Glynllifon Agricultural College

Glynllifon is a land-based campus with residential facilities, situated on the Glynllifon Estate near Caernarfon. The Glynllifon farm, including the woodland, extends to 300 hectares, and is a great environment for studying countryside management and agricultural studies. Agriculture students will gain hands-on experience on Glynllifon’s working farm which has: A crossbred Autumn calving dairy herd A Spring calving Stabiliser and Welsh Black beef herd A lowland flock of 500 Llŷn ewes 50 Continental terminal sire flock A pig herd of 50 Welsh and Hybrid sows Recent investments at the farm include the cattle roundhouse and a state-of-the-art pig unit. The campus also has an animal studies centre, engineering centre and forest & sawmill. The state-of-the-art teaching block provides contemporary facilities for classroom-based learning, IT rooms, plus a library & resource centre, a large lecture theatre, two purpose-built rooms for exotic animals and the veterinary nursing course, plus kitchens and workrooms for the Independent Living Skills Department. The £7.4 million Llifon teaching block provides: contemporary classrooms IT rooms library & resource centre a large lecture theatre a well-stocked exotic animal facility kitchens