Barford is served by Stagecoach bus routes X18 and 18A which link it with Coventry, Leamington Spa, Warwick and Stratford Upon Avon.

Barford is mentioned in the Domesday Book as a fair-sized settlement situated in the hundred of Tremlowe and in Warwickshire[6] with a water mill.

[7] St Peter's Parish Church dates back to the 14th century although largely rebuilt in 1844 by Richard Charles Hussey, sponsored by Louisa Ryland.

Snow’s characters are portrayed as Cambridge dons so he did not use the real United Kingdom nuclear Centre at Harwell, with its close association to Oxford.

[citation needed] The novel describes the location: “For a site, they picked on a place called Barford – which I had not heard of, but found to be a village in Warwickshire, a few miles from Stratford-upon-Avon”.