King’s School
King's Bruton is an independent HMC co-educational boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Bruton, Somerset. It was founded in 1519 by Richard FitzJames, making it one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom and since the Dissolution of the Monasteries, has been in continuous operation for over 470 years.Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: School
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: independent co-educational secondary school in Bruton, Somerset, England
- Also known as: “King’s Bruton” and “King’s School, Bruton”
- Address: Plox, Bruton, BA10 0ED
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bruton Museum and Sexey’s Hospital.
Bruton Museum
Museum
Bruton Museum is a small local museum in Bruton, Somerset, England. The museum is housed in the Dovecote Building, in the towns High Street. The building also contains a tourist information office. Bruton Museum is situated 660 feet northwest of King’s School.
Sexey’s Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hugh Sexey's Hospital in Bruton, Somerset, England was built around 1630 as almshouses. The West Wing and chapel have been designated as a Grade I listed building. Sexey’s Hospital is situated 880 feet west of King’s School.
Bruton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bruton railway station serves a largely rural area in the county of Somerset in England. The station is situated in the market town of Bruton. The station is on the Bristol to Weymouth line some 32.75 miles south of Bath Spa. Bruton railway station is situated 1,400 feet east of King’s School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bruton and Redlynch.
Bruton
Town
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bruton is a small market town, and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue and the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles south-west of Frome.
Redlynch
Hamlet
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Redlynch is a village and former manor in the civil parish of Bruton, in Somerset, England. The 18th-century church and a folly named The Towers are of architectural interest.
Batcombe
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Batcombe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the steep valley of the River Alham 5 miles south-east of Shepton Mallet and 26 miles south of Bristol. Batcombe is situated 3 miles north of King’s School.
King’s School
- Categories: boarding school, independent school, charitable organization, and education
- Location: Bruton, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.11044° or 51° 6′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.45308° or 2° 27′ 11″ westOperator
The Governors of Kings SchoolOpen location code
9C3V4G6W+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 265336343OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q6411088
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- Slovenian: “King’s School”
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