West Dean College of Arts and Conservation

The whole experience was great, from the friendly welcome and to the course itself, particularly the tutor, Richard Walker, who made the day so enjoyable. Plus, I hadn't expected West Dean's facilities to be as wonderful as they were — everywhere was clean, with modern functioning technologies that only bought ease and comfort to the day, none of which consumed the building's charm, just simply appreciated. And the catering was incredible; not once have I been on a course that catered with so much quality and choice.

Absolutely wonderful! Had an amazing experience in this magical place. This is like a castle, and our room was awesome. It feels like being living hundreds years ago. Additionally, a wonderful forest is surrounding this place. You can have amazing walks through this forest. I completely recommend knowing this place. I loved it!

I just spent a weekend at West Dean on a short course learning to draw. The venue is a beautiful historic house set in extensive gardens. Everything about the course exceeded my expectations: my room, the food, the ambience, the tuition and the other participants. Nothing was too much trouble for the West Dean staff. Thank you!

It is a great treat to take a short course at West Dean College. In stunning surroundings and with delicious food, the excellent course tutors increase one's skills in so many fascinating subjects. Highly recommended.

My online course was excellent. Beautifully paced with enjoyable assignments. Just challenging enough with scope to do your own thing. Having six weeks access to the course made it easy to fit the work into a busy schedule.

What a fabulous place. My first visit but I will be back. I am new to painting but did the Beginners Sketchbook course and loved it - The tutor, Kate Boucher, was fantastic.

The building is beautiful and the staff couldn't be more helpful. Especially in the restaurant. The food is lovely and I had the best chocolate brownie ever.

Can't wait to return.

As a user of a mobility scooter, I found the building really accessible. The art room is on the first floor and has a chair lift up the stairs.

Attended a brilliant chair caning course with tutor Rachael South. The venue is a gorgeous mansion house set in wonderful grounds. Everyone was very welcoming. I didn't stay in the house but I was told the rooms were great. Food was also good.

Fabulous arts college. Excellent tutors. Wonderful to stay on site and get away from it all. I’ve done 6 courses now and the standard is brilliant. It’s really fun to spend time with like minded people in a beautiful setting