Observatory
The school has its own astronomical observatory. Opened in 1989, it houses a 19.2" (0.5m) Newtonian reflector, and is used by the school itself, by the Torbay Astronomical Society, and is also regularly open to the public.
The astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore was a patron of the school and maintained close ties- Ralegh House even performed the premiere of his operetta "Galileo" in the late 1990s.
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