Pitton is also the name of a small village in the Gower Peninsula

Gower Peninsula

Gower or the Gower Peninsula is a peninsula in south Wales, jutting from the coast into the Bristol Channel, and administratively part of the City and County of Swansea. Locally it is known as "Gower"...

, Wales

Wales

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Pitton is a village

Village

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 located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Salisbury

Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...

, Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, just off the A30 London Road

A30 road

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. It has a primary school (Pitton C.E. Primary School), a village shop and post office, a pub (The Silver Plough), a church, a park, a village hall and a small recreation ground at the back. This recreation field contains a tennis court, a couple of goals, and a small area with a basketball hoop. It is sited north-east of Alderbury

Alderbury

Alderbury & Whaddon are two small adjacent villages three miles south-east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England with a population of about 2,000. They are bypassed by the A36 road, which links them to Southampton and Salisbury.-External links:****...

 and north-west of Farley.

Buses

The buses into Pitton are run by Wilts & Dorset

Wilts & Dorset

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, and there are two bustops (one by the park, one at the crossroads). The main buses are the 88 & 89 to Winterslow

Winterslow

Winterslow is a village with a population of around 2,000 people, located about 6 miles North East of Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, just off the A30 London Road. It has a primary school, a pre-school group, a village shop and post office, doctor's surgery, two pubs, 5 churches, a large...

, although there is also an X87

Primary School

Pitton School has been awarded International School Status in recognition of the work it has done to promote learning about other countries and their cultures as well as building vibrant partnerships with schools in such countries as Nepal

Nepal

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. The core subjects offered at the school are English

English studies

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, Maths, IT

Information technology

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, and RE

Religious Education

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, but the school also offers art

Art education

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, DT, geography

Geography

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, history

History

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, languages

Language education

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, music

Music

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 and PE

Physical education

Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....

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