Where to stay
Staying in the Malverns without a car
The Malverns are one of the easiest hill ranges in England to visit by train. Stay near a station and every walk on this page starts on foot.
Three stations serve the hills. Great Malvern sits at the foot of the town, a steady climb below St Ann’s Well and the Worcestershire Beacon. Colwall is on the quieter western side, which makes station-to-station walks over the ridge simple. Malvern Link is closest to North Hill at the northern end.
The places below are within about a kilometre of a station (straight line), so you can arrive by train, walk from your door and use the train or a taxi for one-way walks. We have not listed timetables: check National Rail on the day, especially on Sundays.
Within a kilometre of a station
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Hotel · Colwall · 140 m away
A country-house hotel in Colwall village, close to the station and handy for car-free walks over the ridge. Dogs are welcome in some rooms. Afternoon tea needs 48 hours’ notice.
- Walk from the door
- Dogs in rooms
- Near a station
- Parking
- Breakfast
- Packed lunches
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B&B · Malvern Link · 390 m away
Two B&B rooms with a vegan cookery school, five to ten minutes’ walk from Malvern Link station: a car-free base for the northern hills. Street parking only; two-night minimum without a course.
- Near a station
- Breakfast
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B&B · Barnards Green · 540 m away
A walker-minded B&B at Barnards Green: the owners write their own walks from the house, lend walking guides and maps, dry wet gear on request and offer a take-out breakfast for early starts. No dogs.
- Walk from the door
- Near a station
- Parking
- Breakfast
- EV charging
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Hotel · Great Malvern · 660 m away
A town-centre hotel that says it often has walkers to stay: every room has dirty-boot storage and it will wash and dry walking gear. Food Monday to Saturday; small car park.
- Walk from the door
- Near a station
- Parking
- Breakfast
- Boot room
- Food on site
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Hotel · Great Malvern · 750 m away
A large hotel beside the Priory in the centre of Great Malvern, convenient for the station and the walks up from the town.
- Walk from the door
- Dogs in rooms
- Near a station
- Parking
- Breakfast
- Packed lunches
Book direct (opens in a new tab) Website for The Abbey Hotel (opens in a new tab) Directions to The Abbey Hotel (Google Maps, opens in a new tab)
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Hotel · Great Malvern · 850 m away
A Georgian hotel on Belle Vue Terrace in the centre of Great Malvern, a short walk from the paths up the hills. Its Mulberry Tree restaurant serves afternoon tea daily.
- Walk from the door
- Near a station
- Parking
- Breakfast
- Food on site
- Afternoon tea
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Hotel · Great Malvern · 860 m away
A hotel with a restaurant in a Victorian building on Graham Road, in the town.
- Check it’s open before booking
- Walk from the door
- Dogs in rooms
- Near a station
- Breakfast
- Food on site
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Hotel · Great Malvern · 880 m away
A pub-hotel in central Great Malvern. The hotel says the walking trails to the top of the hills start just over the road. There is no lift.
- Walk from the door
- Near a station
- Breakfast
- Food on site
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Distances are straight-line from the nearest station. Facilities are from each business’s own website: “Walk from the door” means a walk on this site starts within 600 m, or the business says so.
Walks from each station
Great Malvern
The station is at the foot of the town. The Malvern Hills Trust’s “Route to the Hills” trail leads from the station up through the town to the hillside. From there, St Ann’s Well and the Worcestershire Beacon are a steady climb.
Malvern Link
The Malvern Hills Trust names Malvern Link as one of the two stations for reaching the hills. It is the closer station for North Hill and End Hill at the northern end of the range.
No walk on this site starts here yet.
Colwall
Colwall is on the western, Herefordshire side of the hills. Paths climb from the village to the ridge, which makes station-to-station walks over to Great Malvern or Malvern Link easy to plan.
Ledbury
Ledbury is the furthest of the four stations from the ridge. Long walks link it with Colwall or Great Malvern via Eastnor and the southern hills.