Margate Digital Hub

Location: Margate, Kent

Client: EKC Group

Completed: August 2025

Value: £4.5 million

Part-funded by a successful bid to the Levelling up Fund (now MHCLG)) the work will transform the empty building that has stood empty since 2017, bringing it back to life in creating over 2000 sqm of industry-focused space within the creative and digital sectors.

Working alongside trusted consultants, designers Lee Evans Partnership (LEP) and project and cost managers b&m, the team are now on site and underway in the delivery of these much-anticipated facilities that will hugely enhance learning through the creation of creative, collaborative spaces with a focus on digital technology. 

Set over three storeys the facility will provide vibrant skills demonstration spaces, breakout areas to encourage student interaction and socialising with booth seating and study pods, production labs and studios, co-working space and recording studios known as ‘sanctums’ to enhance creativity, and all with a firm focus on ensuring comfort for the campuses 300 students. Whilst wholly specialist and bespoke, the spaces are designed with flexibility in mind to ensure the facilities are adaptable to changing educational needs to ensure the investment made here will have long-lasting benefits for all. The contemporary design includes a welcoming foyer area with reception desk and eye-catching staircase to the first floor complete with a living wall to part of the elevation. 

Once completed the campus is set to deliver a range of technical qualifications, including specialised T-Levels in Animation, Architecture, Graphics, Marketing, TV and Film, as well as new Higher Technical Qualifications to ensure progression routes are available. Immersed within the town centre the campus will forge strong links with local businesses and employers for the students to gain hands-on experience and will have far reaching socio-economic benefits in its redevelopment by dramatically enhancing this area of the town. 

CGI's courtesy of LE P