Wallingford School

Wallingford School is a comprehensive co-educational secondary school with academy status located in the town of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. It was founded by Walter Bigg in 1659 in association with the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, formally succeeding Wallingford Grammar School when it merged with Blackstone Secondary Modern in 1973.

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Type: School
Description: school in Oxfordshire, UK
Address: St George’s Road, Wallingford, OX10 8HH

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wallingford Castle and Wallingford Museum.

Wallingford Castle

Castle

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Wallingford Castle is a medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire, adjacent to the River Thames. Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries". Wallingford Castle is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Wallingford School.

Wallingford Museum

Museum

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Wallingford Museum is a museum with collections of local interest in the town of Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire. The museum has an extensive collection relating to the town's history. Wallingford Museum is situated 1,600 feet south of Wallingford School.

Corn Exchange

Theater building

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The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the Market Place, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. The structure, which is used as a theatre, is a Grade II listed building. Corn Exchange is situated 2,000 feet south of Wallingford School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crowmarsh Gifford and Preston Crowmarsh.

Crowmarsh Gifford

Village

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Crowmarsh Gifford, commonly known as Crowmarsh, is a village in the civil parish of Crowmarsh, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England.

Preston Crowmarsh

Hamlet

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Preston Crowmarsh is a hamlet in Benson civil parish in South Oxfordshire. It is on the River Thames 1 mile north of Wallingford. The river can be crossed on foot here at Benson Lock.

Winterbrook

Suburb

Winterbrook is a small settlement in the English county of Oxfordshire, which adjoins the south end of Wallingford and sits on the west bank of the Thames.

Wallingford School

Categories: academy school, secondary school, and education
Location: Wallingford, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6052° or 51° 36′ 19″ north

Longitude

-1.1259° or 1° 7′ 33″ west

Operator

The Merchant Taylors‘ Oxfordshire Academy Trust Ltd

Open location code

9C3WJV4F+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30996512

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

Wikidata ID

Q7963104

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In Other Languages

“Wallingford School” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة والينجفورد”

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