The School of Stitched Textiles is the distance learning business developed from running attended classes and workshops at Eccles Farm Needlecraft Centre.

We soon found that demand for our workshops far exceeded the numbers we were able to cope with here at the centre.

This led to us establishing the distance learning side of the business, called the School of Stitched Textiles, 12 years ago.

Our aim is to help those students who want to study textiles but are unable to find a suitable course local to them.

We currently have approximately 1,000 students studying with us from all corners of the globe, so we have lots of experience in what works for students studying at a distance.

We also have a very active research programme which monitors new developments in distance learning and how we can use them, to the best advantage for our students.

Directions from M6 Motorway J27

• Leave the M6 motorway at Junction 27
• Take the A5209 over Parbold Hill
• Take the first turn right as you descend down the hill onto the B5246
• Continue approx 2 miles and turn right into Eccles Lane
• Just as you turn in, we are on the right hand side

Directions from Liverpool

• Follow the A59 through Ormskirk and Burscough
• Continue to Rufford and turn right in the middle of Rufford village onto the B5246
• Continue on the same road for approx 2 miles. We are on the left hand side