The London Road campus of Shrewsbury College occupies a range of buildings covering several acres and surrounded by some 40 acres of playing fields and open space.But its origins were far less spacious …In 1899 a private house was bought by the Shrewsbury Technical Instruction Committee to provide a centre for technical and commercial classes and a school of art. The new campus was officially opened by Princess Alexandra on 5 May 1961 – but such was the growth in demand that before the London Road campus had been open for a full year the builders were brought back to add a fourth floor over part of the site. That set the pattern for the years ahead, and the college has continued to expand to meet the demands of an increasing town and county population, and also to meet the requirements of changing patterns in education.