Public art & sculpture · East Midlands
La Retraite
La Retraite — a public art in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
Roger Templeman — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
La Retraite is a public art located in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School is a Catholic secondary school and sixth form for girls, located in the Clapham Park area of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The sixth form is mixed.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The school was first established in 1880 by Les Dames De La Retraite, an order started in Brittany to enable women to spend time in the Catholic practice of 'retreat'. The nuns were called 'mother' and those who had traveled from France this time apparently aimed to establish a girls school in South London. The school later expanded into a house previously owned by the family of Philip de László, and then a house previously owned by Dan Leno. There were eventually several other schools in England run by the order - one in Bristol and another in Burnham on Sea and in the post-war period there were attempts to open schools elsewhere in England. There were also schools in France (St…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.7615, -1.2417
- County
- Leicestershire
- District
- Charnwood
- Parish
- Charnwood, unparished area
- Postcode
- LE11 3TD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Loughborough
- Established
- 1884
- Official site
- www.laretraite.lambeth.sch.uk
Sources
- osm: node/11822951162 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is La Retraite?
- La Retraite is in Leicestershire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LE11 3TD), in the parish of Charnwood, unparished area.
- When was La Retraite built?
- Built or established in 1884.
- Is La Retraite free to visit?
- Yes, La Retraite is free to enter.
- How do I get to La Retraite?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LE11 3TD. It sits within the Loughborough parliamentary constituency.