Warborough

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Warborough
Warborough (Oxfordshire)
Warborough

Warborough shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference SU598936
Parish Warborough
District South Oxfordshire
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WALLINGFORD
Postcode district OX10
Dialling code 01865
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Henley
List of places: UKEnglandOxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°38′20″N 1°08′13″W / 51.6388, -1.1368

Warborough is a village and civil parish in the English county of Oxfordshire. Also in Warborough parish is the neighbouring Thames-side village of Shillingford to the south. Every year, in the summer, there is a festival, the Warborough & Shillingford festival.


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Warborough has two pubs: The Six Bells and The Cricketers. It has a village shop, Aisha Store (formerly The Stores Warborough.) There is also a Protestant church which serves the parishioners of Warborough and neighbouring village Shillingford. St Laurence School is a state primary school with a small site. On leaving, many pupils go to Wallingford Comprehensive. Warborough And Shillingford Pre-School (WASPS) has close links with the school. The village green has a playground and has football, rugby and cricket held on it in respective seasons. The cricket is perhaps the most popular, it has adullt teams and many child's teams. In the summer Friday evening is "cricket evening" and is a large social occasion for adults and children.