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2 unusual facts about Welford Park


Welford Park

However in a tradition that is now over 50 years old, the grounds are opened to enable visitors to view the year's bloom of Snowdrops and, to a lesser extent, Aconites.

The property then passed in 1706 by marriage to William Eyre, on condition he changed his name to Archer and subsequently (in 1800) to the MP, John Houblon, who also changed his name, to John Archer-Houblon.



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Lambourn Valley Railway

The important developments were the construction of a new branch line from Welford Park to an RAF base, RAF Welford; the base was to be converted for the purposes of munitions, and when operational was to be operated by the United States Air Force from July 1954.

Welford Park railway station

Welford Park railway station was a railway station in Welford, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.