historical house
The St Michael Steiner School, Park Road, Hanworth, TW13 6PN
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Our school resides in a Grade II listed building on the edge of Hanworth Air Park. Fortescue House was the rectory for St. George's church on the edge of Hanworth Air Park. Later, it became a school, and now it is the home to the St. Michael Steiner School. We are blessed by beautiful grounds & woodland where the children can play & relax. We enjoy the unique history and biodiversity of the area.
Hatton Cross, Hounslow West, Richmond
Feltham
111, 235, 490, H25
A quiet school environment
11:00–14:00
Open House Day, display of student work and art auction.
11:00–14:00
School Open Day, display of student work and art auction.
Founded in 2001 we offer Parent and Child groups, Kindergarten and Classes 1 to 12 (year 2 to 13), providing for children and students from birth to 18 years old.
Parent and Child groups are on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday at school and Friday mornings in Richmond (https://www.stmichaelsteiner.hounslow.sch.uk/st-michael-steiner-school/parent-and-child)
Lower School is from Class 1 to 8.
Students move into High School for classes 9 to 12. The Certificate of Steiner Education (CSE), offered for assessment at level 3, is a university entrance level qualification.
Fortescue House, a charming English Heritage Grade II Listed Georgian Country House, is set within approximately 3.5 acres (1.2 hectares). It is home to the St. Michael Steiner School nestled on the edge of Hanworth Air Park, within a Conservation Area of west London, Middlesex.
Hanworth Air Park is located on the western side of the borough of Hounslow. It lies to the west of the Uxbridge Road (A312), north of the A316 and forms a large urban country park, with an approximate area of 60.7 hectares. Historically known as London Air Park due to being an operational airfield in the early 1900s, it was also known as a private flying centre in the 1930s, which is used today by the Hanworth Air Park Model Flying Club. Amelia Earhart landed at the park 100 years ago after her solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
Before this, the park was used as a hunting ground by Henry VIII in the 16th century. Nearby is Tudor Court, where Anne Boleyn lived and later Katherine Parr and Princess Elizabeth before she became Queen.
The London Air Park hosted a grass airfield from 1917–1919 and 1929–1947, where the Graf Zeppelin landed in the 30s.
The Longford River, owned by the Royal Parks, runs through Hanworth Air Park, providing water for the fountains in Bushy Park. While most of the river is visible, there is a 400m section that was culverted during the First World War.
The park consists of a large expanse of grassland at the heart of the site, with broad-leafed scrub and woodland to the periphery. A large proportion of the grassland is classified as acid grassland and offers nesting opportunities for skylarks, with ancient ant hills forming a distinctive landscape feature.
Butterflies and insects are common within the knapweed, sheeps sorrel, ladys bedstraw, yarrow and pignut.
The park has a patch of rare for London harebells, and if you are lucky, you may spot an orchid. Red kites fly overhead, and a range of birds, including a tawny owl.
Along the Longford River, at dawn and dusk, the local bat population feeds. Occasionally, a kingfisher or a heron is seen.
Hanworth Air Park is a Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SINC I).
For a large urban park, it has a wealth of biodiversity and history which needs protecting.