Museums and Heritage
Morgan Motor Company by Rob Rait
Learn about the fascinating history or our area by visiting the many attractions devoted to recording our heritage........
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Croome Court (National Trust)
view siteThe restoration of an important 18th-century landscaped park, designed by Capability Brown, with shrubberies surrounding the lake and follies. Croome Court is now also in the care of the National Trust and can be included in your visit.
- Telephone: 01905 371006
- Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-croome
- Location: Severn Stoke, WR8 9JS (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: All year - see the website for details
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The Elgar Birthplace Museum
view siteSituated in Elgar’s Beloved Countryside, this delightful 19th century cottage houses a unique collection of photographs, manuscripts and personal memorabilia. Include the new Elgar Centre for a fascinating insight into the life and music, family and friends, musical development and inspirations of one of England’s greatest composers.
Tickets for entry to the Birthplace Museum are available from the Malvern TIC at discounted prices.
- Telephone: 01905 333224
- Website: www.elgarmuseum.org
- Location: Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, WR2 6RH (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: Every Day 11-5pm except during January
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The Elgar Graves at St Wulstan's Church
view siteSir Edward Elgar died on 23 February 1934 at the age of seventy-six and was buried next to his wife, Alice, at St. Wulstan's Church in Little Malvern. Their graves are located at the far end of the cemetery.
- Website: http://www.saint-wulstans.org.uk
- Location: Little Malvern, WR14 4JL (Find on google maps)
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Eastnor Castle
view siteFairytale Georgian Castle dramatically situated in the Malvern Hills, set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with a lake and arboretum. Beautifully restored interiors containing medieval armour, tapestries and fine art. Adventure Playground - Knight's Maze - Lakeside and Woodland Walks - Tearoom - Ice Cream Parlour - Shop
- Telephone: 01531 633160
- Website: www.eastnorcastle.com
- Location: Nr Ledbury, HR8 1RL (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: See the website for details
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Gas Lamps in Malvern
Malvern is famous for still having many (over 80) working gas lamps. There are gas lamps in Great Malvern Town Centre (on Belle Vue Island) and in the Priory Churchyard, in Malvern Wells along the Wells Road (A449) and Holywell Road, and in West Malvern. Malvern's gas lamps feature in C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" stories as a result of him attending Malvern College as a schoolboy. Malvern TIC sells a small Gas Lamp Trail guide to help you search out and admire these rare survivor's from an earlier era.
- Telephone: 01684 892289
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Great Malvern Priory
view siteMalvern Priory is one of the greater parish churches in the country. It was founded in 1085 and contains the finest collection of stained glass after York Minster, together with carved miserichords from the 15th and 16th century and the largest collection of Medieval floor and wall tiles. It also provides the venue for many concerts and civic services.
- Telephone: 01684 561020
- Website: www.greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
- Location: Church Street, Malvern, WR14 2AY (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: Every day
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Great Malvern Station
Famous for its ornate Victorian ironwork - its worth making a small detour down the hill from the centre of Great Malvern to visit and admire. There is also a cafe - Lady Foley's Tearoom - on the station platform to enjoy.
- Location: Great Malvern, WR14 3AT (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: n/a
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Leigh Court Barn (English Heritage)
view siteMagnificent 14th Century timber-framed barn, the largest of its kind in Britain. Built for the monks of Pershore Abbey.
- Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk/leighcourtbarn
- Location: Leigh, Nr Worcester, WR6 5LB (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: April to September, Thursday to Sunday, 10 - 6 pm
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Little Malvern Court
view siteFormer Benedictine monastery. Home of the Berrington family. Priors Hall, 10 acre garden, beautiful views of Severn Valley and the Malvern Hills.
- Telephone: 01684 892988
- Website: www.hha.org.uk/HHA/Property.aspx?id=385&vw=0
- Location: Nr Malvern, WR14 4JN (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: April to Mid July, Wednesday and Thursday, 2.25 - 5 pm.
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Malvern Museum
view siteDisplays in five rooms depicting the geological structure of the Malvern Hills, Medieval history of the town, the water cure / Victorian Malvern and more recently Morgan Motors and radar technology. An Accredited Museum with the Museums Libraries and Archives.
- Telephone: 01684 567811
- Website: www.malvernmuseum.co.uk
- Location: The Abbey Gateway, Great Malvern, WR14 3ES (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: Easter to October, Daily 10.30 - 5 pm
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Morgan Motor Company Visitor Centre & Museum
view siteEnjoy a fully guided tour of the factory witnessing the traditional skills of the craftsmen and women handmaking Morgan Sports Cars.
Discover the rich history of the Morgan Motor Company and follow the incredible stories from Victorian times until the present day.
See the exciting new developments and cutting edge technology that goes into today's Morgan Sports Cars.
- Telephone: 01684 573104
- Website: www.morgan-motor.co.uk/sales/visits/opening_times.html
- Location: Pickersleigh Road, Malvern Link , WR14 2LL (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: 8.30am - 5.00pm Monday - Thursday (last tour 3.00pm), 8.30am - 2.00pm Friday (last tour 12.00pm), Closed Saturday and Sunday
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Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb
view siteShelsley Walsh - the oldest operational motorsport venue in the world
Shelsley Walsh is the oldest motor sport venue in continuous use in the world. First used in 1905, it is older than Indianapolis, Le Mans or Monza. Brooklands has been and gone, but Shelsley Walsh is still here, as old as the sport but as modern as today.
The course is 1000 metres long and rises in height by 100 metre. The record for the fastest ascent is held by Martin Groves who completed the course in 22.58 Seconds on 17th August 2008.
