Drakes Broughton

Drakes Broughton
Drakes Broughton
Village
	Drakes Broughton Location within Worcestershire
Population	2,746
OS grid reference	SO9248
• London	111 miles
Civil parish	Drakes Broughton and Wadborough;
District	Wychavon;
Shire county	Worcestershire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Pershore
Postcode district	WR10
Dialling code	01905
	List of places UK England Worcestershire 52°08'14"N 2°06'24"W · 52°08′02″N 2°06′34″W / 52.133821°N 2.109466°W

Drakes Broughton is a village in Worcestershire, England. The village is located on the B4084 road (previously the A44) 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.^[1] 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 (1835–1914).^[2]

References

^ "Drakes Broughton Rangers FC". Drakes Broughton Rangers FC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
^ Drakes Broughton in A. E. Tozer's Catholic Hymns, 3rd ed., 1898