Sandymoor Ormiston Academy

Sandymoor Ormiston Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the Parish of Sandymoor, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. The school originally opened as Sandymoor School, a free school, in September 2012 in temporary premises, and relocated to a new permanent home in 2014.

Type: School
Description: school in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK
Also known as: “Sandymoor School”
Address: Wharford Lane, Runcorn, WA7 1QU

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Runcorn East railway station and Norton Priory.

Runcorn East railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Runcorn East railway station serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, offering train services to Warrington and Manchester and to Chester and North Wales. Runcorn East railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Sandymoor Ormiston Academy.

Norton Priory

Ruins

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, and an 18th-century country house; it is now a museum. Norton Priory is situated 1 mile west of Sandymoor Ormiston Academy.

All Saints’ Church, Daresbury

Church

Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.

All Saints' Church is in the village of Daresbury, Cheshire, England. It is known for its association with Lewis Carroll who is commemorated in its stained glass windows depicting characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. All Saints’ Church, Daresbury is situated 1 mile east of Sandymoor Ormiston Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windmill Hill and Daresbury.

Windmill Hill

Quarter

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Windmill Hill is a quarter.

Daresbury

Village

Photo: Joe Blundell, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Daresbury is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 246.

Norton

Suburb

Norton is an area in the eastern part of the town of Runcorn, in the Halton district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was originally a separate village 3 miles to the east of Runcorn, but in the 1970s and 1980s became absorbed within Runcorn by the expansion of its new town.