Wyndham school
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Wyndham School was a Comprehensive School in the town of Egremont
, Cumbria
, England
. The school was built and opened in the 1960s.
Ehenside School, which also closed on the same day, and Wyndham are the basis for a new academy - West Lakes Academy, open on September 1st 2008. It is on the site of the old Wyndham, and is due to be fully completed by Easter 2012.
Egremont, Cumbria
Egremont is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England, south of Whitehaven and on the River Ehen. The town, which lies at the foot of Uldale Valley and Dent Fell, was historically within Cumberland and has a long industrial heritage including dyeing, weaving and...
, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school was built and opened in the 1960s.
2008 closing
The school was closed on Friday July 18th 2008, after 44 years. The final ceremony included the lowering the school flag to the sound of the Last Post, played on the lone bugle of Mr Stuart Humphries and the release of over 800 balloons. Whitehaven News and Border TV were present.Ehenside School, which also closed on the same day, and Wyndham are the basis for a new academy - West Lakes Academy, open on September 1st 2008. It is on the site of the old Wyndham, and is due to be fully completed by Easter 2012.