Newton Rigg, which Askham Bryan College is putting on the market today and (inset) Tim Whitaker, the Principal and CEO of Askham Bryan College A YORK college has revealed that its campus in Cumbria will go on the market today despite a storm of protests - and has insisted that the sale IS legal. Askham Bryan College has been engulfed in controversy over the proposed closure and sale of Newton Rigg in Penrith, which culminated at a Defra select committee hearing in March, when MPs claimed the closure was an “absolute disgrace”and Askham Bryan was “financially failing” and needed to sell the site for £12 million to stave off insolvency.