GBR national HQ competition – Expressions of Interest
This page has been retained so that those who are interested can see the Expressions of Interest submitted by local government bodies bidding to host the Great British Railways national HQ, as part of the competitive exercise in 2022.
The six shortlisted locations
Birmingham
submitted by West Midlands Combined Authority
Crewe
submitted by Cheshire East Council
Derby
submitted by Derby City Council
Doncaster
submitted by Doncaster Council
Newcastle
submitted by Newcastle City Council
York
submitted by City of York Council
The 36 runners-up
This list contains the non-shortlisted Expressions of Interest submitted in the first stage of the competition to find a location for the headquarters of Great British Railways.
- Barrow in Furness – submitted by the Office of Simon Fell MP
- Bishops Stortford – submitted by Shaping Stortford Group
- Bolton – submitted by Bolton Council
- Bristol and Bath – submitted by West of England Combined Authority
- Camborne – submitted by Camborne Town Council
- Carlisle – submitted by Carlisle City Council
- Carnforth – submitted by Lancaster City Council
- Coventry – submitted by Coventry City Council
- Darlington – submitted by Darlington Borough Council
- Didcot – submitted by South Oxfordshire District Council
- Dundee – submitted by Dundee City Council
- Durham City – submitted by Durham County Council
- Eastleigh – submitted by Eastleigh Borough Council
- Edinburgh – submitted by City of Edinburgh Council
- Gloucester – submitted by Gloucestershire County Council
- Grantham – submitted by Lincolnshire County Council
- Heywood – submitted by Rochdale Borough Council
- Hull – submitted by Hull City Council
- Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline – submitted by Fife Partnership Board
- Manchester, Salford, Stockport and Wigan – submitted by Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Milton Keynes – submitted by Milton Keynes Council
- Motherwell – submitted by North Lanarkshire Council
- Northampton – submitted by West Northamptonshire Council
- Nuneaton – submitted by Warwickshire County Council
- Parkside (Newton-le-Willows) – submitted by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- Perth – submitted by Perth & Kinross Council
- Peterborough – submitted by Peterborough City Council
- Preston – submitted by Lancashire County Council
- Southampton – submitted by Southampton City Council
- Stockton-on-Tees – submitted by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
- Swindon – submitted by Swindon Borough Council
- Tamworth – submitted by Staffordshire County Council
- Tonbridge – submitted by Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council
- Wakefield – submitted by West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- Wellingborough – submitted by North Northamptonshire Council
- Worcester – submitted by Worcestershire County Council