Wide angle photograph of Snowdrops ( the common woodland species called Nivalis ) display in a beech wood , Welford park,

Wide angle photograph of Snowdrops ( the common woodland species called Nivalis ) display in a beech wood , Welford park,

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Snowdrops are nearly always found in abbey ruins and graveyards, and were planted by Norman monks as a symbol of purity and the cleansing of the earth after winter. Some of the greatest snowdrop displays in England were all originally monastic sites ie Walsingham Abbey, Hodsock Priory, Anglesey Abbey AND HERE AT Welford Park.

Location: Welford park, Newbury, Berkshire, England