The estate opens its grounds to the public every year for about four weeks to enable visitors to see the carpets of snowdrops that line the riverbanks and flow through the nearby woods.

Welford Park is built on the site of a monastic grange that belonged to Abingdon Abbey from Anglo-Saxon times.

Welford Park was remodelled by their son-in-law, the architect Thomas Archer (no relation), about 1700, which resulted in an additional storey and a facade decorated with ionic columns.

[2][4][5] The estate was the taping site of The Great British Bake Off between 2014 and 2019, with production for the 2020 and 2021 seasons moving to Down Hall to accommodate changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As one of the first signs of the end of winter, Welford's snowdrops are generally well covered by the local, and sometimes national, press, and attract large crowds of visitors.