates
Biosafety
Not published
Availability
Available

BioCity Glasgow is a 22-acre life sciences campus built on a former MSD (Merck) research site, now operated by The Pioneer Group, offering 108,000 sq ft of lab, office and manufacturing space across eight buildings midway between Glasgow and Edinburgh on the M8. It stands out for inherited big-pharma infrastructure — MHRA-licensed controlled conditions, cryostorage, a compound management library and 24/7 pharma-grade site security — paired with genuinely flexible 'easy-in, easy-out' terms that let startups scale up on one month's notice. Pioneer has planning permission for a further 72,800 sq ft of fully fitted Grade A lab space across two new buildings, and tenants get access to Pioneer's accelerator programme and pre-seed/seed investment funds.

Wet LabOfficeManufacturing
Incubator
Updated Aug 2026
View details