The Genome Campus is a 55-acre estate south of Cambridge in the grounds of Hinxton Hall. Nestled in the quiet countryside of these landscaped gardens, are two world-class research facilities: the Sanger Institute and the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). The Wellcome Trust bought the site in 1994 as a home for the new Sanger Centre. Since then the site has developed to become the British hub of biomedical science. The Campus is also home to the Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences programme and the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre.It would have been hard for the first researchers to imagine how the Campus would develop over the years. First came a painstaking restoration of the Grade II listed 17th century Hinxton Hall and excavation of its grounds. The excavation drew evidence that Neolithic ancestors had walked the very same site: those first researchers on the site, whose science looked with such anticipation into the future, were afforded an unprecedented glimpse of the past.In 1996, both the Sanger Centre and the neighbouring EBI began to migrate into purpose built new buildings. These would be home to some of the most important genetic discoveries of the 20th and 21st Centuries. A second building development to extend the Campus' facilities was opened in 2005, creating a state-of-the-art new home for staff amenities and a data centre to house the growing data storage needs of the Sanger Institute and EBI.Throughout the years, the adjoining parkland and Wellcome Trust funded wetland sites have developed a diverse ecosystem: the facilities are enjoyed by dog-walkers, families and local people.