John Flamsteed Community School

John Flamsteed Community School is an 11–16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Denby, Derbyshire, England. It is named after Sir John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, who was a native of Denby and made early and accurate predictions of a solar eclipse in 1666.

Type: School
Description: school in Derbyshire, UK
Address: Derby Road, Ripley, DE5 8NP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mark’s Church and St Clement’s Church, Horsley.

St Mark’s Church

Church

Photo: Ian Wigley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mark’s Church is situated 1 mile west of John Flamsteed Community School.

St Clement’s Church, Horsley

Church

Photo: Rob Howl, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Clement's Church, Horsley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Horsley, Derbyshire. St Clement’s Church, Horsley is situated 1½ miles southwest of John Flamsteed Community School.

Belper railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chevin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Belper railway station serves the town of Belper in Derbyshire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to Leeds via Derby, approximately 8 miles north of Derby. Belper railway station is situated 2½ miles west of John Flamsteed Community School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denby Bottles and Denby.

Denby Bottles

Hamlet

Denby Bottles is a settlement in Derbyshire, England. It is located on the B6179 road in Denby. Denby Bottles Methodist Church is in Danesby Crescent. Each of the cottages have a segment of garden which is across the road and the brook.

Denby

Village

Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Denby is a village in the English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Astronomer Royal, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company.

Kilburn

Village

Photo: Rob Bradford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilburn is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire, known as Kilbourne until around 100 years ago. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,618.