Malvern Hills

The Malvern Hills from Churchdown Hill, around 30 kilometers south

Summit monument on the highest mountain in the Malvern Hills, the Herefordshire Beacon

The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in England whose ridge forms the border between Worcestershire and Herefordshire . The rock they are made of is among the geologically oldest rock formations in England.

They are known for their scenic beauty and offer unique views of the surrounding area. From the west, its heights, which run for about eight miles from north to south, tower over the Severn Valley and the Cotswolds beyond . The highest point of the Malvern Hills is the Worcestershire Beacon at 425 m . In the Malvern Hills there are famous healing springs, to which the town of Great Malvern owes its development to a spa in the 19th century . Also worth seeing are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort on the top of the Herefordshire Beacon .

In the 14th century, the Malvern Hills landscape inspired William Langland to write his famous poem The Visions of Piers Plowman .

Edward Elgar , a well-known composer , came from the area he frequently wandered through or explored by bicycle. It is reported that the landscape inspired his compositions.

The poet WH Auden taught for three years at a Colwall school in the Malvern Hills in the 1930s . There he wrote some of his most successful and beautiful love poems. He dedicated a particularly long poem called The Malverns to the Malvern Hills , in whose verses he described them and their viewpoints.

The Malvern Hills are among the areas of outstanding natural beauty in England and are classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty .

Web links

Commons : Malvern Hills - collection of images, videos and audio files

Malvern Hills AONB website

literature

Mark Bowden: The Malvern Hills. An ancient landscape. English Heritage, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-848-02168-6 ( digitized version ) (not evaluated).

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