Edge End High School

Coordinates: 53°49′37″N 2°13′08″W / 53.827°N 2.219°W / 53.827; -2.219 Edge End High School was a secondary school for 11- to 16-year-olds, in Nelson, Lancashire. The school closed its doors for the last time in June 2006 as part of the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future project. Mansfield High School in neighbouring Brierfield also closed its doors at the same time, the enrolled students from these two schools were merged into one and the new Marsden Heights Community College is now the secondary school serving this area.

History

Edge End opened on the 10 October 1932 as Nelson Edge End Senior Boys' School. In 1948 it became Nelson Secondary Technical School, taking both boys and girls. It was renamed Edge End High School in 1972.[1]

Description and location

Edge End High School was a predominantly single storey school but with two storey buildings to the rear. The school was located due west of the junction of Heights Road and Hibson Road in the Brierfield area of Nelson. There are residential properties at the front of the school on Hibson Road and a derelict farm and Edge End Hall to the south.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Edge End. "Burnley School memories", BBC, Retrieved on 2009-01-22.
  2. ↑ Description. "Development Control Committee", Lancashire Council, Retrieved on 2009-01-22.

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