Buxton Community School

Buxton Community School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. The school was officially opened on 19 October 1993 achieving the consolidation of four former Buxton schools on the site of the previous Buxton College.

Type: School
Description: school in Derbyshire, UK
Address: College Road, Buxton, SK17 9EA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Poole’s Cavern and St Anne’s Church, Buxton.

Poole’s Cavern

Cave

Photo: Davepape, Public domain.

Poole's Cavern or Poole's Hole is a two-million-year-old natural limestone cave on the edge of Buxton in the Peak District, in the county of Derbyshire, England. Poole’s Cavern is situated 1,200 feet west of Buxton Community School.

St Anne’s Church, Buxton

Church

Photo: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Anne's Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Buxton, Derbyshire. St Anne’s Church, Buxton is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Buxton Community School.

Buxton Pavilion Gardens

Park

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Buxton Pavilion Gardens is a Victorian landscaped public park in the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire. The River Wye flows through the gardens, which are a Grade II* listed public park of Special Historic Interest. Buxton Pavilion Gardens is situated 2,100 feet north of Buxton Community School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burbage and Buxton.

Burbage

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burbage is a village in the High Peak district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census Burbage was a ward of the High Peak Borough Council.

Buxton

Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.

Buxton is an ancient spa town in the Peak District, England. It is in the county of Derbyshire which is classified as part of the East Midlands but it is probably more associated with the North West of England.

Harpur Hill

Village

Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Harpur Hill is a small village on the outskirts of Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is in the Cote Heath ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It has a primary school, a park, a pub, a working men's club and a Methodist church.

Buxton Community School

Categories: secondary school, voluntary controlled school, and education
Location: High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.2506° or 53° 15′ 2″ north

Longitude

-1.9211° or 1° 55′ 16″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

Embark Multi Academy Trust

Open location code

9C5W732H+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 96398069

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

Wikidata ID

Q5003262

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In Other Languages

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French: “Buxton Community School”

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