In the United Kingdom, land-based colleges are

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...

s specialising in

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

horticulture Horticulture (from ) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and mo ...

, and other topics useful for rural economies. Most land-based colleges are members of Landex, which promotes and coordinates the colleges.

List of rural colleges in the UK

England

* Askham Bryan College in

Askham Bryan Askham Bryan is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area of City of York in the north of England, south-west of York, west of Bishopthorpe, and close to Askham Richard a ...

, North Yorkshire * Berkshire College of Agriculture in Burchetts Green, Berkshire * Bicton College in Budleigh Salterton, Devon * Bishop Burton College in Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire * Brooksby Melton College in

Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray () is a market town in the Borough of Melton, Melton district in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, Leicestershire, River Eye, known below Melton as the Rive ...

, Leicestershire * Capel Manor College in

Bulls Cross Bulls Cross is a road and Hamlet (place), hamlet in Enfield, London, Enfield, England, on the outskirts of North London, north London, forming part of the Metropolitan Green Belt. Although it now lies within the ceremonial county of Greater Lond ...

, London Borough of Enfield *

College of West Anglia The College of West Anglia (often abbreviated to CoWA or CWA) is a four-campus college of further and higher education in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, England. The college has three campuses, located in King's Lynn, Milton and Wisbech, Cambridg ...

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...

* Easton College in

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

* Hadlow College in

Hadlow Hadlow is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is situated in the Medway valley, north-east of Tonbridge and south-west of Maidstone. The Saxon name for the settlement was Haeselholte (in t ...

, Kent * Hartpury College in

Hartpury Hartpury is a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It has an area of about . Hartpury Parish Council estimates 700 people live in around 270 houses. The population of the central village area within the parish was estimated at 550 people by ...

, Gloucestershire * Houghall College in Houghall, County Durham * Kingston Maurward College in

Dorchester, Dorset Dorchester ( ) is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome, Dorset, River Frome to the south of the Dorset Dow ...

* Merrist Wood College in Worplesdon, Surrey * Moulton College in

Moulton, Northamptonshire Moulton is a large village in West Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 Census was 5,491. The villages name is thought to be derived from 'town of the mill', or perhaps 'Meleton' - meaning protected town, since the ...

Myerscough College Myerscough College (pronounced as ''Myers-coe'') is a Higher and Further Education college near Bilsborrow on the Fylde in Lancashire, England. Origins Myerscough College was founded on 15 March 1894 as the ''Lancashire County Institute of ...

in Bilsborrow, Lancashire * Newton Rigg College in Penrith, Cumbria, part of Askham Bryan College * Plumpton College in

Plumpton, East Sussex Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes (district), Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located north-west of Lewes. The parish measures in length on its north–south axis and at its widest on the B2116 Underhi ...

* Reaseheath College in

Nantwich Nantwich ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. It has among the highest concentrations of listed buildings in England, with notably good examples of Tudor and Georgian architecture ...

, Cheshire * Riseholme College in Lincolnshire * Royal Agricultural College in

Cirencester Cirencester ( , ; see #Pronunciation, below for more variations) is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. It is the List of ...

, Gloucestershire * Shuttleworth College (Bedfordshire) in

Old Warden Old Warden is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about south-east of the county town of Bedford. The 2011 census shows its population as 328. The ...

* Sparsholt College in

Sparsholt, Hampshire Sparsholt (/ˈspɑːʃəʊlt/) is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, west of Winchester. In 1908 its area was . The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded its population as 982. The parish also includes the Hamlet (p ...

* South Staffordshire College specifically Rodbaston College based in Penkridge, Staffordshire * Suffolk Rural College in

Otley, Suffolk Otley is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is around north-east of Ipswich. The parish, which covers an area of about , had a population of 676 at the 2011 United Kingdom census. The ...

* Walford Campus in Baschurch, Shropshire * Wiltshire College Lackham, near

Chippenham Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies north-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, ...

Writtle University College Writtle University College was a university college located in Writtle near Chelmsford, Essex. It was founded in 1893 and obtained University College status in May 2016. In July 2023, Writtle University College announced a merger with Anglia ...

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Colchester and Southend-on-Sea. It is located north-east of London ...

, Essex

Northern Ireland

* College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

Scotland

Scotland's Rural College Scotland's Rural College (SRUC; ) is a Public university#United Kingdom, public land based college, land based Research university, research institution focused on agriculture and life sciences. Its history stretches back to 1899 with the estab ...

Wales

* Coleg Cambria Llysfasi in

Ruthin Ruthin ( ; ) is a market town and community in Denbighshire, Wales, in the south of the Vale of Clwyd. The town, castle and St Peter's Square lie on a hill, skirted by villages such as Pwllglas and Rhewl. The name comes from the Welsh ''rhud ...

, Denbighshire * Glynllifon Agricultural College in

Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a List of place names with royal patronage in the United Kingdom, royal town, Community (Wales), community and port in Gwynedd, Wales. It has a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the easter ...

, Gwynedd

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