Malvern Walking Festival

 MALVERN WALKING FESTIVAL

Periodicity: annual

Location: Malvern Hills, West Midlands, England, UK

Time of the year:   May - June

Duration: 8 days

Number of Walks: 38 walks (guided)

1st edition:

2010 edition:  31st May - 5th June 2010 
2010 edition  programme:

2011 edition:  28th May  - 5th June 2011 
2011 edition  programme:
http://www.malvern-hills.co.uk/malvern-walking-festival/pics/walking-festival-2011-programme.pdf

http://www.malvern-hills.co.uk/malvern-walking-festival/timetables/mwf-home.html

2012 edition:  26th May  - 3rd  June 2012
2012 edition  programme: http://www.malvern-hills.co.uk/malvern-walking-festival/pics/walking-festival-2012-programme.pdf

Sat 26th - Wed 30th May
Start: 9 am - Est. finish: 6 pm
Discovery in 5 daily stages
Distance:each day approx. 11 miles Linear
Meet: Link Top Free CP SO774470
Grade: Energetic
Walk leader: Bob Baldwin
Malvern - Chipping Campden - Stanway - Toddington - Winchcombe - Teddington - Tewkesbury - Birtsmorton - Birts Street - Malvern


Saturday 26th May
Start: 8.30 am - Est. Finish: 4.30 pm - 5 pm
Malvern Hills End to End - Both Ways
Distance: approx 18 miles Circular
Meet: "Time Outdoors" Next door to Gt. Malvern TIC SO77554596
Grade: Very Strenuous! Very Experienced Fit Hill - Walkers Only!
Walk leader: Mike Smart

Start: 9.30 am - Est. finish: 3 pm
A Country walk passing by 4 churches
Distance: 11 miles
Meet: Grass verge by Moat Farm SO746446
Grade: Moderate
Walk Leader: Josephine Daw
Crossing many fields and walking along country lanes through wonderful countryside below the Malvern Hills


Start: 5 pm - Est. finish: 8.30 pm
Malvern Wells and Hanley Swan
Distance: 6 ½ Miles
Meet: Peachfield Road Lower Free CP SO783441
Grade: Easy, but with 10 stiles
Walks Leader: Rita Lee
Leisurely Flat Walk Along Disused Railway to Hanley Swan and Back Via Oxhill


Sunday 27th May
Start: 10 am - Est. Finish: 12.45 pm Knightwick & Lulsley
Distance: 5.25 miles
Meet: Outside Knightwick Butchers, Knightwick in no-through-road off A44 SO731558
Grade: Moderate - The walk has many stiles & is likely to be wet and muddy in places
Walks Leader: Peter Clement, backmarker: Eileen Clement
Walk by River Teme to Lulsley Court and on to Knightwick church


Start: 2pm - Est. finish: 4.30 pm
Literary & Musical Connections
Distance: Approx. 4.5 miles Linear
Meet: Downs School Colwall SO75844318
Grade: Moderate
Walk leader: Peter Smith
Literary & musical connections of the Malvern Hills countryside.


Monday 28th May
Start: 7 am - Est. finish: 9.30 pm
Worcestershire Way in a Day
Distance: 31 miles
Meet: Gt. Malvern TIC in Church Street SO77554596
Grade: VERY Strenuous & long
Walks Leader: David Hawkins | Backmarker: Mike Smart
Full length of the Worcestershire Way in one go!


Start: 9 am - Est. finish: 2 pm
Hollybush to Berrow passing 3 Churches.
Distance: 8 miles
Meet: Hollybush Church on A438 SO768366
Grade: Moderate
Walk Leader: Ray Worth
Follow ridge to Birts Street & Berrow Place, return to start under Chase End Hill


Start: 2.30 pm Est. finish: 5 pm
Hollybush Circular
Distance: 4 miles
Meet: Hollybush Church on A438 SO768366
Grade: Moderate
Walks Leader: Dudley Brook
Mill Pond, Berrow Down, Gullet Lake, Eastnor Obelisk. then the old Worcestershire Way & back to the start.


Start: 6 pm - Est. finish: 9 pm
Around the Middle Hills
Distance: 4 miles
Meet: Gardiner's Quarry: SO766420
Grade: Moderate, a relaxed stroll
Walks Leader: Ray Roberts
Black Hill to Jubilee Hill. Calling for a drink at Malvern's Famous Holy Well, where Holywell Spring Water is bottled.


Tuesday 29th May
Start: 10 am - Est. finish: 12.45 pm
Temeside walk from the Fox Inn
Distance: about 6 miles
Meet: Fox Inn, Bransford SO803532
Grade: Easy with 2 short climbs
Walks Leader: David Russell, backmarker Ginnie Russell.
Interesting features of engineering, sport and literature plus a fine view of the Malvern Hills.


