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 the Red Lion has reopened as an Indian restaurant. The village has a well-funded and run Community Centre built in 1985 which has replaced the old Markfield Memorial Miners Institute as the main community building in the village. There is a Travelodge hotel located on the A50; Markfield has a long association with the quarrying industry and has a particular type of granite, microdiorite named after it. The granite stone (microdiorite) 'Markfieldite' is a very hard granite found in the local area and used in roadstone and railway construction. The former headquarters of Aggregate Industries (now under the Holcim company)