Malvern on the Web

Below are a list of sites relating to the Malverns

The Beautiful Malvern Hills -www.malvern-hills.co.uk

A friendly site with a lot of information, including maps, local organisations, and a particularly interesting birdwatching page. Not an official site, so has some more unusual information, and features some of the art work that the hills have inspired.

Malvern Trail - www.malverntrail.co.uk

A site dedicated to the joys of cycling in the Malverns, put together (content, design, tech) by John Howes, who moved to Malvern (Worcestershire, UK) in October 2001 after many years involvement in community and voluntary action in London. A founder member of London Cycling Campaign, he was their rides organiser for seven years and is the longest serving crew member for Bicycle Beano cycling holidays. He hopes to attract a wide range of people to cycling, walking and appreciating the local environment.

Malvern Hills District Council - www.malvernhills.gov.uk

Malvern Hills Council official site - a clearly laid out site with lots of useful,
practical information, as you would expect

Three Counties Agricultural Society - www.threecounties.co.uk

This is the home page for the Three Counties Showround in Malvern, and includes a diary of events, including the famous Three Counties Show (unsurprisingly).

Malvern Theatres - www.malvern-theatres.co.uk

Home page for the Malvern Theatres and Cinema complex - with diary of events and online booking, including seat selection. A clear, easy to use site serving a provincial theatre that often plays host to West End productions, or is used as a try out for productions destined for the big city.

Country Walks around the Malvern Hills and Cotswolds - www.countrywalkers.co.uk

A site aimed at walkers with routes around the Malverns and Cotswolds - a useful site for those who don't know the area, want  find the best walks, but don't have to to explore the whole area themselves. A friendly site with a useful accomodation page, and other articles of interest to walkers.

Malvern Hills Brewery  - www.malvernhillsbrewery.co.uk

Website for Malvern's very own brewery

Great Malvern Priory  - www.greatmalvernpriory.org.uk

Website for the Priory which is one of Malvern's major landmarks, and well worth visiting, including the history of the building, and some nice pictures.

Railways in Worcestershire - www.miac.org.uk

Includes an article on the narrow gauge railways of  the Malvern quarries

Malvern Hills Conservators- www.malvernhills.org.uk

Information about the work of the conservators, details of local byelaws, ongoing conservation work, wildlife information, all from the people responsible for taking care of the hills so that the rest of us can enjoy them...

Malverns Web Cam - http://www.midlandcomms.co.uk/webcam.php

Web cam showing conditions on the Malverns, courtesy of Midland Communications

Great Malvern Tourist Info - http://www.touruk.co.uk/worcester/wor_malv.htm

Tourist Information and accommodation

The Elgar Society - http://www.elgar.org/welcome.htm

Home site for all things Elgar, including the Elgar Trail, taking in landmarks of significance in Elgar's life in the Malvern and Worcester area

Malvern Hang Gliding Club - http://malvern-hang.org

The Malvern hang-gliding club exists to promote hang-glding and paragliding for club pilots in the Malvern area. Includes the Club newsletter and a weather page

Arts and Crafts - Malvern and environs

              

                Oliver Wadsworth, Luthier-
                    http://www.wadsworth-lutes.co.uk

We are privileged to have one of the country's finest instrument makers in our local area. Oliver Wadsworth, based in Worcester, is a maker of lutes and early instruments of the guitar family. Take a look at his gallery to see the beautiful shapes and sheens of the wood, the intricacies of the roses - these are works of art before we even think about the music they might make.

                          

          Malvern Hills Arts and Crafts Guild -
                     http://www.malverngallery.co.uk/

The Malvern Hills Art and Crafts Guild exists to promote awareness of the wealth of talent and to encourage the development of people's skills within the Malvern Hills area of Worcestershire, England. The Malvern Hills Gallery is a unique visual experience, bringing together the work of the local artists and craftspeople who are members of the guild. This site gives details of current exhibitions, with links to local artists and examples of work available in the Gallery