Parks · West Midlands
Wheatley Park School
Wheatley Park School — a school heritage in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Wheatley Park School is a school heritage located in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom. Catalogued from Wikidata's UK heritage register; see the Wikipedia article for further historical and visitor details.
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Place summary
Wheatley Park School is located in the West Midlands. It serves as an educational institution and is noted for its commitment to academic excellence. The school caters to a diverse student body and offers a range of curricular and extracurricular activities.
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Background
History
The site was used as a military hospital (specialising in brain damage related injuries) during the Second World War for the US and subsequently British military, but the huts housing the hospital were removed from the site in 2006. It was known as Holton Park Hospital or Wheatley Military Hospital. The US 97th General Hospital officially took command of the hospital on 22 April 1944 in preparation to treat casualties from D-Day and after. The first train of casualties arrived 6 days after D-Day. By 2 August 1944, 1,449 battle casualties had been treated at the hospital. The 97th departed Wheatley on 30 June 1945 and to set up a facility in France. On the site is an Oak Tree, thought to be…
Description
A grammar school for east Oxfordshire, Holton Park Girls' Grammar School, was founded on the site in 1949. In 1971 Wheatley Park Comprehensive School was opened at two sites with senior and junior divisions, one of which was situated in Wheatley. These two divisions consolidated in the early 1980s on the present site at Holton Park, although the school retained the name Wheatley Park School. The main complex of modern school buildings is located in the former parkland of a Regency house built about 1807.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7544, -1.1368
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- South Oxfordshire
- Parish
- Holton
- Postcode
- OX33 1QH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Henley and Thame
- Established
- 2014
- Official site
- www.wheatleypark.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q7991934 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wheatley Park School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wheatley Park School?
- Wheatley Park School is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode OX33 1QH), in the parish of Holton.
- Is Wheatley Park School free to visit?
- Yes, Wheatley Park School is free to enter.
- How do I get to Wheatley Park School?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode OX33 1QH. It sits within the Henley and Thame parliamentary constituency.