Malvern in Bloom – Victorian Garden Themes Award
Great Malvern is well known for its past spa and water cure treatments and for the affluence this attracted. As a consequence, many substantial Victorian mansions were built and these …
A Local visit to Chateau Impney Hotel
On a beautiful summer afternoon, 24 Society members journeyed to this magnificent Victorian mansion, now a hotel. Impney Hall was built originally in 1875 for John Corbett, the “Salt King” of …
May Country Walk
We started at the Wyche Cutting and walked along the east side of the hills towards the south. Then we climbed up towards Perseverance Hill where the photo was taken. …
May Country Walk (Callow End)
Society members, led by Philip Robinson, met at the Old Bush Pub in Callow End on Saturday, 18thMay, before their country walk via Deblin’s Green and Old Hills, back to …
Visit to SS Great Britain at Bristol, 15 May
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was arguably Britain’s greatest engineer. Every project with which he was concerned, forced human achievement to a higher level. One of his most revolutionary feats was the …
Malvern Civic Society Awards, 2019
After much discussion, the Civic Award sub-committee decided to give the 2019 award to the Rogers Theatre, Malvern College, a building of character which has been spectacularly transformed for modern …
The Grange, Grange Road, Great Malvern
Malvern Civic Society has been interested in securing the future of The Grange for the benefit of the community, and to that end we were successful in having the building …
Tomatoland plaque
On Saturday 14th July a commemorative plaque was unveiled to commemorate ‘Tomatoland’ that was sited alongside Pickersleigh Road from 1912 to 1961. This was one of the foremost horticultural businesses …
Malvern Community Partnership Lecture 2018
7 July 2018 It’s a long story…………………….. Dr. Petr Somol of Malvern’s partner town Marianske Lazne in the Czech Republic, and a regular visitor to Malvern over the last fifteen …
Troyte Griffith Plaque
A new blue plaque was unveiled on 28th June to mark the house of local architect and artist Arthur Troyte Griffith. Troyte lived at Fairview, Lower Wyche Road for over …