Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Box Hill School is a private coeducational boarding and day school situated in the village of Mickleham near Dorking, Surrey, England.The school has approximately 425 pupils aged 11–18. 70 percent of students, are day students while the remaining 30 percent are either weekly boarders or full boarders.
Box Hill has been popular with cyclists since the 1880s [114] and by the 1890s, Dorking Cycle Club was organising camps for amateur cyclists from across the south east of England. [ 115 ] [ note 12 ] The 2012 Summer Olympic cycling road races included 15.8 km (9.8 mi) mid-race circuits of Box Hill. [ 117 ]
Box Hill School - Dalewood House in Mickleham village, now a boarding school. It follows Kurt Hahn's educational principles. In the village are Box Hill School, an independent secondary school, St Michael's Infant C of E (Aided) School and St Michael's Community Nursery.
Around 4 pm, she took a taxi from Dorking railway station to Box Hill. [3] She was dropped off on a bridleway a short way from the Hand in Hand pub (now The Box Tree) on Box Hill. [ 3 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The taxi driver stated that Wilson displayed unusual behaviour in that she simply stood still in the rain as he drove off.
STS 2 - Bellasis, Box Hill Road, Dorking, Surrey - training of SOE staff and Danes, Italians. Became training and holding centre used by Czech Section and for F Section coup de main parties. Later used for initial assessment of German Army PoWs as BONZO agents.
County-supported schools are in Leatherhead, Ashtead, Mickleham and Dorking. Some children attend private schools. Headley is known for its large heath lands, which are owned by the National Trust, leading out towards Box Hill. The Heath was used by Canadian troops during World War II as tank and combat training grounds.
Box Hill & Westhumble is a railway station in the village of Westhumble in Surrey, England, [2] approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Dorking town centre. Box Hill is located approximately 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) to the east. [3] It is 21 miles 14 chains (34.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
Sir James also served as Warden of Box Hill School, a public school in Mickleham, near Dorking in Surrey, England until his death. [ 4 ] Weatherall was knighted KBE in the 1989 Birthday Honours [ 5 ] and appointed KCVO in the 2001 New Year Honours .