Beckford, Worcestershire

Beckford
Beckford Cross House
Beckford is located in Worcestershire
Beckford
Beckford
Location within Worcestershire
Population602 
OS grid referenceSO972360
• London91 miles (146 km)
Civil parish
  • Beckford
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTEWKESBURY
Postcode districtGL20
Dialling code01386
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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52°01′00″N 2°02′00″W / 52.016667°N 2.033333°W / 52.016667; -2.033333

Beckford is a small village on the main Cheltenham to Evesham Road, five miles north-east of Tewkesbury, on the WorcestershireGloucestershire border.

The village straddles the A46 and is one of the villages at the foot of Bredon Hill. The Carrant Brook runs between Beckford and Little Beckford and there was a ford across the brook which gave rise to the original name.

An intensive poultry unit and market garden lies to the east of the village. A planning application was made in early 2016 to redevelop this as a retirement settlement with social care facilities.

Beckford Nature Reserve lies immediately north of the village.