THOUSANDS of people attended an open day at an agricultural college.

More than 10,000 people visited Plumpton College, near Lewes, for the annual open day for prospective students and local families.

There were demonstrations provided by course lecturers and students to showcase the wide range of courses on offer, including milking demonstrations and sheep shearing competitions on the farm, welding demonstrations and jewellery making in the machinery workshop, and aerial rescue demonstrations from forestry and arboriculture students.

Principal Jeremy Kerswell said: “The open day is such a fantastic local day out for the community, and highlights to the public the range of job opportunities within the land-based sector.

“I am incredibly proud of the work and demonstrations that the students display for the public, representing the high level of technology and innovation that exists within the sector.”