Welford, Berkshire

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Welford
Welford shown within Berkshire
OS grid reference	SU408732
Parish	Welford
Unitary authority	West Berkshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Newbury
List of places: UK • England • Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°27′21″N 1°24′42″W / 51.455817, -1.411684

The church of Welford St. Gregory, with the rear of Welford Park House

Welford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, situated in the valley of the River Lambourn to the north west of the town of Newbury. The parish is administered as part of the unitary authority of West Berkshire.

The country house of Welford Park, famous for its early Spring displays of Snowdrops, and the adjacent church of Welford St. Gregory, are located in the village. The church is one of only two existing round-tower churches in Berkshire, the other being Great Shefford St. Mary.

The M4 motorway and RAF Welford, a munitions depot used by the United States Air Force, are located close to the village. The village was formerly served by Welford Park station on the Lambourn Valley Railway, but this line closed to passenger traffic in 1960 and to freight traffic to and from RAF Welford in the 1970s. The station site now serves as a car park for visitors to Welford Park's Snowdrop displays.

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Website with photos of Welford St. Gregory, a round-tower church

Settlements in West Berkshire
Towns: Hungerford \| Newbury \| Thatcham
Civil parishes: Aldermaston \| Aldworth \| Ashampstead \| Basildon \| Beech Hill \| Beedon \| Beenham \| Boxford \| Bradfield \| Brightwalton \| Brimpton \| Bucklebury \| Burghfield \| Catmore \| Chaddleworth \| Chieveley \| Cold Ash \| Combe \| Compton \| East Garston \| East Ilsley \| Enborne \| Englefield \| Farnborough \| Fawley \| Frilsham \| Great Shefford \| Greenham \| Hampstead Norreys \| Hamstead Marshall \| Hermitage \| Holybrook \| Inkpen \| Kintbury \| Lambourn \| Leckhampstead \| Midgham \| Padworth \| Pangbourne \| Peasemore \| Purley-On-Thames \| Shaw-cum-Donnington \| Speen \| Stanford Dingley \| Stratfield Mortimer \| Streatley \| Sulhamstead \| Theale \| Tidmarsh with Sulham \| Tilehurst \| Ufton Nervet \| Wasing \| Welford \| West Woodhay \| West Ilsley \| Winterbourne \| Woolhampton \| Yattendon
Other villages and suburbs: \| Aldermaston Wharf \| Ashmore Green \| Bagnor \| Burnt Hill \| Calcot \| Donnington \| Eastbury \| Halfway \| Hell Corner \| Lambourn Woodlands \| Little Heath \| Lower Basildon \| Marsh Benham \| Shaw \| South Fawley \| Stockcross \| Upper Basildon \| Upper Lambourn \| Upper Woolhampton \| Wash Common \| Weston \| Woodlands St Mary \| World's End