Start: 2 pm Est. Finish: 4.30 pm
Hollybush - Bromsberrow
Distance: 5.3 miles
Meet: Car Park off A438 at the foot of Holybush Hill and Ragged Stone Hill SO758368
Grade: Moderate
Walks Leader: Peter Clement, backmarker: Eileen Clement
Walk on contour around Ragged Stone Hill into Bromsberrow estate, The walk may encounter sheep and cattle in some fields on route


Wednesday 30th May
Start: 10 am Est. Finish: 4 pm
Upton-upon-Severn along the river to Croome Court
Distance: 10 miles
Meet:Upton-Upon-Severn Free CP (Southern end of Old Street - opposite Church Spire) SO852407
Grade: Moderate - Fairly flat but longer distance involved
Walks Leader: David Hawkins (Leadon Vale Ramblers), backmarker: Not appointed
Comments: Along the river from Upton-upon-Severn to Croome Court


Start: 3 pm - Est. finish: 5 pm
Treasures of Malvern
Distance: 1 mile
Meet: Gt. Malvern TIC SO77554596
Grade: Easy
Walks Leader: Dr John Harcup
Architecture, street furniture, famous visitors, the Malvern Water Cure and composer Sir Edward Elgar


Start: 6 pm Est. finish: 8.30 pm
Woods and Orchard north of Malvern
Distance: 5 miles
Meet: North Quarry CP SO77064700
Grade: Easy - few slopes but 12 stiles
Walks Leader: Rita Lee
North Malvern, Storridge, Crumpton Hill Area and Halfkey. Back via Worcestershire Way and Cowleigh


Thursday 31st May - Tuesday 5th June
Start: 9 am - Est. finish: 4.30 to 6 pm (depending on the distance)
Heritage trail in 6 daily stages
Distance:each day approx. 10 miles Linear
Meet: Link Top Free CP SO774470
Grade: Energetic
Walk leader: Derek Starkey
Malvern - Worcester - Droitwich - Upton Snodsbury - Pershore - Upton-upon-Severn - Malvern


Thursday 31st May
Start: 9.30 am(See below) - Est. finish: 5.30 pm
Ledbury to Malvern - The Hilly Route
Distance: 16 miles
Meet: Gt. Malvern Railway Station: SO710376
Grade: Strenuous (much climbing)
Walks Leader: Brian Pitts


Start: 10 am - Est. finish: 12.45 pm
Great Witley Circuit
Distance: 4 ¾ miles
Meet: Hundred House, Gt. Witley SO752662
Grade: Energetic
Walks Leader: Phil Bunyan
A wooded walk over some lesser known hills.
Dogs Welcome


Start:2 pm - Est. finish: 4.30 pm
Malvern Wells Discovery Walk
Distance: 5 miles
Meet: St Wulstan's Nature Reserve SO780414
Grade: Moderate
Walks Leader: David Owen
Nature Reserve - Holywell Rd - Berington Quarry - Wynds Point - Return


Start: Time 6 pm - Est. finish: 9 pm
Nature lovers wildlife walk
Distance: 5 miles Circular
Meet: Alfrick village hall SO74835317
Grade: Moderate
Walk leader: Garth Lowe
Garth, a member of the Worcestershire Naturalists club, gives an insight to the flora & fauna found in the area.


Friday 1st June
Start: 10 am Est. finish: 4 pm
Mathon - Leadon Valley - Bosbury Circular
Distance: 12 miles
Meet: Wide road verges just west of Moat Farm, Ham Green, Mathon SO746446
Grade: Moderate - Could be muddy in places if after heavy rain
Walks Leader: Chris Hook
An undulating circular walk through fields in Mathon, Cradley and Bosbury, including the upper reaches of the River Leadon and some woodland.


Start: 10 am - Est. finish: 3 pm
Elgar's Country
Distance: 9 miles
Meet: Storridge Village Hall (£1 fee Parking fee) SO752487
Grade: Moderate
Walks Leader: David Hawkins (Leadon Vale Ramblers)
Walk from Storridge up to Birchwood Common.


Saturday 2nd June
Start: 9 am - Est. finish: 4.30 pm
Malvern Hills End to End
Distance: approx 8 miles Linear
Meet: Clock Tower CP (£3) SO769470
Grade: Energetic!
Walk leader: Ian Rowat


Start: 10 am - Est. finish: 3 pm
Geology+Landscape - Bromyard Downs & Bringsty
Distance: 6 miles
Meet: Picnic site Bromyard Downs. Nearly opposite Royal Oak pub SO671558
Grade: Moderate.
Walks Leader: Moira Jenkins
See how the beautiful scenery of Bromyard Down and Bringsty Common is shaped by the underlying rock.


Start: 2pm - Est. Finish: 7pm
Obelisks, Triangles and Cones Distance: 8 miles
Meet: Just Rachel factory, SO764340
Grade: Moderate - Generally easy walking but two/three steep ascents
Walks Leader: Rachel Hicks, backmarker: Rex Eckley
Comments: A walk on the southern end of the Malvern Hills followed by a tasting of Just Rachel ice creams.


Sunday 3rd June
Start: 10 am - Est. finish: 1 pm
Geology of North Hill, Malvern
Distance: 3 miles
Meet: North Quarry CP (£3) SO77064700
Grade: Moderate
Walks Leader: John Payne
Geology and Landscape walk exploring the variety of rocks and geological structures of North Hill.
Dogs Welcome


Start: 10 am Est. Finish: 1 pm
Westward Go!
Distance: 5 miles
Meet: British Camp CP (£3) SO763403
Grade: Moderate
Walks Leader: David Hawkins (Leadon Vale Ramblers)

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Price: Paid

Notes: 

Sponsoring: Yes

Organization: Malvern Hills District Council

Contact:
Phone 01684 892289

malvern.tic@malvernhills.gov.uk

Website: http://www.malvern-hills.co.uk/malvern-walking-festival/index.html

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