University Centre Myerscough

Built on the site of the old Myerscough Hall, some six miles north of Preston, Myerscough College is a land-based Higher and Further Education college dating back to the 19th century.

The original college was agricultural, and based on the south side of Preston near Hutton, moving to the current site in Bilsborrow, near Garstang, in 1969. Various other Myerscough Centres have been added since - in Blackburn, Burnley, Liverpool and Manchester. Each offers a variety of land-based and sport courses. In addition, there is the Myerscough Centre in Dorset - The Lynwood Veterinary Hospital - which specialises in veterinary nursing.

Last year there were around 7000 students, of whom 2500 were full time, and more than 1000 studying Higher Education degrees in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Subjects include motorsports, machinery engineering, sports and leisure, golf, arboriculture, landscape design, animal care, equine studies, horticulture, and farriery. Short courses for industry range from crane handling to crop spraying, and short leisure courses from caravan maneuvering to floristry.

There is an International Equine Arena, a golf course and Simulated Golf Training Centre, the National Arboricultural Centre, an off-road driving track, a dedicated Animal Academy, a Plant Centre with tropical and temperate greenhouses, Myerscough Gardens and Arboreta, sports fields and a Gymnasium, as well as woods, fields, ponds and a river all on the site. In addition, Myerscough College houses the Rural Business Centre, which provides support for rural business in the form of courses, advice, links and the Rural Business Incubator for start-up businesses.

Facilities

We’re investing £20 million in campus developments here at Myerscough, to ensure that the facilities and resources available on your chosen course will mirror those used in industry - to help you prepare for the world of work. This also means that your learning experience is made more enjoyable, enriching and fun! We also have exceptional study facilities, including an extensive library, laboratories and fully resourced computer centre for all your assignment work and IT needs.

Our specialist resources include:

• International Equestrian Arena with two indoor and two outdoor schools.
• Engineering Centre with an extensive fleet of vehicles, field machinery and tractors.
• New Animal Studies Centre with aquarium, catteries, kennels, wildlife rehabilitation rooms, commercial grooming parlour and reptile breeding unit.
• Motorsports Academy with dedicated workshops for four-wheel and two-wheel motorsport!
• Our agriculture and countryside Rural Skills centre and new £3million Food and Farming Innovation Technology Centre.
• New High Performance Sports Centre with Strength and Conditioning Studio, to complement our existing Sports Academy and natural grass and 3G pitches.
• 9-hole golf course and Golf studio with swing and shot analysis technology
• New horticultural production glasshouses
• Three Farriery workshops and 32 coke forges
• Veterinary Nursing centre with small animal operating theatre, examination rooms  and rehabilitation wards