Holy Cross College
Holy Cross College is a coeducational Roman Catholic sixth form college in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Originally a single-sex school, it was founded by religious sisters in 1878 and later became Bury Convent Grammar School.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: College
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Coeducational Roman Catholic Sixth Form College in Bury, Greater Manchester
- Also known as: “Bury Convent Grammar School”, “Convent Grammar School for Girls, Bury”, “Holy Cross College, Bury”, and “Holy Cross College, UK”
- Address: Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 9BB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gigg Lane and Bury Church of England High School.
Gigg Lane
Stadium
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Gigg Lane is a football ground in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, built for Bury F.C. in 1885. The first match was played on 12 September 1885 between Bury and a team from Wigan. Gigg Lane is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Holy Cross College.
Bury Church of England High School
School
Bury Church of England High School is a coeducational Church of England secondary school located just south of Bury town centre. The current head teacher is Jon-Paul Craig. Bury Church of England High School is situated 1,300 feet west of Holy Cross College.
Fusilier Museum
Museum
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fusilier Museum is a museum in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Its collection includes the uniforms, medal and artefacts of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Fusilier Museum is situated 2,800 feet north of Holy Cross College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bury and Radcliffe.
Bury
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Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. Bury is a former mill town known for manufacturing textiles.
Radcliffe
Town
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Radcliffe is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the Irwell Valley 7 miles northwest of Manchester and 3 miles southwest of Bury and is contiguous with Whitefield to the south. Radcliffe is situated 2 miles southwest of Holy Cross College.
Walshaw
Village
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Walshaw is a village forming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It’s to the south of Tottington and 2 miles northwest of Bury. Walshaw is situated 2 miles northwest of Holy Cross College.
Holy Cross College
- Categories: secondary school, further education college, and education
- Location: Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.58465° or 53° 35′ 5″ northLongitude
-2.29877° or 2° 17′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C5VHPM2+VFOpenStreetMap ID
way 35814960OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=collegeOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q5885193
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Holy Cross College” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Holy Cross College, UK”
- French: “Holy Cross College, UK”
- German: “Holy Cross College, UK”
- Swedish: “Holy Cross College, UK”
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