The hillclimb has weekend events open to the public throughout the year - details are on their website and in our events list.
- Telephone: 01886 812211
- Website: www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk
- Location: Shelsley Walsh, WR6 6RP (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: Various events throughout the year
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St Ann’s Well and Holy Well
view siteMany wells, springs and spouts can still be found on the hillside but Holy Well (where the water is now bottled) above Malvern Wells was the most popular hill spring during the 18th century before people began to flock to St Ann’s Well, which was closer to the bath houses and Water Cure establishments of Great Malvern. Visit St Ann’s Well and its cafe to sample the waters.
- Telephone: 01684 560285
- Website: www.stannswell.co.uk
- Location: On the Malvern Hills, WR14 4RF (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: for St Ann's Well opening times - please consult their website
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St Michael & All Angels Church & Tearooms
view siteSituated next door to Witley Court, the church displays a splendour which is unique amongst country churches in Britain, with exquisite gilded decorations throughout, numerous paintings by Antonio Bellucci, ten painted glass windows depicting scenes from the Bible, highly decorative carving and a large monument by Rysbrack.It also has a fine organ, its case being from the instrument on which Handel played. Many musicians consider its acoustics for music to be as fine as any building of its size outside London.
- Telephone: 01299 896406
- Website: www.greatwitleychurch.org.uk
- Location: Great Whitley, WR6 6JT (Find on google maps)
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Tenbury Wells Museum
view siteFascinating museum with numerous artifacts depicting the history of the town, including its development since becoming an important river crossing during the Iron Age to its ambitions to become a major spa town in the 19th Century. Admission is free however donations are welcome!
- Telephone: 01299 832143
- Website: www.tenburymuseum.org.uk
- Location: Cross Street, Tenbury Wells, WR15 1PT (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: Easter to October Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11:00am – 1:30pm Sunday and Bank Holidays 2pm -4pm
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The Tudor House
view siteDelightful museum / visitor centre located in a 16th Century house and garden - local interest exhibitions.
- Telephone: 01684 592447
- Website: www.upton.uk.net/amenities/museum/0museum.html
- Location: 16 Church Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HT (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: April to October, Daily 2 - 5 pm. November to March, Sunday only 2 - 4 pm
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Upton Tourist Information & Heritage Centre
view siteLocated in the oldest surviving building in Upton, the Upton Tourist Information & Heritage Centre has displays illustrating the growth and development of the town and its involvement in the Civil War of 1651. The Upton upon Severn Tourist Information Centre is also housed in the buidling.
- Telephone: 01684 594200
- Website: http://www.upton.uk.net/amenities/heritage/0heritagenew.html
- Location: The "Pepperpot", Church Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0HT (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: Same as for the Tourist Information Centre
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Witley Court (English Heritage)
view siteSpectacular ruins of a once great house. Elaborate and immense fountains survive in the gardens. Atmospheric audio tour, hear the upstairs/downstairs secrets; circle the ballroom to the strains of a ghostly waltz. Explore Nesfield’s ‘Monster Work’ gardens and follow the woodland trails, amongst the figures of the Jerwood Foundation Sculpture Park. New visitor centre and gift shop.
- Telephone: 01299 896636
- Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk/witleycourt
- Location: Great Witley, WR6 6JT (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: See website for details
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Abberley Hall
view siteAbberley Hall is Listed Grade II* and has been described by English Heritage as one of the finest remaining examples of a Victorian Country House, comparable with Osborne House on the Isle of Wight and Brodsworth Hall in Yorkshire. It was built by the Moilliet family in 1845 and sold to the Jones family in 1867 who redesigned the interiors in great style in the 1880s. These interiors have remained intact ever since which is what makes the house so special. The Abberley Hall Foundation has recently been established to nurture the historic estate and has made great strides to counter the wear and tear suffered over the last century. Abberley Hall can be visited by appointment - please contact Jo Roche on 01299 832666.
- Telephone: 01299 832666
- Website: www.abberleyhallfoundation.org.uk
- Location: Abberley, nr Worcester, WR6 6DD (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: By Prior Appointment
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Madresfield Court
view siteMadresfield Court is a moated country house with a fascinating history, situated in the countryside on the outskirts of Malvern towards Worcester. The house has strong connections to the Arts & Crafts movement and is said to be the inspiration behind Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited".
The house and gardens (including a maze) are open to the public on a very limited basis - we suggest you contact Malvern TIC in the first instance for further details.
- Telephone: 01684 892289
- Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madresfield_Court
- Location: Madresfield, WR13 5AH (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: Limited
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St Leonard's Church, Newland
view siteSituated just outside Malvern Link, St Leonard’s is probably the finest example of the Gambier Parry fresco technique in the country. This magnificent Grade 1 listed building, which is the private chapel of the Beauchamp Almshouses, was designed as a showcase for High Anglican worship – a role which it still fulfills to this day.
The tour includes St Leonard’s Church, the cloister, the medieval cloister chapel, the Newland Theological library, the Great Hall and the opportunity to view the Quadrangle and the stunning Beauchamp Almshouses. Until 1945, the church and almshouses maintained their own choir school and an exhibition on the once famous Newland Choir School, to which Elgar was a frequent visitor, is on show in the Library.
Tea, coffee and cake are available to visitors in the Library.- Telephone: 01684 438576
- Website: www.stleonardsnewland.org/welcome.html
- Location: Newland, WR13 5AX (Find on google maps)
- Opening Times: Every Saturday & Bank Holiday from April to end of August. Open at 1.00pm : Last entry at 3.00pm. It may also be possible to visit by appointment at other times; please contact us on the telephone number above.
