The IM Marsh Campus is a former university campus in south

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. It was, until 2021, home to the School of Education, Leisure and Sport Studies and the School of Teacher Education and Professional Learning (both part of the Faculty of Education, Health and Community (EHC)), of

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. It formerly housed the majority of the University's sporting facilities including: sports hall, two gymnasiums, fitness suite, climbing wall, tennis courts, hockey astroturf and three large playing fields. All the facilities were operated by Marsh Sports.

History

The campus was founded in 1900 by Irene Mabel Marsh (hence the IM Marsh Campus) as a Physical Education Teacher Training college for Girls. Irene Marsh bought Barkhill House in 1919. The campus briefly became part of the

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, until being transferred to Liverpool Polytechnic which later became

Location

Based in the green suburb of

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in south

approximately four miles from the city centre, it was the only LJMU campus outside of the city centre. It is well connected to the city and the rest of the

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through three local train stations ( Aigburth Station, Mossley Hill Station and West Allerton Station), several bus routes operated by

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, and

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Former facilities

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*Computer Resource Centre * Science laboratories *Design and Technology laboratories * 2 Gymnasiums *

Climbing wall A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing, but sometimes located outdoors. Some are brick or wooden constructions, but on most modern walls, the material most often used i ...

*Fitness Suite *Sports hall including 8

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courts, 2

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courts,

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pitches,

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Courts *

Hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

pitch sized all weather

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*3 Outdoor

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courts,

Courts *Large

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Studio *The Egg

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*Sudley

Notable former students

* Ian Usher (1982–1985 B.Ed (Outdoor Education) - traveller, adventurer, writer and speaker. Sold "entire life" on

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in 2008.

2011 and on

On 30 March 2011, LJMU announced their intention to sell the campus and relocate the faculty to the city centre. This has had the foreseeable effect of rendering it as not as up to date as other LJMU campuses, as funding has not kept up with that of other campuses. In 2022 the Bark Hill villa was saved from demolition after it was listed.

References

External links

Street map
an
aerial photo
of IM Marsh from Multimap
Liverpool John Moores University
website {{LJMU Liverpool John Moores University Physical education in the United Kingdom