Why University Centre Reaseheath?

As a regional centre for agricultural education, our college farm has world class facilities. The working farm has a top of the range rapid exit milking parlour and anaerobic digester. It’s also home to the Reaseheath herd of pedigree high yielding Holsteins and youngstock. We have also recently installed a robotic milking system on our farm which automates aspects of our dairy herd management and provides a wealth of data and information to inform our farm management practices.

Our specialist teaching centre includes an on-site zoo which houses over 1,000 animals, an aquatics and exotics centre, mammal house, laboratories and training facilities. Our award winning zoo has been expanded to include provisions for Reaseheath’s canine programmes such as kennelling facilities, commercial standard grooming parlours, dedicated outdoor all-weather canine training arena, plus a custom-built, covered training arena and a full set of competition quality dog agility equipment.

With both indoor and outdoor riding arenas our Equestrian Centre caters for equine sports performance and rehabilitation with facilities including a mechanical horse, round pen, solarium, equissage and magnotherapy equipment as well as full laboratory facilities.

Our innovative £8 million National Centre for Horticulture, the Environment and Sustainable Technology is one of the most modern glasshouse training facilities in the UK with its state-of-the-art glasshouse for food crop trials and research. It also houses a fully equipped science laboratory and CAD design studios. We are also soon to complete the installation of a vertical farm facility which is the largest installation in any UK educational establishment. The vertical farm runs on low-voltage LED lighting and will be powered by solar panels, with over 200 square metres of growing space. Innovations like this are driving the UK strategy for food security and sustainable methods of food production.

The centre boasts one of the best food processing halls in Europe. It is internationally renowned in the food and drink sector and is the only one of its kind to achieve BRC7 standard. It’s also the chosen training provider to the Eden International Dairy Academy and is the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Centre of Excellence for Dairy.

You will have access to our campus sport facilities including high and low ropes courses, an indoor climbing wall, gym with Technogym equipment and a brand new 3G Pitch and Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA).

In addition to the facilities above, we have an on-site bar and social areas, several catering outlets, a library and learning resource centre and free Wi-Fi connection across the campus. We are also excited to have recently opened a new social space on campus exclusively for our UCR students called ‘The Courtyard’. It operates as a café during the day and a bar in the evening, providing you with a stylish space to socialise day and night.