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Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition, providing boarding and day education to approximately four hundred boys and girls aged 13-18. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near Clitheroe in rural Lancashire, England, where it occupies a Grade I listed building. Founded in 1593, it was originally located at St Omer in the Spanish Netherlands, at a time when penal laws prohibited Roman Catholic education in England. Due to the persecution of the Jesuits, the school was forced to relocate to Bruges in 1762 and Liège in 1773. In 1794, following a relaxation of the law in England, the school finally settled in Lancashire.

Under the motto Quant Je Puis (As Much As I Can), Stonyhurst offers a broad curriculum of study, music, art, drama, sport and CCF, together with spiritual guidance and charity work. Notable alumni include three saints, twelve Beati, twenty-two martyrs, eight archbishops, seven Victoria Cross winners, fourteen international rugby players, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Eduardo Lopez de Romaña. The school is also home to a number of treasures including a fragment from the crown of thorns and the remains of St Gordianus.