Locations
Theory Class Venue
Fenestra House
Situated in the ‘Raikes’ conservation area of Blackpool and the architectural heart of the town, the college building is a locally listed property built in the classical style during the reign of King George V and continues a long-standing educational heritage from its origins as a Quaker Meeting House and Adult School to its current role as a private mortuary and funeral college.
Fenestra House provides weekly class based learning in a dedicated classroom setting and houses the Carolus Library and Reading Room.
Parking is permitted in the immediate vicinity of the college after 6pm Monday – Saturday and all day Sunday (including single yellow lines). At ALL other times visitors are advised to use the secure CCTV monitored car park off Cookson Street FY1 3DR (2 minute walk from college) unless prior arrangements have been made to obtain a parking pass.
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La Calavera College, Fenestra House, 30a Raikes Parade, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 4EX
Practical Class Venue
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
La Calavera College are privileged to work alongside Blackpool Teaching Hospitals and use the state of the art mortuary facility to provide practical embalming tuition and associated practical based lectures for the exclusive benefit of enrolled students and invited participants.
Pedestrian access to the mortuary suite is off East Park Drive (A587) and is an unnamed road ‘sandwiched’ between Whinney Heys Road traffic lights (intersecting golf course) and Whinpark Avenue traffic lights.
Free parking can be found ‘on street’ around Stanley Park (A587) please allow a minimum of 10-15 minutes walk time to mortuary suite.
Alternatively a paid multi-storey car park exists at the hospital’s main entrance; the mortuary suite is accessed by walking the length of the main hospital corridor, exiting the hospital at the pathology end and following the building to the left until you see the mortuary signs.
Find Us
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 8NR
Practical Class Venue
B. Livesey Funeral Directors
A long-standing and highly reputable name within funeral services, situated in the historic market town of Chorley in the North West of England.
The Livesey family funeral home is an accessible venue from all reaches of the north west and commands a distinguished history within the British Institute of Embalmers. As established friends of La Calavera College, the Livesey family welcome our students to apply their skills for the benefit of their clients under expert tutelage.
Free parking is available within the funeral home grounds accessed from the main funeral home gates (off Bolton Street).
Find Us
B. Livesey Funeral Directors, Royal Oak Building, Albion Mews, Bolton Street, Chorley, PR7 3AA
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