About Us
Docking Station is a ground-breaking new hub for digital creative industries run by the University of Kent’s Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries (iCCi), due to open in Medway late 2026.
About Docking Station
What is Docking Station?
A new space for industry, research and community
Docking Station will offer state-of-the-art digital production studios including LED volume, motion capture, volumetric capture and photogrammetry for students, businesses, and local people.
There will be flexible teaching spaces, co-working areas, performance and exhibition spaces all woven into a programme of public events and community engagement. It will be a new bridge between academia, industry and the community.
Docking Station aims to put Medway at the forefront of research and innovation into digital immersive experiences.
Regeneration in Medway
Located between the University’s Pembroke campus and its Historic Dockyard premises, this development will place cultural and creative industries at the heart of the regeneration plans for the last remaining undeveloped part of the former Dockyard site.
Docking Station will address the income, productivity and skills levelling-up challenges faced in Medway, make a visible impact on Medway’s cultural regeneration and provide the facilities and skills development opportunities to support digital innovation within the creative industries sector.
Project Funding & Governance
Creative Estuary and Medway Council funding has kick-started project development by enabling the completion of feasibility studies which has paved the way for further investment.
Medway Council secured funding from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund (MHCLG), and the iCCi were awarded grants from the Arts Council England’s Cultural Development Fund (DCMS), National Lottery Heritage Fund and Colyer Fergusson Charitable Trust for engagement activities in the community.
Our Funders
