Drakes Broughton and Wadborough is a civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, north-west of the town of Pershore. It includes the villages of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough. Its population was 2,145 in 2021.
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Drakes Broughton is a village in Worcestershire, England. The village is located on the B4084 road 2 miles north-west of Pershore and 7 miles south-east of Worcester. The village has two pubs; the Old Oak and the Plough and Harrow. Its school, St Barnabas, contains a Pre-School, First School and a Middle School, which then feeds into Pershore High School in nearby Pershore. Drakes Broughton has a recreation ground, on which the village's football teams play. The recreation ground is situated next to the village's church, St Barnabas School, and the village hall. Drakes Broughton has other amenities including a general store, hairdressers, and a fish and chip shop.
The village gave its name to an early composition by Elgar, written in about 1878, a hymn tune with words by Francis Stanfield.
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Stoulton railway station was a station to the northwest of Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire, England. The station was opened in 1899 and closed in 1966.
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Hawbridge is a village in Worcestershire, England.
Hawbridge House is one of the original dwellings within the village. Another notable building is Feli's bar and restaurant, which serves Italian food. To the west of the B4084 is Claverton council estate.
The settlement is served by the X50 bus service, which runs from nearby Evesham to Worcester.
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Ramsden is a hamlet on the boundary between Besford and Drakes Broughton and Wadborough civil parishes, in Wychavon district in the English county of Worcestershire.
Ramsden is located due west of the town of Pershore. It lies on the Regional Cycle Route 46, connecting Pershore and Worcester.
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Bowbrook House School is a mixed independent school for around 200 pupils aged 3 to 16 with around 30 teaching staff. It is located in a Georgian mansion set on a 14-acre campus in the village of Peopleton near the town of Pershore in England in the south-east of the county of
Worcestershire.