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Welbeck College is a co-educational, residential sixth-form college in Loughborough in Leicestershire, Central England. We are located 16km from the city of Leicester, 56km from Birmingham and 160km from London. We offer a two-year A-level education for students wishing to pursue an engineering based career in the Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and MOD Civil Service. The college has become one of the UK’s top sixth form colleges and has an outstanding academic reputation.

Situated on a 36 acre site on the charming rural setting of Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire, Welbeck has a spacious campus with state-of-the-art facilities and amenities. We cater for every need of our 350 resident 6th Form students, all of whom are destined to become technical officers in the Army, RAF, RN or the MOD Civil Service.


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Leicestershire is a landlocked county in central England. It is bordered by Nottinghamshire to the north; Derbyshire to the north-west; Lincolnshire to the north-east; Rutland to the east; Staffordshire to the west; Warwickshire to the south-west and Northamptonshire to the south-east. Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire.


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Welbeck DSFC Sixth Form College is located in Woodhouse near Loughborough, approximately 12 miles north of Leicester and within easy reach of the M1, M42 and the national rail network.

School / Office Address: Forest Road, Leicestershire, LE12 8WD
Loughborough
England
UK / GB
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