Markfield Institute of Higher Education than 750 students have graduated from the Institute. The Markfield Institute is located within the rural village of Markfield in the British Midlands and is easily accessible by car and public transport. The village is situated within both National Forest and Charnwood Forest. It lies very close to the M1 motorway roughly 8 miles north west of Leicester, and 10 miles south east of Loughborough. The Institute is roughly 100 miles from London. Notable attractions near the Institute include the Thornton Reservoir and Bradgate Park. The Institute currently offers the following accredited BA and MA degrees: New PhD applications are
Markfield lord was Hugh of Grandmesnil who was also associated with the hundreds of Goscote, Guthlaxton and Gartree in Leicestershire. Markfield has close links with the Methodist movement and according to a blue plaque on the church, its founder John Wesley paid 13 visits. He was allowed to preach in the parish church but not in the Methodist Church, so for that reason he would preach on the village green. The parish church of St Michaels and all Angels is a grade II listed building. There are two other churches, Holy Trinity Methodist chapel and the Congregational church but the original