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Your facilities

Learn in specialist facilities used by students, staff and industry professionals. Some of our facilities are run as commercial businesses, so you’ll develop the latest skills and have the opportunity to gain valuable professional experience.

Agriculture and Digital Innovation Farm Develop your hands-on skills with access to 380 hectares of commercial farmland across five sites, supplying big brands including Müller. Be exposed to smart technology on our Digital Innovation Farm, which includes an Agri-Tech Centre, dairy parlour, and Tech Box Park for agribusiness innovation, as well as our new Digital Studio complete with simulators and virtual reality headsets. Animal Centre Our campus is home to over 70 species, ranging from ferrets, meerkats and prairie dogs, to emus, llamas and our giant sulcata, Millie, in our tortoise enclosure. Benefit from a Walled Animal Garden, reptile and aquatics rooms, aviaries, an orchard paddock, and equine and livestock centres. Equine Centre Become career-ready as you get hands-on in our Rider Performance Centre, equipped with world-class Racewood Eventing simulators, and work with Hartpury horses in our international arenas. We have 230 stables – including 150 for student livery, if you’d like to bring your horse – and run weekly fun competitions.

A-levels, classrooms and labs Expand your knowledge in our modern College Learning Centre and well-equipped laboratories. You’ll study three A-levels for six hours per subject each week, take part in supervised study sessions, and develop your employability and life skills with our extensive enrichment programme. Sports Academy We’ve invested over £10 million in our Sports Academy in recent years. You’ll benefit from specialist human performance and biomechanics laboratories, rehabilitation suites, performance and power gyms, a multi-sports hall, and pitches. These facilities are used by students in our Sports Academies to reach their athletic potential. Outdoor Activities and Uniformed Protective Services Experience a range of outdoor sports, utilising our 360-hectare campus and visiting places such as Aztec Adventures (Upton Warren), Gloucester Climbing Centre, Lake 86 Water Park and the River Wye. Lead activities and gain professional qualifications.

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