Kingston Maurward College
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Kingston Maurward College is a college for land-based studies situated two miles east of Dorchester, Dorset
, England
. The college is a member of the Landex
group http://www.landex.org.uk/find_a_college.htm, an association of institutions that provide courses in agriculture
and horticulture
.
Kingston Maurward House on the college grounds is used for administration purposes and private functions.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The college is a member of the Landex
Landex
Landex is the UK membership association for land-based colleges. The name is derived from Land Based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence. It originated in 2006, and has a membership of over 30 specialist FE Colleges in England and 5 specialist Higher Education Institutes. ,...
group http://www.landex.org.uk/find_a_college.htm, an association of institutions that provide courses in agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
and horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
.
Kingston Maurward House on the college grounds is used for administration purposes and private functions.