Hartpury Animal

Hartpury Animal We also have a flourishing A-Level Centre. We place great emphasis on the quality of our teaching, with qualified and experienced staff.

Hartpury is an outstanding provider of education relating to agriculture and land management; equine science, care and performance; animal science and care; sports science, coaching and performance; applied business management and leadership; outdoor adventure and public services. We pride ourselves on offering a portfolio of programmes which provide you with the best choices and the qualification

s you need to realise your full potential. The investment in our campus gives you access to innovative and modern equipment, facilities, and buildings. This investment gives us the assurance that we are able to provide you with the necessary skills to find employment in an increasingly competitive working environment. We provide our students with the ability to study to a very high standard, and the opportunity to develop and gain life skills. Our aim is to enhance your personal communication skills and effectiveness, giving you confidence and enabling you to compete when entering the world of work. We welcome all students to become part of the Hartpury family, building on our reputation as a local, regional, national and international provider of high quality training and education.

A very warm welcome to our lovely new additions, our African Pygmy Dormice! These sweet ladies are named Brie, Feta, Eda...
17/06/2026

A very warm welcome to our lovely new additions, our African Pygmy Dormice! These sweet ladies are named Brie, Feta, Edam, Halloumi, and Ricotta 🧀

🍎 Fun fact: they have a very varied diet, like seeds and grains, insects, nectar, eggs, and fresh fruit. They can not eat vegetables as they lack a cecum, which is the organ necessary for digesting plant cellulose.

✨️Good and Naughty Animal of the Week - Week 19✨️🌰 Good: Our snails, locusts, cockroaches, and stick insects for doing s...
12/06/2026

✨️Good and Naughty Animal of the Week - Week 19✨️

🌰 Good: Our snails, locusts, cockroaches, and stick insects for doing so well at open farm Sunday event! Fun fact: cockroaches can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes!

🐍Naughty: Our Pueblan Milk Snake Elio! Fun fact: these snakes have evolved their colour pattern to trick predators into thinking they're the highly venomous coral snake. This evolutionary defence tactic is known as 'Batesian Mimicry'

🥳 Happy Birthday to our gorgeous Sand Boa boys Björn and Fenrir!Fun fact: they have a natural overbite, which helps them...
06/06/2026

🥳 Happy Birthday to our gorgeous Sand Boa boys Björn and Fenrir!

Fun fact: they have a natural overbite, which helps them to dig!

✨️Good and Naughty Animal of the Week - Week 18✨️📦 Good: Our Chinchillas! Fun fact: their strong hind legs make them cap...
05/06/2026

✨️Good and Naughty Animal of the Week - Week 18✨️

📦 Good: Our Chinchillas! Fun fact: their strong hind legs make them capable of leaping up to 6 feet in the air from a standing start

🐁 Naughty: Our Harvest Mice! Fun fact: they are the only British mammal with a prehensile tail, meaning they can use it like an extra limb to climb

✨️Good and Naughty Animal of the Week - Week 17✨️🤿 Good: Our ferrets! Fun fact: many ferrets enjoy digging at their wate...
29/05/2026

✨️Good and Naughty Animal of the Week - Week 17✨️

🤿 Good: Our ferrets! Fun fact: many ferrets enjoy digging at their water bowls to submerge their faces. This behaviour is called 'snorkeling'

🍵 Naughty: Our Mongolian Gerbils Bill & Ben! Fun fact: In the wild, Mongolian Gerbils can live in extended family groups of up to 17 individuals, made up of a dominant breeding pair and multi generational offspring

🎉Happy 3rd Birthday to our lovely Mongolian Gerbil boys Bill and Ben! 🥳 Named after the Flower Pot Men! 🌼🐹 Fun fact: Mon...
24/05/2026

🎉Happy 3rd Birthday to our lovely Mongolian Gerbil boys Bill and Ben! 🥳 Named after the Flower Pot Men! 🌼

🐹 Fun fact: Mongolian gerbils have exceptional hearing, and they produce low frequency vibrations in the form of foot drumming as a warning signal

✨️Good and Naughty Animal of the Week - Week 16✨️🐢 Good: Our Musk Turtle Dora! Fun fact: as a defence mechanism, Musk Tu...
22/05/2026

✨️Good and Naughty Animal of the Week - Week 16✨️

🐢 Good: Our Musk Turtle Dora! Fun fact: as a defence mechanism, Musk Turtles emit a foul-smelling liquid from scent glands on the edge of their shells, giving them the nickname 'stinkpots'

🐇 Naughty: Our Dutch Rabbits Edie & Hubert! Fun fact: Dutch rabbits are typically small and stocky, weighing between 1.6 and 2.5kg

Farewell to our funny and sassy girl, Millie. We've absolutely loved having her, but she's now moved to her new home wit...
22/05/2026

Farewell to our funny and sassy girl, Millie. We've absolutely loved having her, but she's now moved to her new home with her new potential boyfriend. Love you Millie, we'll miss you! 🐢

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Hartpury House
Gloucester
GL193BE

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 6pm
Thursday 8:30am - 6pm
Friday 8:30am - 6pm

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+441452702100

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