Land-based colleges provide high-quality education and training for rural economies.  They specialise in agri-food, land and animal sciences, in areas such as

• Agriculture
• Animal studies
• Arboriculture
• Countryside management
• Equine studies
• Fisheries
• Floristry
• Gamekeeping
• Horticulture
• Stonemasonry
• Tree surgery and management
• Veterinary services
• Wildlife management

They provide education and training from entry to postgraduate levels which are highly valued to the to a sustainable and prosperous rural economy.

List of land-based colleges

	Region	Local authority
Askham Bryan College	Yorkshire & the Humber	York
Berkshire College of Agriculture	South East	Windsor and Maidenhead
Bishop Burton College	Yorkshire & the Humber	East Riding of Yorkshire
Brooksby Melton College	East Midlands	Leicestershire
Capel Manor College	London	Enfield
Easton and Otley College	East	Norfolk / Suffolk
Hadlow College	South East	Kent
Hartpury College	South West	Gloucestershire
Kingston Maurward College	South West	Dorset
Moulton College	East Midlands	Northamptonshire
Myerscough College	North West	Lancashire
Plumpton College	South East	East Sussex
Reaseheath College	North West	Cheshire East
Sparsholt College	South East	Hampshire
Writtle University College	East	Essex