Avon Valley Academy

Avon Valley Academy is a mixed secondary school in Durrington, Wiltshire, England. Earlier in its history it has been known as Durrington Senior School, Durrington Secondary Modern School, Durrington Comprehensive School, Upper Avon School and then Avon Valley College.

Type: School
Description: school in Wiltshire, UK
Also known as: “Avon Valley College”
Postal code: SP4 8HH

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Mary and Woodhenge.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 970 feet north of Avon Valley Academy.

Woodhenge

Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.

Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury. Woodhenge is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Avon Valley Academy.

Durrington Walls

Archaeological site

Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England. It lies 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury in Wiltshire. Durrington Walls is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Avon Valley Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durrington and Bulford.

Durrington

Village

Photo: Shqippy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Durrington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 2 miles north of the town of Amesbury, 10 miles north-northeast of the city of Salisbury, and 2+1⁄2 miles northeast of the Stonehenge monument.

Bulford

Village

Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bulford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, near Salisbury Plain. The village is close to Durrington and about 1.5 miles north of the town of Amesbury.

Larkhill

Village

Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 1+3⁄4 miles west of the centre of Durrington village and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge. Larkhill is situated 2 miles west of Avon Valley Academy.