Edge End High School

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 project by the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future. 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 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]

Notable former pupils

Nelson Secondary Technical School

Notes and references
  1. Edge End. "Burnley School memories", BBC, Retrieved on 22 January 2009.
  2. Description. "Development Control Committee", Lancashire Council, Retrieved on 22 January 2009.
  3. Burnley Express, Brian Wellock 2006
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