Welford-on-Avon is a village of around 1,800 inhabitants situated some 6 km (4 miles) west-south-west of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in the county of Warwickshire, England.
Until 1931 Welford-on-Avon was in Gloucestershire (as part of the rural district of Marston Sicca) and was, until 1974, part of Stratford-upon-Avon Rural District since then it is in the district of Stratford-on-Avon.
The village sits within a bend of the River Avon, on the south bank. It has the tallest maypole 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.[1]
Welford-on-Avon Primary School
A Primary school was constructed on Headland Road. It now has all the facilities it needs and has one trophy in sports. In 2007, the headteacher left the school to become a schools inspector. The school is in construction again, 2008, for a spacious entrance and bigger staff room, office and hall.
in 1995, the primary school won the daily telegraphs young newspaper of the year competition with it's annual publication of the j3 bugle
External links
- Views of old cottages in Welford
- 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
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Coordinates: 52°10′05″N 1°47′02″W / 52.168°N 1.784°W
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