King James’s School

King James's School is located on King James Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. King James's is a large non-selective school with a large sixth form.

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Email: admin@king-james.n-yorks.sch.uk
Type: School
Description: school in North Yorkshire, UK
Also known as: “King James’s School, Knaresborough”
Address: King James Road, Knaresborough, HG5 8EB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Knaresborough Castle and Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag.

Knaresborough Castle

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Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England. Knaresborough Castle is situated 2,400 feet northwest of King James’s School.

Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag

Church

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The early-fifteenth century Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag is located in an old quarry on Abbey Road beside the Nidd Gorge at Knaresborough and is an early 15th-century-chapel cut out of the sandstone of the river gorge cliff face. Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag is situated 1,400 feet west of King James’s School.

Mother Shipton’s Cave

Forest

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Mother Shipton's Cave is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well. The latter is the oldest tourist attraction to charge a fee in England, and has been operated since 1630.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calcutt and Starbeck.

Calcutt

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calcutt is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Starbeck

Suburb

Photo: Mel Stubbs, Public domain.

Starbeck is a village and suburb of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. The population of Starbeck Ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,226. It has many facilities, including Starbeck railway station, which serves the Harrogate Line. Starbeck is situated 1½ miles west of King James’s School.

Farnham

Village

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Farnham is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles north of Knaresborough. Farnham is situated 2½ miles north of King James’s School.

King James’s School

Categories: secondary school, community school, and education
Location: Knaresborough, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.00393° or 54° 0′ 14″ north

Longitude

-1.45938° or 1° 27′ 34″ west

Operator

North Yorkshire Council

Open location code

9C6W2G3R+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 167254484

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

Wikidata ID

Q6411746

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“King James’s School” goes by many names.

French: “King James’s School”
German: “King James’s School, Knaresborough”

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