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How far did you live from your high school?

60 replies

Megz25 · 27/09/2019 15:18

Just for fun thread

I lived about a 15 minute walk away , it was the closest one.

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FredaFox · 27/09/2019 20:06

35mins walk or 15 mins bike ride

GoldenEvilHoor · 27/09/2019 20:03

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juicyjuicymangoes · 27/09/2019 20:02

Why so many threads asking for so much information?Confused

keekeedee · 27/09/2019 19:59

2 buses away but only 3 miles. Used to take about 40 minutes. My mum and dad didn't want me going to the local schools and the journey wasn't too bad...

The4ks · 27/09/2019 19:54

2 minutes down the road.
Son now in 2nd year at same school and we still live in my childhood home.

C0untDucku1a · 27/09/2019 19:52

1 mile

valleysareus · 27/09/2019 19:52

45 minute bus ride.

MrsMoastyToasty · 27/09/2019 19:52

About 20 minutes by bus.
I was a day girl at a private school. Some of my classmates lived in places like Papua New Guinea and would be travelling 24 hours to get home at the end of term.

ClashCityRocker · 27/09/2019 19:46

Mine was 12 miles via school bus.

Rural school so most kids were bussed in. Obviously, this made afterschool clubs difficult, so we had a long school day (finishing at 4.30!) but a long lunch time (1 hour 40 minutes) so extra curricular ran at lunchtome.

malmontar · 27/09/2019 19:39

5min walk in y7 than we moved and it was a 35min bus ride plus 10min walk from bus stop to school. 20min if coming home late. It was only 2.8 miles but inner London so hellish traffic and I was far too lazy.

iklboo · 27/09/2019 17:58

About 15-20 minutes walk. A couple of main roads and through a park.

Wanderingraspberry · 27/09/2019 17:44

7 miles, travelled by school bus.

BackforGood · 27/09/2019 17:43

4 miles - I went on the bus. But I went to the grammar school so it wasn't the nearest.
By dc ave all been able to walk to their schools - 1.1 miles for ds and 1.5 miles for dds.

ooooohbetty · 27/09/2019 17:24

First one was a mile. Second one was 2 miles. Walked there and back everyday. Wouldn't have even thought of getting the bus. No wonder I was so skinny in those days.

cortex10 · 27/09/2019 17:19

20 mins walk - through suburbs- no direct public transport option. Never once had a lift from DF - wouldn't have crossed his mind to do so (or me to ask) and DM didn't drive.

Watto1 · 27/09/2019 17:16

2 minutes walk. I could see school from my bedroom window.

jackparlabane · 27/09/2019 17:14

Boarded, so 800 miles down to 50 when we returned to England. If we hadn't gone abroad, it would have been about 8 miles, 45-60 min on a school coach. Pre-seatbelts so if one coach didn't arrive there would be two coach loads squeezed onto one bus.

Lemoncurd · 27/09/2019 17:12

10 miles, my parents had to appeal to get me in, our catchment one was about 15 miles away.
Took an hour on the bus, hated the travelling.

Lyricallie · 27/09/2019 17:09

About 6 miles! Got the train then walked about 10/15 minutes.

TheDrunkMoth · 27/09/2019 17:07

About 4miles. Was collected in the mornings and dropped to the school gate, as my aunt taught at a nearby school. But the route home took us an hour via 2 buses followed with a 15/20 minute walk(uphill!!)

LeekMunchingSheepShagger · 27/09/2019 16:53

About half a mile

thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 27/09/2019 16:50

It was a 10 mile bus ride in awful solid traffic. It could take around 2 hours on bad days. That is why I have always lived right next door to my work. Did all my commuting in my teens!

youarenotkiddingme · 27/09/2019 16:46

1.5 miles. So 2.4km.
About half an hour walk (20-30mins dependent on speed!) and I lived on a hill!
Use to catch bus from halfway down hill and usually got the bus to halfway back up. Bus to top was bad times and never on time!

zen1 · 27/09/2019 16:40

5 miles. Although there were 4 comps in my town, my parents sent me to a girls comp in the next town. It took about an hour on the bus.

Panicmode1 · 27/09/2019 16:25

About 40 miles - but I boarded. And then my parents moved abroad, so it took considerably longer to get home!

My children are 2 minutes and 1 minutes walk from their respective schools......my primary aged child has the longest walk at 10 minutes Grin