Posted: 26th November 2015 | Back to news feed
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal confers naming honour on Capel Manor College and opens new education facility
Capel Manor College’s School of Animal Management and Saddlery has been renamed The Princess Royal College of Animal Management and Saddlery, London. This is in recognition of The Princess Royal’s ongoing involvement with Capel and her encouragement to develop the School since she first suggested the idea in 1986.
The School’s new £3.6 million facility at the Capel centre in Enfield was opened on Wednesday, 25 November by The Princess Royal.
The purpose-built complex will offer state-of-the-art resources to benefit all of the College’s animal management and saddlery students, no matter at which of Capel’s centres across London they are based.
College Principal Dr Steve Dowbiggin OBE said: “We are delighted by this honour. It really gives Capel students kudos, we know we are one of the best Colleges in the country but this underpins that. The renaming of our School recognises the interest shown by Her Royal Highness in this aspect of our activities and the encouragement she has given us over the years to invest in this area to ensure Londoners have access to the best facilities in the country if they are interested in studying animal management, saddlery or related industries.”
Construction has just finished on the new complex, which will provide over 1,000m² of modern learning space which includes exotic and reptile animal housing, laboratories, classrooms, a dog grooming parlour and a teaching veterinary unit. The new building will be integrated within a two-acre landscaped complex housing animals from all over the world in eco zones representing their natural habitat. The new facilities are part of continuing developments across Capel’s animal management provision which has already seen a £1.5 million investment in the future of its students in this area.
Vice Principal, Malcolm Goodwin said: "These new facilities will give those studying at Capel vocational opportunities equal to the best in the world - our horticultural, floristry and garden design facilities are already second to none and this – along with the new centre for the School of Arboriculture and Countryside Management - will mean everyone lucky enough to study at the College will have access to a unique experience.”
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