Further afield from Malvern
Places to visit en route to or from Malvern.
- Glos/Cotswolds.
- Shropshire and North Herefordshire.
- Towards Wales (Herefordshire).
- Welsh Borders, including Wye Valley and into mid-Wales.
Some Ordnance Survey (Landranger) grid references are in italics after the place name.
Also See
- Symonds Yat, Black and White village trail etc on the 'Places Around' page.
- General web guides for Here and Worcs county guides.
- History groups under Outdoor and Historical Links.
Gloucestershire, Cotswolds way
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway South east of Tewkesbury.
Snowshill Manor, a National Trust property just south of Broadway, has a number of very early bicycles on display.
Discover the Countryside - county council web guide.
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge (SO732044) - the original WWT reserve and still the HQ.
Butterflies of Gloucestershire Plenty of info on the subject.
Gloucestershire Portal from SoftData.
Heading to Shropshire
Leominster website or Local to Leominster.
Wigmore Castle Pics from the Mortimer family pages. Or see CastleWales page.
Mortimer Country Tourism site for Leominster to Ludlow area.
Ludlow town site (with links to other local web sites), also Ludlow Castle.
Severn Valley Railway Nearest station to Malvern: Bewdley.
Wilden to Witley Church Trail Although designed for cars, the trail probably would make a good cycle ride too. The Flash-based website is quite interesting if you can find your way around (while there is a text-only version - Flash needs to be disabled - I couldn't get the navigation to work).
AE Housman's A Shropshire Lad Poetry about the area.
Virtual Shropshire Tourist and community info.
South Shropshire Covers Ludlow, Church Stretton etc, Acton Scott Working Farm museum.
Shropshire Tourism - the official site. Has sites for walking and cycling too.
Shropshire Hills Shuttles - bus services.
Shropshire Geology have or are developing geological discovery trails and field guides.
Stiperstones Inn A traditional country hostelry in the Marches area of Shropshire.
Visit Bridgnorth has info for Much Wenlock too.
Town sites for Church Stretton; Clun (link problem Aug 2010; Bishops Castle.
Towards Wales
Llanwarne: Art in Heaven country gallery opposite the village green and magical ruined church. Teas and coffees when open (April to Sept) - check times first, phone 01981 540202.
Kilpeck
Church (SO444305), left. Well worth a detour for the carvings (not just around the door!). There are quite
a few web sites with info. We suggest HerefordWebpages
as a starter, Sacred
Destinations has some good photos and history. Also check out Kilpeck Inn, which hopes to be the greenest pub in the country.
Visit Herefordshire Churches web site has basic information on many of the most interesting churches in the county.
Hay-on-Wye Secondhand bookshops, mountain biking etc. on the Welsh border; Kilvert Gallery, Clyro.
Hereford Cathedral The famous Mappa Mundi, Chained Library, "wonderful carvings in stone and wood, fine tapestries, and beautiful stained glass" all worth a visit. And outside there's also the sculpture of Elgar leaning on his bicycle - there's a video 360 degree view on YouTube (better with the sound off).
Waterworks Museum, on the outskirts of Hereford.
Golden Valley and Black Mountains Experience Where to stay and other local info. Bull's Head, Craswall, is in a great place by the Mountains with basic camping available (phone 01981 510616).
The village of Dorstone in Golden Valley has the Pandy Inn (a favourite of MalvernTrail) and almost opposite, the community enterprise Dorstone's Front Room, with teas, coffees and local cakes when open (Mon-Fri 9am to 1pm)
Garway Church and Dovecote are worth visiting (close to the Welsh border) - note that dovecote is on private land.
Kington keeps on cropping up in our web searches! Hergest Croft Gardens and estate famous for trees, azaleas and rhododendrons. Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre; Kington Museum. Tourist Info Centre website has a page on cycling (under Activities).
Presteigne and Norton (site requires cookies). Just over the Welsh border. Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts.
Dore
Abbey (SO386304) Note that the web site has a very flash interactive
guide book, but it may take ages to find the info you want. The massive
barn-like interior of the Abbey is sometimes used for theatrical productions.
As well as carved screens etc there are interesting items of masonry,
as right. You could also read the info on HeritageTrail
(no connection).
Abbey Dore Court Gardens The cafe re-opened in 2009.
Welsh Borders/The Marches and beyond
Part-Y-Seal is a large house with tea room and mainly veggie lunches, b&b, extensive gardens, oriental items including furniture for sale, near Grosmont on the Welsh border. Phone 01981 240814.
The History of Ewyas Lacy Website studying south west Herefordshire nestling up against the border, full of great history, geology, nature.
Offa's Dyke Association Independent info for walkers.
Walking Wales Walking holidays, including Offas Dyke and Wye Valley Walk (all part of Celtic Trails).
Marches Walks do holidays from their base near Hay-on-Wye. Wye Valley, Black and White Trail are mentioned.
Boots Bikes Bunkhouse Opportunities for walking, cycling and mountain biking in the Brecon Beacons, staying in Bunkhouses.
National Cycle Museum, Llandrindod Wells.
Brecon Beacons National Park - where to stay, what to do.
Wye Valley and Vale of Usk tourist site.
Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Wye Valley Walk official site.
Kite Country mid Wales and the Red Kite and other wildlife. See also Gigrin Farm, the Red Kite feeding station.
Clwyd-Powys Archaeology Some great pages on Offa's Dyke.