Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury School is a coeducational secondary day school located in Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. It is a descendant of the former Shaftesbury High School for Girls and Shaftesbury Grammar School.- Type: School
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: school in Dorset, UK
- Address: Salisbury Road, SP7 8ER
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shaftesbury Abbey and Shaftesbury Town Hall.
Shaftesbury Abbey
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII. Shaftesbury Abbey is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Shaftesbury School.
Shaftesbury Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shaftesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Shaftsbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Shaftesbury Town Hall is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Shaftesbury School.
Royal Chase Hotel
Hotel
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Royal Chase Hotel is situated 1,000 feet east of Shaftesbury School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaftesbury and Melbury Abbas.
Shaftesbury
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Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, 20 miles west of Salisbury and 23 miles north-northeast of Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire.
Melbury Abbas
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 2 miles south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury. Melbury Abbas is situated 2 miles southeast of Shaftesbury School.
Compton Abbas
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies 3 miles south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk downs of Cranborne Chase. Compton Abbas is situated 2½ miles south of Shaftesbury School.
Shaftesbury School
- Categories: secondary school, academy school, boarding school, and education
- Location: Shaftesbury, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00248° or 51° 0′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.18894° or 2° 11′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C3V2R26+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 405379732OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q16934149
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From Catalan to French—“Shaftesbury School” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Shaftesbury School”
- Dutch: “Shaftesbury School”
- French: “Shaftesbury School”
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