Sherborne School for Girls
Sherborne Girls, formally known as Sherborne School for Girls, is an independent day and boarding school for girls, located in Sherborne, North Dorset, England.Photo: Steve Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: School
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: school in Sherborne, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Sherborne Girls”
- Postal code: DT9 3QN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherborne Abbey and Sherborne Museum.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
Photo: Isis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries. Sherborne Abbey is situated 2,200 feet east of Sherborne School for Girls.
Sherborne Museum
Museum
Photo: SMCurator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherborne Museum is an independent, community-run museum located in the centre of Sherborne, Dorset. It is housed in the Abbey Gatehouse, a Grade II listed building situated on Church Lane, a pedestrianised thoroughfare connecting the town's market place with Sherborne Abbey. Sherborne Museum is situated 2,400 feet east of Sherborne School for Girls.
Sherborne House
Historic building
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherborne House is a Grade I listed building in Newland, Sherborne, Dorset, England. Sherborne House is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Sherborne School for Girls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleton and Longburton.
Castleton
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle.
Longburton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524. Longburton is situated 2 miles southeast of Sherborne School for Girls.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. Alweston is situated 2½ miles southeast of Sherborne School for Girls.
Sherborne School for Girls
- Categories: boarding school, independent school, girls‘ school, and education
- Location: Sherborne, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94737° or 50° 56′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.52601° or 2° 31′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C2VWFWF+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 157584701OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7494721
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Sherborne School for Girls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sherborne Girls”
- Catalan: “Sherborne School for Girls”
- Chinese: “舍伯恩女子學校”
- Czech: “Sherborne Girls”
- Czech: “Sherborne School for Girls”
- Japanese: “シェルボーン女子高校”
- Swedish: “Sherborne School for Girls”
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