About the Institution
Askham Bryan College is a specialist landbased college based in Askham Bryan, York, England. It also has centres in Thirsk, Bedale, Harrogate, Guisborough, Bradford, Wakefield and Scarborough. It was built in 1936, but not opened until after the Second World War when it opened as the Yorkshire Agricultural Institute. The college runs courses in Agriculture, Animal Management, Equine Management, Engineering, Motor Sport, Horticulture, Food Technology, Arboriculture, Floristry, Environmental Management, Highways Maintenance, Plant Maintenance and General Education. The college farm is 1,022 acres (4.14 km2) and supports three farms; Westfield Farm which accommodates a 250 Holstein Friesian dairy herd and the National Beef Training Centre, East Barrow Farm which houses the college Equine Department with 44 horses and Animal Management Department and Headley Hall Farm which is the arable farm formerly of the University of Leeds Alumni includes: Geoffrey Smith, horticulturalist, writer and broadcaster and Joe Maiden, horticulturalist and broadcaster, BBC Radio Leeds

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