Temperance Drinking Fountain

Temperance Drinking Fountain
Location: On the edge of Malvern Link Common, beside the Worcester Road, just uphill from the railway bridge..
Grid Reference: SO78184738

The Temperance Fountain was built in 1900 by the Women's Temperance Association, as a pure spring water supply to discourage the drinking of alcohol. At that time beer was generally regarded as an unpolluted and safe alternative to unclean water. This handsome fountain was originally supplied from the spring water collector main until the Second World War but then became neglected. The MSA pressed for the supply to be restored and in 1999 the Malvern Hills District Council Repaired the pipe work and replaced the missing tap, but reconnected it to the domestic treated water main so it nolonger supplies spring water.