Map & Directions
Safe and spacious, the campus provides plenty of space for pupils to learn and grow. The beauty and tranquillity of Downside will have a positive effect on your child’s health and wellbeing, giving them the perfect environment to flourish academically, emotionally and spiritually.
The campus encompasses a performing arts centre, all our playing fields and sports facilities, boarding Houses and teaching spaces, obviating the need for any transport between facilities. This means that pupils do not spend hours in buses going to games or wasting valuable teaching time during the School day. It also means that the swimming pool, tennis courts and fitness equipment are available at weekends and pupils can undertake a cross-country run without ever leaving the campus.
Downside School is situated in 500 acres of glorious English countryside in rural Somerset. The School is in Stratton-on-the-Fosse on the A367. The main entrance gates, marked Downside School, are one mile into the village on the right if approaching from the north.
We are just 25 minutes’ drive from Bath, Bristol airport is 40 minutes’ drive and London Heathrow airport is 2.5 hours away.
DIRECTIONS:
By car from London: Either (recommended): take the M3 to junction 8 (A303); A303 to A360 towards Devizes and through Shrewton; A360 to B390 towards Warminster and Chitterne; B390 to A36 towards Warminster; A36 to A362 towards Frome; A362 towards Longleat and Frome; A362 towards Radstock. After Buckland Dinham turn left at the crossroads signposted Kilmersdon B3139. Follow until the White Post roundabout and turn left on A367 and Stratton on the Fosse. The main entrance gates are one mile into the village on the right hand-side, marked Downside School.
Or: take the M4 to junction 18 (A46) to Bath.
By car from Bath: Follow signs for the A36 (Exeter) and then take the A367 to Radstock/ Shepton Mallet and continue to Stratton on the Fosse.
By car from Bristol: Take the A37 to Farrington Gurney and continue to Ston Easton. After Ston Easton turn left on the B3139 through Chilcompton. Turn right at the White Post roundabout onto the A367 and follow into Stratton on the Fosse.
By rail: The nearest railway stations are Bath Spa (20 mins), Castle Cary (20 mins) and Frome (20 mins).
By plane: The nearest airports are Bristol (40 mins), Cardiff (90 mins) and London Heathrow (2 hours 30 mins)