Place:Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England

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NameWelford-on-Avon
TypeVillage
Coordinates52.168°N 1.784°W
Located inWarwickshire, England     (1931 - )
Also located inGloucestershire, England     ( - 1931)


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Welford-on-Avon is a village of around 1,800 inhabitants situated some 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), 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.

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