Heron Academy

Heron Academy is a special needs secondary school for students with severe learning difficulties located in south London. It was previously named after the composer Michael Tippett.

Type: School
Description: school in Lambeth, UK
Also known as: “The Michael Tippett School”
Address: Heron Road, Herne Hill, London, SE24 0HZ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loughborough Junction railway station and St Saviours Parish Hall.

Loughborough Junction railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Loughborough Junction railway station is a railway station in the Loughborough Junction neighbourhood nearby Herne Hill in the London Borough of Lambeth. Loughborough Junction railway station is situated 1,700 feet north of Heron Academy.

St Saviours Parish Hall

Church

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Saviours Parish Hall is a church, which is situated 830 feet northeast of Heron Academy.

Brixton Academy

Theater building

Photo: brodiepunk, CC BY 2.0.

O2 Academy Brixton (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, or Brixton Academy, is a mid-sized concert venue located in South London, in the Lambeth district of Brixton. Brixton Academy is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Heron Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction.

Herne Hill

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Herne Hill ( is a district in South London, approximately four miles from Charing Cross and bordered by Brixton, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Tulse Hill. It sits to the north and east of Brockwell Park and straddles the boundary between the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.

Loughborough Junction

Suburb

Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Loughborough Junction is an area in Herne Hill, South London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is located equidistant between Herne Hill, Brixton and Camberwell providing excellent transport connections to Central London.

Denmark Hill

Quarter

Photo: Jwslubbock, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Denmark Hill is an area and road in Camberwell, in the London Borough of Southwark, London, England. It is a sub-section of the western flank of the Norwood Ridge, centred on the long, curved Ruskin Park slope of the ridge.

Heron Academy

Categories: secondary school, community school, special education school, and education
Location: Lambeth, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.46156° or 51° 27′ 42″ north

Longitude

-0.10076° or 0° 6′ 3″ west

Operator

London South East Academies Trust

Open location code

9C3XFV6X+JM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 302321872

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

Wikidata ID

Q16895077

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In Other Languages

From French to Italian—“Heron Academy” goes by many names.

French: “Michael Tippett School”
Italian: “Michael Tippett School”

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