Come Visit Our School!

Sanford School is located at 6900 Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, DE 19707. The school is easily accessible from Wilmington and Newark, Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania.

Directions to campus are provided below. For your convenience, you may also use Google® Maps.




From Wilmington

  • Take Lancaster Pike North (Route 48 North) or Route 141 to Route 48 North.
  • Take Route 48 North about 4 miles until 48 becomes Route 41 North (at 3-way light).
  • Go another 1/4 mile on 41 North.
  • Get in left turn lane.
  • Make left turn into Sanford at the blinking light.

From Newark

  • Take Papermill Rd. (Route 72) to Route 7 North.
  • Turn left onto Route 7 North.
  • Go to second light and turn right onto Brackenville Rd.
  • Go about 2 miles and turn right on Route 41.
  • Go about 1/4 mile and Sanford will be on your right.

From SE Pennsylvania

  • Take Route 1 to Route 41 South.
  • Take Route 41 past the state line and into Hockessin.
  • Sanford School will be on the right.

From Southern DE

  • Take Route 1 North to Route 7.
  • Bear left onto Route 7 and continue across Kirkwood Highway (Route 2).
  • Bear right onto McKennan’s Church Road (just before the 3rd traffic light).
  • Follow McKennan’s Church Road to the third light and turn left onto Newport Gap Pike (Route 41).
  • Go through 2 lights (Route 48 & 41 merge at the second light).
  • Bear left.
  • Turn left at the next light into the Sanford School campus.
    • Campus Map

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If you have questions or need help using the site, send an email to webhelp@sanfordschool.org.