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Tank Quarry
A former quarry on North Hill with display boards on the ancient rocks of the Malverns; the rock faces are unstable, so keep well back.
Malvern Hills landmarks
Hillforts, caves, springs and quarries: the stories behind the hills and how to reach them.
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Ivy Scar Rock
A natural crag on the eastern side of North Hill above Great Malvern, described as the highest natural rock on the hills and used by climbers.
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Great Malvern Priory
The medieval priory church in the centre of Great Malvern, famous for the largest display of 15th-century stained glass in England.
3 walks visit here
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Malvern springs and wells
The springs of the Malvern Hills made the town famous: from the water cure to the world’s oldest bottling works. Where to find the wells today.
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St Ann’s Well
A spring house on the hillside above Great Malvern, where Malvern water flows from a carved spout; it also houses a café popular with walkers.
4 walks visit here
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Earnslaw Quarry
A former quarry beside the Wyche road with a lake and rock faces of pink granite and diorite, now a car park and the start of an easier-access trail.
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Wyche Cutting
The narrow pass cut through the ridge carrying the road between Malvern and Colwall, on the Herefordshire–Worcestershire boundary.
2 walks visit here
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Holy Well
A historic well house above Malvern Wells, believed to be the oldest bottling plant in the world, where Holywell spring water is still bottled.
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Little Malvern Priory
The surviving church of a small medieval priory below the eastern slopes near British Camp, close to where Edward Elgar is buried.
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Giant’s Cave
A tiny man-made cave cut into pillow lava on the ridge south of British Camp, and a favourite target on family walks.
3 walks visit here
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Gullet Quarry
A disused quarry in the southern hills with a deep, cold lake and a rock face showing ancient Malvern rocks. Swimming is prohibited.
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Shire Ditch
An ancient bank and ditch along the crest of the hills, long linked to a 13th-century boundary dispute but now thought to be partly much older.
3 walks visit here
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