Lower Broadheath is a village and
civil parish in the
Malvern Hills district of
Worcestershire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,728.
The parish also includes
Upper Broadheath
Upper Broadheath is an area in the village of Lower Broadheath. It is not a separate village. Worcestershire, England. It is in the Malvern Hills District
Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is ...
.
The village is about 3 miles north-west of
Worcester.
There are many
housing estates in the village, including the Jacomb estate (Jacomb Road, Jacomb Drive, Jacomb Close and Rectory Close).
The village has a village hall, church, post office and shop, a village green (containing a football pitch, running track and many children's play areas) and a large village
common
Common may refer to:
Places
* Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
* Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts
* Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Clapham Common, originally com ...
. There is also a
primary school (Broadheath C.E. Primary School). The school contains around 150 children, from the age of four up to eleven. There are also two pubs in the village.
History
Broadheath is the birthplace of the English composer
Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
.
The cottage in which he was born is now the
Elgar Birthplace Museum.
References
External links
*
Lower Broadheath official web site.Retrieved 23 May 2009
The Elgar BirthplaceListing at the Worcester branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry website
Villages in Worcestershire
Civil parishes in Worcestershire
Malvern Hills District
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