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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.

OP posts:
LoveGrowsWhere · 27/09/2019 16:22

5 miles. Free school bus. Local comprehensive serving a number of villages.

RedskyLastNight · 27/09/2019 15:56

50 minutes on the bus. Then we moved to 15 minutes on the bus.

I hated the 50 minutes on the bus and am always sceptical when posters say that their DC love their hour long journeys to school.

Comefromaway · 27/09/2019 15:47

0.7 miles away. About 15-20 min walk

Alltheteen · 27/09/2019 15:46

Mine was about 2 miles away.
Dds was 6 miles and two buses. There is one we can see from our house but it is a very faith based school with Catholic priority before local kids.

Willowkins · 27/09/2019 15:46

First one was literally just across the road. Then moved school and it was 5 miles away.

beethebee · 27/09/2019 15:44

About 7000km Grin

BillyAndTheSillies · 27/09/2019 15:40

10 miles away. Overhead train and then the tube, or bus and tube.

Very rarely got driven to school because parents worked in central London and my school was 10 miles in the opposite direction.

tabulahrasa · 27/09/2019 15:28

About a mile - but the catchment area was about 40 Miles... on the mainland and a bit further for some of the islands it covers.

imclaustrophobicdarren · 27/09/2019 15:21

50 mins in the car, I used to sleep Grin

BeanBag7 · 27/09/2019 15:19

I used to cycle about 20 minutes to school. Google maps tells me it's only 2 miles so I must have been a slow cyclist, but I did stop and pick up friends on the way and chat with people so actual travel time was probably 10-15 mins