Riseholme


Riseholme is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was 450 at the 2011 census. It is situated approximately north from the city and county town of Lincoln.

Riseholme Park

Riseholme is the site of the rural science campus of the University of Lincoln, and the home of Riseholme College, the University of Lincoln's main Further Education department.
Riseholme Park campus covers more than of land, and includes woodland, deer parks,and a lake. At the centre of the campus is Riseholme Hall, former home to multiple Bishops of Lincoln.
The college provides courses in small animals, forestry and abouriculture, equine, horticulture and agriculture.
In 1994 Princess Anne opened a new residential training college for the Inland Revenue, Lawress Hall, at Riseholme Park.
The college has two farms, one on the main site at Riseholme, and one in the nearby village of Nettleham.
Facilities include an AstroTurf pitch, rugby and football pitches, fishing, halls for corporate events and outdoor activities.