Welford-on-Avon

The maypole at Welford-on-Avon

Welford-on-Avon is a village of around 1,800 inhabitants situated some 4 miles (6 km) west-south-west of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in the county of Warwickshire, England. The population was measured at 1,420 in the 2011 census.^[1]

Until 1931, Welford-on-Avon was in Gloucestershire (as part of the Rural District of Marston Sicca), when it was transferred to Stratford-on-Avon Rural District. Since 1974 it has been part of the District of Stratford-on-Avon.

The village sits within a bend of the River Avon, on the south bank. Its maypole is one of the tallest in England (at 65 feet/20 metres). It used to be wooden but was replaced by an aluminium pole after a lightning strike. There are three pubs and many Tudor half-timbered and thatched cottages, mostly close to the village church, which is the older part of Welford.^[2]

Welford-on-Avon Primary School

The Primary school is on Headland Road. It is rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted.

In 1995, the primary school won the Daily Telegraph's young newspaper of the year competition with its annual publication of the j3 bugle.

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ bmsgh.org

External links

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Stratford-on-Avon District towns, parishes and settlements

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Towns	Alcester Henley-in-Arden Shipston-on-Stour Southam Stratford-upon-Avon

Large villages	Bidford-on-Avon Bishops Itchington Harbury Kineton Studley Wellesbourne

Other civil parishes, villages and hamlets	Admington Alderminster Ardens Grafton Arlescote Arrow Aston Cantlow Atherstone-on-Stour Avon Dassett Barton-on-the-Heath Bearley Beaudesert Billesley Binton Brailes Burmington Burton Dassett Butlers Marston Charlecote Claverdon Clifford Chambers Combrook Compton Verney Compton Wynyates Coughton Ettington Exhall Fenny Compton Gaydon Great Alne Great Wolford Halford Hampton Lucy Honington Idlicote Ilmington Kinwarton Ladbroke Lighthorne Lighthorne Heath Little Compton Long Itchington Long Marston Lower Shuckburgh Loxley Luddington Morton Bagot Moreton Morrell Napton-on-the-Hill Oldberrow Oxhill Pillerton Hersey Preston Bagot Preston-on-Stour Priors Hardwick Priors Marston Quinton Radbourne Radway Salford Priors Sambourne Snitterfield Spernall Stockton Tanworth-in-Arden Temple Grafton Tredington Ullenhall Upper Shuckburgh Warmington Welford-on-Avon Weston-on-Avon Whichford Whitchurch Wilmcote Wixford Wolverton Wootton Wawen Wormleighton

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Boroughs or districts	Borough of North Warwickshire Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough of Rugby District of Stratford-on-Avon District of Warwick

Major settlements	Alcester Atherstone Bedworth Coleshill Henley-in-Arden Kenilworth Nuneaton Royal Leamington Spa Rugby Shipston-on-Stour Southam Stratford-upon-Avon Warwick Whitnash See also: List of civil parishes in Warwickshire

Rivers	Alne Anker Arrow Avon Blythe Cole Dene Itchen Leam Rea Sherbourne Sowe Stour Tame

Canals	Coventry Grand Union Oxford Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire ring

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Coordinates: 52°10′05″N 1°47′02″W / 52.168°N 1.784°W / 52.168; -1.784

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