HC Deb 24 March 1949 vol 463 c59W
Mr. K. Lindsay

asked the Minister of Education how many colleges for adult education have been established since the 1944 Education Act; and what is their precise location.

Mr. Tomlinson

I understand that the following 18 Residential Colleges of Adult Education established since 1944 are now in operation:

Denman College, Marcham Park. Abingdon, Berkshire.

Missenden Abbey Adult Education College, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.

Stoke Centre of Recreative Crafts, Stoke House, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire.

Burton Manor Residential College for Adult Education, Burton, Wirral, Cheshire.

Cowley Manor Adult Education Centre, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Pendley Centre of Adult Education, Pendley Manor, Tring, Hertfordshire.

Kingsgate Y.M.C.A. College for Adults, Broadstairs. Kent.

Stanford Hall Co-operative College, Stanford Hall, Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Holly Royde Residential College for Adult Education, Manchester.

Lenton Hurst, Derby Road, Nottingham.

Attingham Hall Residential College for Adult Education, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Wedgwood Memorial College, Barlaston, Staffordshire.

Belstead House Adult Residential College, near Ipswich, Suffolk.

Lodge Hill Residential Centre for Youth and Adult Education, Pulborough, Sussex.

Westham House, Barford Warwickshire.

Eden Grove Residential Centre, Bolton, Penrith, Cumberland.

Urchfont Residential College for Adult Education, near Devizes, Wiltshire.

Dyffryn House Residential Centre, St. Nicholas, Glamorgan.

I have no complete information about the many local non-residential centres which contribute to the education of the adult population.

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