Penwortham Priory Academy

Penwortham Priory Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Penwortham in the English county of Lancashire. Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, Priory Sports and Technology College converted to academy status on 1 November 2012 and was renamed Penwortham Priory Academy.

Type: School
Description: school in Lancashire, UK
Also known as: “Priory Sports & Technology College”
Address: Crow Hills Road, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0JE

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ribble Steam Railway and Preston Riverside railway station.

Ribble Steam Railway

Museum

Photo: K A, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Ribble Steam Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. It was opened to the public on 17 September 2005, running along Preston Docks. Ribble Steam Railway is situated 1 mile northwest of Penwortham Priory Academy.

Preston Riverside railway station

Railway station

Preston Riverside railway station is the only station on the heritage Ribble Steam Railway, in Riversway, Preston, Lancashire, England. It was built and opened in 2005, adjacent to the museum and workshops, while providing a heritage service to Strand Road Crossing. Preston Riverside railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Penwortham Priory Academy.

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 1 mile northeast of Penwortham Priory Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitestake and Preston.

Whitestake

Village

Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. Whitestake is situated 2 miles south of Penwortham Priory Academy.

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.