Markfield Institute of Higher Education

Markfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan: Referendum Version

Our proposal to allocate housing development south of London Road includes a requirement to provide a new school foot entrance off London Road with school drop-off and pick-up facilities. 5.5. Most children go on to South Charnwood High School, on Broad Lane which lies outside the Neighbourhood Plan Area. Since the school is less than 3 miles from Markfield village, there is no free school bus service for villagebased pupils. There is, however, a footpath of variable quality, which links the village to the school. Other children go to Brookvale school in Groby, which like South Charnwood, takes pupils through to 16. A small number of children go to school in Loughborough or Coalville. Post 16, children go to one of a number of colleges in Groby, Coalville, Leicester or Loughborough. Markfield Institute of Higher Education

5.6. The County Sanatorium and Isolation Hospital (Markfield Hospital) on Ratby Lane was opened in September 1932. It had 203 beds in six wards, with isolation for fever patients and a sanatorium for patients with tuberculosis (TB). By 1982, the hospital catered for long-stay chest cases, minor operations, geriatrics and convalescents, with TB and fever being very rare. Its future was in doubt, and by 1985 the hospital closed and the site sold. 5.7. Established in 1973 in the city of Leicester, the Islamic Foundation moved in 1990 to the former ambulance training station adjacent to the grounds of Markfield Hospital. The Markfield Institute of Higher Education is now a pioneering educational institute at the forefront of Islamic studies in the UK. Since its inception in 2000, the Institute has developed an international reputation for expertise in Islamic studies, Islamic education, Muslim chaplaincy, and Islamic banking, finance and management. 5.8. Set on a tranquil 3.6 hectare site to the east of Markfield village, the Institute hosts one of the largest Islamic libraries in Europe, holding over 40,000 books and journals, and has a mosque, conference centre and residential facilities.

FIGURE 12: MARKFIELD INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION