Brooklands College

Brooklands College
Location
Weybridge, Surrey, England United Kingdom
Information
Motto	Outstanding Every Day
Principal	Gail Walker
Staff	over 500
Enrollment	5,000+
Website	brooklands.ac.uk

Brooklands College is a further education college in Weybridge and Ashford, England.

In August 2007 Brooklands merged with Spelthorne College in Ashford. The Weybridge campus is in the grounds of Hugh F. Locke King's historic mansion at Brooklands; the Ashford campus is on Ashford's High Street.

The college provides courses for those leaving school after GCSEs, vocational subjects, A-levels, apprenticeships, and professional courses for adults including foundation degrees.

There are approximately 5,000 students attending the college; of these about 2,500 are full-time.

Alumni

Gary Numan, musician
Martin Freeman Actor
Arthur Palmer, Labour MP from 1945-50 for Wimbledon, from 1952-9 for Cleveland, from 1964-74 for Bristol Central, and from 1974-83 for Bristol North East
Irene Thomas
Norman Willis, General Secretary from 1984-93 of the TUC
Robert Evans (London politician), Labour MEP for London 1994-2009
Wendy Smith-Sly, athlete who competed mainly in the 3,000 metres. Silver medallist at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles; 1983 World Champion in the World 10km road race championship.
Lucie Silvas, singer-songwriter

In popular culture

The 2007 film, "I Want Candy" starring Carmen Electra was filmed at Brooklands College.
Pop Punk band "You Me at Six" was formed from students at Brooklands College.

College website

Brooklands College Website

Universities and colleges in South East England

Universities	BPP Brighton Buckingham Buckinghamshire New Canterbury Chichester Creative Arts Kent Law Open Oxford Oxford Brookes Portsmouth Reading Southampton Southampton Solent Surrey Sussex Winchester

Further education colleges	Abingdon & Witney Amersham & Wycombe Andover Ashford Aylesbury Banbury & Bicester Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell & Wokingham Brighton & Hove (City) Brockenhurst Brooklands Canterbury Central Sussex Chichester East Berkshire East Kent Eastleigh East Surrey Fareham Farnborough Guildford Hadlow Hastings (Sussex Coast) Henley Highbury Isle of Wight MidKent Milton Keynes Newbury Northbrook North East Surrey North Kent Oxford (City) Plumpton Reading Ruskin Southampton South Downs Sparsholt Sussex Downs Totton West Kent

Sixth form colleges	Alton Barton Peveril Bexhill Brighton (BHASVIC) Esher Farnborough Farnham Godalming Havant Itchen Peter Symonds Portsmouth Queen Mary's Reigate Richard Collyer St Vincent Strode's Taunton's Varndean Woking Worthing

Borough of Elmbridge

Towns, villages and
neighbourhoods

Cobham	Cobham Downside Stoke d'Abernon

Esher	Claygate Esher Hinchley Wood West End

Surbiton	Long Ditton

Thames Ditton	Thames Ditton Weston Green

Molesey	Molesey (in traditional parish, East Molesey and West Molesey)

Leatherhead	Oxshott

Walton on Thames	Ashley Park Burwood Park Hersham Walton-on-Thames

Weybridge	Oatlands St. George's Hill Weybridge

Notable Parks

Grade I Listed Churches

Education

Transport

Railway stations	Claygate Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon Esher Hampton Court Hersham Hinchley Wood Oxshott Thames Ditton Walton-on-Thames Weybridge

Roads	M25 A3 A244 A307 A3050

Notable other	Thames Path London Outer Orbital Path

Buildings and structures

Sport

Places listed are articles notable as settlements, arranged by post town
The M25 motorway follows approximately a boundary and is included for its regional importance.

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