North Malvern is a suburb of
Malvern
Malvern or Malverne may refer to:
Places Australia
* Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
* Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
* City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne
* Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...
,
Worcestershire,
England. It nestles on the northern slopes of the
Malvern Hills. It is a contiguous urban extension of
Link Top, and other neighbouring centres of population are
Great Malvern
Great Malvern is an area of the spa town of Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the eastern flanks of the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill, and is ...
,
Malvern Link,
West Malvern and the former village of Cowleigh. It is part of the civil parish of Malvern, administered by the
Malvern Hills District
Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Malvern, and its area covers most of the western half of the county, including the outlying towns of Tenbury Wells and Upton-upon-Severn ...
, and is included in the informal region known as ''The Malverns''.
Architecture
Historic buildings include the Clock Tower near Tank Quarry, with its modern work of art the ''Cascade Gates'' (2007) in welded steel, by artist and sculptor
Rose Garrard
Rose Garrard (born 21 September 1946, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England) is an installation, video and performance artist, sculptor, and author. Garrard's works have been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Gallery, the British C ...
, the 18th century
North Malvern House (formerly a public house now flats) and the Victorian building of the former North Malvern school.
Religious buildings in the North Malvern area include:
Holy Trinity Church Holy Trinity Church may refer to:
Albania
* Holy Trinity Church (Berat), Berat County
* Holy Trinity Church, Lavdar, Opar, Korçë County
Armenia
* Holy Trinity Church, Yerevan
Australia
* Garrison Church, Sydney, South Wales, also known as ''H ...
(
CofE
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...
),
St. Peters church (CoE) and St. Joseph's (
RC).
Above North Malvern lie the now defunct quarries of Tank Quarry, North Quarry, and Scar Quarry that were a major feature of local industry until about 1960. The dynamite detonations and the accompanying rock fall that could be heard for miles around were a familiar sound backdrop in the area.
Education
North Malvern is home to Northleigh
primary school, which is a
Church of England (CofE)
voluntary aided school.
Notable people
Haile Selassie,
Emperor of Ethiopia
The emperor of Ethiopia ( gez, ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse ( am, ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century ...
, lived in Malvern for a while after being forced out of Ethiopia by the Italian invasion in the late 1930s. During this time he attended services at Holy Trinity Church in
Link Top and his granddaughters and daughters of court officials were educated at
Clarendon School for Girls
Clarendon School for Girls was a girls' independent boarding school, which began in 1898 in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It moved three times: first to Kinmel Hall near Abergele in Denbighshire in 1948 and then to Haynes Park in Bedfordshir ...
in North Malvern.
North Malvern in cultural life
The Tank Quarry on
North Hill was used as a location in the ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'' serial ''
The Krotons'', which was broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 December 1968 to 18 January 1969.
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Transport
Rail
North Malvern is served by two stations about one mile apart on the same line. The
Great Malvern railway station is located in Avenue Road, Malvern and
Malvern Link railway station
Malvern Link railway station serves Malvern Link in Worcestershire, England. It is one of two stations serving the town of Malvern, the other being Great Malvern station.
History
A six-mile railway from Henwick to Malvern Link opened in July ...
on the Worcester Road. Direct services are provided to
Worcester,
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
,
Birmingham,
Oxford and
London.
Bus
Local bus services connect North malvern with the surrounding area including the 42, S42 circular local routes. Serving areas further afield are:
the Malvern to Worcester route 44, 44A, 44B operated by First Diamond serving stops at the
Barnards Green
Barnards Green is one of the main population areas of Malvern, Worcestershire, England, situated approximately east and downhill from Great Malvern, the town's traditional centre.
Governance
The southern part of Barnards Green constitutes the m ...
bus shelter and Pound Bank; The Worcester -
Upton-upon-Severn - Malvern route 362/363 operated by Diamond serves that stops at the Barnards Green bus shelter and the Malvern -
Gloucester -
Cheltenham
Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral s ...
route 377 (Saturdays only) operated by Diamond, stopping at the Court Road shops and the Barnards Green bus shelter.
Air
The nearest major airport is
Birmingham approximately one hour by road via the
M5 and
M42 motorways.
Gloucestershire Airport located at
Staverton, in the Borough of
Tewkesbury near Malvern is a busy
General Aviation airport used mainly for private charter and scheduled flights to destinations such as the islands of
Jersey,
Guernsey
Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency.
It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...
, and the
Isle of Man, pilot training, and by the aircraft of emergency services.
References
External links
The Clock Tower(BBC site) (accessed April 2006)
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Geography of Worcestershire