Academy@Worden

Worden Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Leyland, in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. It opened in 1955 as Worden County Secondary School, and became Worden High School in 1972 with the introduction of the Comprehensive System to Lancashire and the abolition of the 11-plus examination.

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Type: School
Description: school in Lancashire, UK
Also known as: “Worden County Secondary School”, “Worden High School”, and “Worden Sports College”
Address: Westfield Drive, Leyland, PR25 1RP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include British Commercial Vehicle Museum and St Mary’s Catholic High School.

British Commercial Vehicle Museum

Museum

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The British Commercial Vehicle Museum displays antiquarian buses, early fire engines and other historical and commercial vehicles produced by the British manufacturing industry. British Commercial Vehicle Museum is situated 3,800 feet east of Academy@Worden.

St Mary’s Catholic High School

School

St Mary's Catholic High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Leyland in the English county of Lancashire. It is a voluntary aided school administered by Lancashire County Council and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. St Mary’s Catholic High School is situated 2,500 feet south of Academy@Worden.

St Andrew’s Church, Leyland

Church

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St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Leyland, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn. St Andrew’s Church, Leyland is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Academy@Worden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leyland and Whitestake.

Leyland

Town

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Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.

Whitestake

Village

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Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. Whitestake is situated 2 miles north of Academy@Worden.

Whittle-le-Woods

Village

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Whittle-le-Woods is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,434. Whittle-le-Woods is situated 3 miles east of Academy@Worden.