Rail Trails:
The Cotswold and Malvern Line

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From Great Malvern we head to Malvern Link station. Here we follow the Three Choirs Way for much of the way to Powick Bridge and then the Monarch’s Way into the City.

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From Foregate St we head to the canal and Shrub Hill station. We then climb through Perry Wood to Worcester Woods Country Park and under the M5 to skirt Spetchley Park.

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From Parkway we pass through open countryside passing a modern Monastery and folly before reaching the pretty village of Peopleton. Then on to Pinvin and Pershore station.

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We head over to the River Avon. The walk then follows Shakespeare’s Avon Way through picturesque Fladbury and Charlton and on a hand drawn ferry (£1) into Evesham.

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After leaving Evesham the walk passes through the pretty villages of Badsey and Bretforton (with its famous NT owned pub) and on through a large Strawberry Farm to Honeybourne.

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After leaving Colwall Station, you will walk the Malvern Hills below the Worcestershire Beacon, along to North Hill. There you will have a choice of going to Great Malvern Station past St Ann’s Well, or heading to Malvern Link Station past the Clock Tower.

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After leaving Ledbury Station, you will walk to Colwall Station.

The short walk will go past Frith Wood, Hope’s End, see views of the Malvern Hills, and pass through orchards. Near the end, there is the Church of St James the Great, which is about a mile away before getting to Colwall Station.

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After leaving Ledbury Station, you will walk to Colwall Station.

A highlight of this longer route is walking through Ledbury. The walk will go past Dead Woman’s Thorn, see views of the Malvern Hills, the Woodshed Cafe and Eastnor Castle and Deer Park, through the woods along Three Choirs Way and below the Herefordshire Beacon, on the way to Colwall Station.