Event Description
This route will focus on the industrial past of the Malvern Hills to include mining, tramways and light rail as well as the heavy railways and some of the infrastructure associated with this.
The route goes past the Downs School, up Brockhill Rd turning off towards Park Lane and Harcourt Rd, following the county boundary between Worcestershire and Herefordshire heading north on west side lower slopes of the hills along West Malvern. Then onto the ridge line of the Suckley Hills towards Storridge where it intersects with Cowleigh Rd and then following the Worcestershire Way to Earl Beauchamps fountain. Heading up through Tank Quarry and over North Hill the route takes in the peaks of North Hill (optional) and Worcester Beacon and back to Wyche Cutting. Final stretch is from Chase Inn to Colwall taking in mine shafts and the tunnel vent.
£6.00
| Distance: | 8 miles |
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| Duration: | 5 hours |
| Difficulty: | Hard |
| Date: | 24 May |
| Start time: | 10:00 am |
| Walk leader: | Beverley Nielsen |
| Start location: | Colwall Station car park (tbc) Station Road WR136RN |
| Grid reference: | SO 756425 |
| What3Words: | https://w3w.co/late.perfectly.organic |
| Further details: | To follow |
