Mencap National College, Dilston Hall
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Mencap National College, Dilston Hall
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 22 Aug 2010
The current Dilston Hall is used as a training establishment by the mental health charity, Mencap. The college was established in 1971 and first inspected as a specialist college in 1994. The main college campus, is set in 9 acres of park, woodland and gardens which include the ruined castle Image and C17th chapel Image Teaching and residential accommodation is situated in the main building (a 3-storey large country house, and former maternity home) as well as around the estate in other houses and cottages. Update (2020): Dilston College is now a specialist education service run by Cambian.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.963513
Longitude
-2.040576