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Our extensive Garden Mills refurbishment was the result of £5.8m funding received from The Office for Students (OfS) Higher Education Capital Fund with a £1.1m College contribution. We were one of only five institutions nationally to receive the maximum allocation.

Our extensive Garden Mills refurbishment was the result of £5.8m funding received from The Office for Students (OfS) Higher Education Capital Fund with a £1.1m College contribution. We were one of only five institutions nationally to receive the maximum allocation.

Contractor Tilbury Douglas completed the incredible transformation of the derelict 1900s five storey building ready for use from Autumn 2024. Garden Mills now enhances our substantial health science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) facilities, incorporating:

  • cutting-edge dental facilities
  • a prep room
  • six digital IT labs
  • an ophthalmic dispensing suite
  • a clinical suite
  • a real-life work environment with consulting and testing booths
  • a collaboration area
  • academic teaching spaces

Today, Garden Mills welcomes a range of higher-level HNC/HND and degree students, including ophthalmic and digital learners, and is set to benefit higher-level apprentices too.

The entrance to Garden Mills

Garden Mills Entrance

Ophthalmic dispensing equipment at Garden Mills

Ophthalmic Dispensing Equipment

One of the IT labs at Garden Mills

Digital IT Lab

A collaboration space at Garden Mills

Teaching Space

Collaboration space at Garden Mills

Collaboration Space

£6900000

funding invested (OfS funded plus Bradford College contribution)

Tilbury Douglas

appointed contractor

2024

Autumn completion

Latest News

Bradford College Renovation Project Achieves Property Awards Hat-Trick

  29 days

A £6.9 million refurbishment project that saw a derelict building transformed into Bradford College’s cutting-edge Garden Mills facility has been selected as a finalist in three prestigious property awards. The extensive Garden Mills building project on Thornton Road was selected as a finalist in the Constructing Excellence Yorkshire & Humber Awards 2025, as well as […]

Success in the Frame for Dispensing-Optician Training After Spec-tacular Results

  10 months

The Ophthalmic department at Bradford College is focussed on the future after relocating to the newly renovated Garden Mills building on Thornton Road.

Bradford College Completes £6.9m Mill Transformation Project

  11 months

A multimillion-pound renovation project at Bradford College has transformed a derelict mill into a flexible digital, science, and allied health training facility for higher-level students.

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