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Newton Rigg's upland farm, valued at £1,725,000, to remain education resource

Newton Rigg Colleges upland farm facility, Low Beckside Farm, Mungrisdale, will be kept as an education resource following a purchase offer by land-based educational charity The Ernest Cook Trust (TECT).

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Newton Rigg's upland farm, valued at £1,725,000, to remain education resource

Newton Rigg College's upland farm facility, Low Beckside Farm, Mungrisdale, will be kept as an 'education resource' following a purchase offer by land-based educational charity The Ernest Cook Trust (TECT)...

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