St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy is a co-educational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Buxton in the English county of Derbyshire. The school is named after Saint Thomas More, a sixteenth century elder statesman who was martyred for his refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim to be the supreme head of the church.- Type: School
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: academy in Buxton, Derbyshire, England
- Also known as: “St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy”
- Address: Palace Road, Buxton, SK17 6AF
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buxton railway station and Buxton Opera House.
Buxton railway station
Railway station
Photo: roger geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buxton railway station serves the Peak District town of Buxton in Derbyshire, England. It is managed and served by Northern Trains. The station is 25+3⁄4 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly and is the terminus of the Buxton line. Buxton railway station is situated 730 feet south of St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton.
Buxton Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
Buxton Opera House in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, is a 902-seat opera house. It hosts the annual Buxton Festival and the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round. Buxton Opera House is situated 1,700 feet southwest of St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton.
Cavendish Hospital
Hospital
Cavendish Hospital is a geriatric healthcare facility in Manchester Road, Buxton, Derbyshire. It is managed by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. Cavendish Hospital is situated 1,500 feet west of St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buxton and Burbage.
Buxton
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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.
Burbage
Village
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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.
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. Harpur Hill is situated 2 miles south of St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton.
St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton
- Category: education
- Location: High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.26272° or 53° 15′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.91386° or 1° 54′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C5W737P+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 96401665OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q17021129
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In Other Languages
“St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة سانت توماس مور الكاثوليكية”
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Highlights include St Thomas More’s Sports Hall and St Anne’s Catholic Voluntary Academy.
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