Lord-Lieutenant opens new facility at Merrist Wood

2nd October 2026 | Lieutenancy News

Lord-Lieutenant opens new facility at Merrist Wood

On 23 September the Lord-Lieutenant opened the Norman Shaw buildings at Merrist Wood a major redevelopment featuring state-of-the-art teaching buildings and a specialist greenhouse, enhancing facilities for land-based education.

The new buildings provide cutting-edge teaching and learning spaces, including:

Dedicated classrooms for equine science and arboriculture.
Commercial greenhouse for practical horticulture training.
Design, technology, and landscaping rooms.
Spacious external workshops capable of accommodating heavy machinery like tractors, quad bikes, and mowers.
Immersive digital technologies to support flexible and innovative teaching methods
The redevelopment also includes a new glasshouse and support areas, along with a single-storey vocational/specialist teaching block,