Malmesbury Park Primary School

The site of the Malmesbury Park school originally started off as the Royal Victoria Hospital annexe, built in 1908. The hospital would later function as a designated rest centre during the Second World War, as shelter following air raids and house evacuations.

After the war, the hospital began to accomodate lower school classes alongside the local Bournemouth School on Porchester Road, where the school was split between the two sites then known as 'Lowther' and 'Porchester'. Bournemouth School was relocated to East Way in Charminster and the 'Lowther' campus became the Avonbourne Secondary Girls School until 1970. The site also housed a teaching centre before it was redeveloped into the Malmesbury Park Primary School in the 1990s that we recognise today.

The school itself originally resided in Malmesbury Park Road but was unfortunately hit by air raids during the Second World War, subsequentially destroying the school. The school was therefore relocated to a building on Lowther Road. The school was rebuilt on Lowther Road in the late 1990s and has thrived to now take over 600 pupils.

Currently, the school also holds a metal plaque to commemorate the Victoria Cross recipient, Frederick Charles Riggs who also attended the school (see tour point 23).