Walking Malvern Hills
Walks to Enjoy in The Malvern Hills
The Malvern Hills provide many walks for walkers of all abilities. The Scenery around The Malvern Hills is breathtaking so remember to take your camera!
Cleeve Common to Belas Knap:
This is a quite adventurous walk of about 8 miles in a circular route. The walk can be quite open to the elements so go on a calm day or wrap up well.
The views from this walk are always changing along the way and very rewarding. The walk can be quite steep in places so you need to be fairly fit!
Look out for flying Golf balls as part of the walk is over a Golf course, this has it's benefits though, as the clubhouse is open to the public.
The walk takes you to the highest point in the Cotswolds at 1083 Ft so the views are spectacular from the summit.
Belas Knap is a chambered tomb dating from about 1400BC. Fourty skeletons were discovered in the tomb, these and other artifacts can be seen in the church museum in Winchecombe.
Find it on Grid ref: SO985269 Stockwell Common Parking and picnic area.
Time 2.5 to 3 Hours
Summit: 1083 Ft
Broad Down and British Camp:
The British Camp or Herefordshire Beacon was once the site of an Iron Age Fort. Some parts of the Forts, Ditches and Ramparts are still visible and it is one of the largest in the UK.
The walk starts at the British Camp car park 3.5 Miles south of Great Malvern on the A449 heading toward Ledbury.
There is a little kiosk at the start of the walk to grab some refreshments.
Summit: 1,110 Ft
Suitable for all ages used to moderate walking
Grid Ref SO763404
Time Around 2 hours
The Worcestershire Beacon, Great Malvern:
This Walk is suitable for all ages and abilities you can even take a pushchair!
The walk is clearly marked with mile and signposts and has (mostly) a tarmac laid track that heads north towards the Worcestershire Beacon.
The walk begins in the village of Upper Wyche, which can be reached from the A449 that runs through Great Malvern.
Parking is available both on the street if you are lucky or in a pay and display car park a short way down the hill in the direction of the A449.
Once you reach the summit of the Beacon, on a clear day you can see Gloucester, Worcester, and the Cotswolds in the east and the hills of Wales in the distant west.
On your way back you can pat yourself on the back because you have climbed to the highest point in the Malvern hills.
Find it on Grid ref: SO768437
Time: around 2 hours
Height at summit: 1394 feet
Resting: Lots of benches on the walk and a pub and restaurant in Wyche cutting.
British Camp and Swinyard Hill:
This walk takes you over the exposed top of the Iron Age hill fort The British Camp and along the top of the ridge before you head back in the shelter of the woods on the western side of the hill.
Start at The British Camp car park 3.5 Miles south of Great Malvern on the A449 heading toward Ledbury.
The Eastnor Obelisk Circuit:
This circular walk is about 6 miles long with a great variety of scenery along the way starting and finishing at the car park at British Camp.
The walk first heads south over Hangman's Hill and then Swinyard Hill to the Gullet. The route then heads west towards the prominent 90 ft. obelisk which can be seen for miles around.
From the obelisk memorial the route descends into Eastnor Park, a lovely valley with little lakes along the stream where there are red deer amongst the many sheep,
make sure dogs (and Children!) are kept on a lead. Once you cross the stream on the right of the lakes, the walk takes you in a northerly direction Ridgeway.
Time 1-2 hours
Midsummer Hill and the Commons:
A four mile walk around Golden Valley, Hollybed Common, Castlemorton Common, the Gullet and Midsummer Hill, starting from the car park at the brow of Hollybush Pass.
Midsummer hill is a little walked hill perhaps, because it is a little out of the way. Hollybush Car is on the A438 between the B4208 and A449
Grid Ref SO75836
Time 2 Hours
Suits Moderate Walkers