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Welford-on-Avon
Village
St Peter's Church
Welford-on-AvonLocation within Warwickshire
Population	1,420 (2011 Census)
District	Stratford-on-Avon
Shire county	Warwickshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Postcode district	CV37
Police	Warwickshire
Fire	Warwickshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stratford-on-Avon
List of places UK England Warwickshire 52°10′05″N 1°47′02″W / 52.168°N 1.784°W / 52.168; -1.784

Welford-on-Avon is a village situated some 4 miles (6 km) west-south-west of Stratford-upon-Avon in the county of Warwickshire, England. The population was measured at 1,420 in the 2011 census. 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 Stratford-on-Avon District. Welford sits within a meander of the river Avon, on the south bank of the river. The village 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 following a lightning strike. There are three pubs and many Tudor half-timbered and thatched cottages, mostly close to the village church, which is in the oldest part of Welford. Historically there were two railway stations within two miles of the centre of the village, Binton (1885-1949) and Milcote (1859-1966).

Welford-on-Avon Primary School

The primary school, on Headland Road, was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in 2021. In 1995, it won the Daily Telegraph's young newspaper of the year competition with its annual publication, The J3 Bugle.

Gallery

• Ten-Penny Cottage (front-right) , Welford-on-Avon. Photo taken 1964.
• Boat Lane

References

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

External links

• An historical account, from the Victoria County History (1949)
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Welford-on-Avon and surrounding area
• Welford-on-Avon Website

v t e Stratford-on-Avon District towns, parishes and settlements
Warwickshire County Council elections District Council elections Stratford-on-Avon Constituency
Towns	Alcester Henley-in-Arden Shipston-on-Stour Southam Stratford-upon-Avon
Large villages	Bidford-on-Avon Bishop's 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 Milcote 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 Tidmington Tredington Ullenhall Upper Shuckburgh Warmington Welford-on-Avon Weston-on-Avon Whichford Whitchurch Wilmcote Wixford Wolverton Wootton Wawen Wormleighton
List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire List of places in Warwickshire List of civil parishes in Warwickshire

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