I went to Falmouth many, many years ago, it was great when the weather was good…straight down the beach! Had a good reputation but it's a loooong way from anywhere! Northumbria used to be very good, don't know much about it now but I live not too far away from Newcastle & it's a great city with a really good design community & some good companies to pester for work experience plus a pretty good night life. I learnt more in my first 6 months as a junior designer at a good agency in London than in my 3 years at college though.