Besford
Besford is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 147. The village is near Pershore, off the road from Upton-upon-Severn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and Croome Court.
Croome Court
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Croome Court is a mid-18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by extensive landscaped parkland at Croome D'Abitot, near Upton-upon-Severn in south Worcestershire, England. Croome Court is situated 1½ miles west of Besford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Defford and Birlingham.
Defford
Village
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Defford is a small village in the county of Worcestershire, England, located between the towns of Pershore and Upton-upon-Severn. It was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell.
Birlingham
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birlingham is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. The village is south of Pershore, located in a bend of the River Avon. Birlingham is situated 1½ miles southeast of Besford.
Pensham
Village
Photo: Dave Bushell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pensham is a small village located a mile or so from Pershore in Worcestershire, England. Pensham is surrounded on three sides by a loop of the River Avon, despite the proximity of the river Pensham has no records of ever being flooded. Pensham is situated 2 miles east of Besford.
Besford
- Type: Hamlet with 258 residents
- Description: village in Worcestershire, England, UK
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Besford, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.10189° or 52° 6′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.13129° or 2° 7′ 53″ westPopulation
258Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
9C4V4V29+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 192328350OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2655814Wikidata ID
Q1981410
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Besford” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бесфорд”
- Cebuano: “Besford”
- Chinese: “Besford”
- Dutch: “Besford”
- French: “Besford”
- Irish: “Besford”
- Italian: “Besford”
- Ladin: “Besford”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Besford”
- Polish: “Besford”
- Swedish: “Besford”
- “Besford”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Besford”. Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.