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About Design District

Design District houses permanent and purpose-designed creative workspaces across a cluster of 16 gloriously eclectic buildings, designed by eight pioneering architects. Just one minute from North Greenwich station, the district is a thriving home for creative businesses.

When Design District launched in 2021, it set out to keep creativity – and the creative sector – at the heart of London. Today, Design District is home to more than 170 businesses and organisations spanning every creative discipline. The District offers workspaces of all scales, to suit every need – from workshops and individual desks to brand headquarters.

Design District’s operating premise – that bringing together and supporting diverse creative enterprises drives innovation, growth, and resilience – has proven even more important against a tumultuous global climate.

With purpose-built, architecturally designed workspaces, a diverse community, and a collective focus on collaboration, Design District has built an environment where creative businesses & individuals flourish.

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Available workspace

With their generous footprints, high ceilings and plenty of natural light, our purpose-designed buildings are built for creative businesses that need space to think, grow and make things happen.

Who's here

From fashion designers and ceramicists to coders and sound developers, meet the incredible creatives who make up our community.

  • 1800

    creatives supported

  • 150k

    sq ft work & event spaces

  • 100%

    pedestrianised

  • 2.4 miles

    of river accesss

A platform to foster and support creativity.

Behind the UK’s world-leading creativity lies a growing crisis: too little space for too many ideas. Our new research uncovers what’s driving the shortage, and how we can change it.

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Press articles

CITY AM Ballooning office rents price creative industries out of UK cities
27th October 2025
CITY AM Built to Scale: Why the capital’s most innovative businesses are moving to Design District
2nd July 2025
RIBA Journal Design District C1 and D1 Greenwich
13th May 2025
The Times The Millennium Dome at 25 giving Greenwich a new lease of life
20th March 2025
TIME OUT London's first rooftop basketball court has opened in Greenwich
ELLE Is this the future of the UK's Design Communities?
Evening Standard How Greenwich become the capital’s new design epicentre
The Guardian Greenwich Design District review – a lesson in how to make somewhere out of nowhere
The Telegraph How Greenwich went from East End hinterland to the coolest design destination in London
Financial Times How London’s Greenwich Peninsula became a bustling Design District
Architects' Journal Designing the Greenwich Peninsula’s Design District
Wallpaper* Roz Barr explores post-pandemic office architecture at London’s Design District
TIME World's Greatest Places

About the architects

The architects prioritised natural ventilation, high ceilings, north-facing lights and pedestrian movement for a healthy and happy workplace. The brief to the architects was to create a space that they would like to work in themselves

Get directions to
Design District

Design District is easily reached from across
London and beyond, one minute from North
Greenwich underground station.

Address

Design District, 19 Soames Walk,
London, SE10 0AX
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