Penwortham Girls’ High School

Penwortham Girls' High School is a secondary school located in Penwortham in the English county of Lancashire. Established in 1954 as Penwortham Girls' Grammar School, today it is a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, and is one of two non-selective, non-fee paying girls’ school in Lancashire.

Type: School
Description: school in Lancashire, UK
Also known as: “Penwortham Girls‘ High School”
Address: Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SR

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Preston Railway Station and St Mary’s Church, Penwortham.

Preston Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Miss Saff, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Preston railway station serves the city of Preston, in Lancashire, England. It is an interchange on the West Coast Main Line, which lies approximately half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central. Preston Railway Station is situated 1 mile northeast of Penwortham Girls’ High School.

St Mary’s Church, Penwortham

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's Church is in Church Avenue, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. St Mary’s Church, Penwortham is situated 2,900 feet north of Penwortham Girls’ High School.

County Hall

Town hall

Photo: Wayland Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

County Hall is a municipal building in Fishergate, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is the headquarters of Lancashire County Council. County Hall is situated 1 mile northeast of Penwortham Girls’ High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penwortham and Howick Cross.

Penwortham

Town

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Penwortham is a town and civil parish in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, on the south bank of the River Ribble facing the city of Preston. The town is at the most westerly crossing point of the river, with major road and rail links crossing it here.

Howick Cross

Neighborhood

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Howick Cross is a landmark and small hamlet in Penwortham, South Ribble, Lancashire, England. It is located just over 2 miles south west of the city of Preston.

Preston

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.

Penwortham Girls’ High School

Categories: community school, secondary school, girls‘ school, and education
Location: Penwortham, South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.74741° or 53° 44′ 51″ north

Longitude

-2.72672° or 2° 43′ 36″ west

Operator

Lancashire County Council

Open location code

9C5VP7WF+X8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 435293832

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

Wikidata ID

Q19654549

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In Other Languages

“Penwortham Girls’ High School” goes by many names.

Chinese: “彭沃瑟姆女子高中”

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