Berkshire College of Agriculture
Type | Further education |
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Established | 1949 |
Principal | Gillian May |
Location | 51°31′48″N 0°48′00″W / 51.530°N 0.800°WCoordinates: 51°31′48″N 0°48′00″W / 51.530°N 0.800°W |
Website | http://www.bca.ac.uk/ |
Berkshire College of Agriculture is a further education agricultural college at Hall Place in Burchetts Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire. It was founded in 1949, as the Berkshire Institute of Agriculture.[1]
Courses[]
The college was built to provide a training centre for agricultural workers. It has expanded to offer work with animals and construction.[2] The college is located on 450 acres (180 ha) of farm land, with residential accommodation for over 70 students.[2]
Principals:
2013: Gillian May
Catchment area[]
As this is a further education college, there is no legal catchment area, but its rural location causes an extensive bus service to be run to many towns and villages including Amersham, Beaconsfield, Bushey, Bracknell, Camberley, The Chalfonts, Gerrards Cross, Great Missenden, Henley, High Wycombe, Maidenhead, Reading, Rickmansworth, Slough, Thame, Uxbridge, Wallingford, Windsor, Watford and Wokingham.
References[]
- ^ "The History of Hall Place". bca.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Full-time courses". bca.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
External links[]
- Media related to Berkshire College of Agriculture at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Agricultural universities and colleges in the United Kingdom
- Further education colleges in Berkshire
- Educational institutions established in 1949
- Education in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- 1949 establishments in England
- Hurley, Berkshire
- United Kingdom university stubs