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
M54 motorway (Map), which continues on to Shrewsbury as dual carriageway. Telford Motorway Service Station opened on 18 March 2003 at junction 4, and is operated by Welcome Break. It is the only service station on this motorway and, if travelling east, the last before Corley on the M6 or Frankley on the M5. The Department for Transport (DfT) is currently investigating the possibility of extending the M54 westward to Shrewsbury, thereby placing the county town on the UK motorway map for the first time. Currently traffic has to continue onto the dual carriageway A5 when the M54 ends at Wellington although