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Car park · Malvern Hills Trust

Earnslaw Quarry car park

Pay-and-display car park on Wyche Road, close to Worcestershire Beacon and Summer Hill.

Type
Pay and display
Postcode
WR14 4EGfor sat nav, approximate
Toilets
Not checked
Blue badge
Not checked
Walks from here
1
Spaces
—
Height limit
None known
Overnight
No: overnight parking is prohibited
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Charges and payment

£6.50 per day (valid in any Malvern Hills Trust car park that day), or £3.75 after 6pm. Blue Badge holders free.

Payment: Card

Permits: Malvern Hills Trust annual parking pass (£59 for 12 months, £30 for a second vehicle) is valid in all Trust car parks. Reduced passes are available for levy-paying local residents.

Prices last checked 14 Sept 2026. Always follow the signs in the car park. Operator’s current charges.

These parking details were checked against the operator’s website on 14 Sept 2026. Things change, so check before you travel.

This car park sits in the old Earnslaw Quarry beside the Wyche road, where the exposed rock shows the ancient geology of the hills. It is the start of one of the Malvern Hills Trust’s easier-access trails.

Walks from Earnslaw Quarry car park

Easy Popular

Easiest route up the Worcestershire Beacon

  • Distance: 2.6 km · 1.6 mi
  • Time: 55 min
  • Route type: Out and back

The gentlest way to the top of the Malverns: start high at the Beacon Road car park and follow the surfaced path to the summit toposcope.

  • Dogs
  • Families
Under 1 hour

Nearest hills

425 m

Hill · Worcester Beacon

Worcestershire Beacon

The highest point of the Malvern Hills and of Worcestershire, with a toposcope and trig pillar on its rocky summit.

382 m

Hill

Summer Hill

The first summit south of the Worcestershire Beacon on the main ridge path.

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Staying overnight?

The most practical base for this walk is West Malvern: quiet hillside village on the western side of the northern hills.

  • Quiet stays
  • Northern hills
  • Sunset views
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