The Marlbank Inn

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  • Traditional and welcoming pub site at the foot of the Malvern Hills
  • Three miles from the Three Counties Showground
  • Dogs welcome on site and in the pub; menu of Indian street food
It's just as well for one's waistline that the Malverns have some of the best hiking and ramble routes in the land – for there's a tasty menu of North Indian cuisine to get through at The Marlbank Inn. And it's just as well that said walks are simple to access too, as you might be a tad full after sampling said menu: the inn and its campsite are at the foot of the Malvern Hills within easy reach of scenic and slimming walks. The Marlbank Inn is in rural Worcestershire, close to geocaching and treasure trails, fishing and bike rides, and Worcestershire Golf Club for gentle teeing off. Events and shows are easily sorted from here too, as the Three Counties Showground is within three miles. The Marlbank is a traditional and welcoming country pub, with a sheltered camping field well placed for handsome views over the hills. Family attractions like Ice Quest Malvern and a leisure centre with pool are within 15 minutes' drive. Facilities include toilets and showers, drinking water, an undercover washing-up area and disabled facilities, along with chemical disposal and ice pack freezing. Dogs are welcome on site and in the pub.

Site type

Tent sites 12
RV sites 8
Travel trailer sites 8
Open now
Opens March 20
Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • Your dog must be tattooed or microchipped.
  • The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
  • No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
  • The restaurant is open between 01/01 and 31/12.
  • Children under the age of 10 are not allowed in the bar area unless dining with an adult. The pub is open Tuesday to Thursday between 12pm - 10.45pm and Friday to Sunday between 12pm and 12am. Food is served Tuesday to Sunday between 12pm - 8.45pm. The pub is closed on Mondays. It is highly recommended that you book a table in advance due to limited availability.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Thu, Mar 20 to

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Reviews

6.9

Overall rating from 391 Pitchup.com customers

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PeacefulGastronomic delight

61% would recommend this site to a friend

61% would stay here again

What customers say

Compact, friendly campsite with great Indian food. Well-sized pitches, ideal for Malvern Hills walks. Basic but functional facilities, 24hr access. Welcoming staff. Quiet and good value for short stays.

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Arrival date (latest first)

Great food, lovely staff but site needs some TLC.

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Elizabeth P.

Powered grass tent campsite

Liked The food was great and staff are very welcoming and friendly. Excellent location for walks into Malvern town. The site was quiet when we arrived and the toilets/showers remain open when the pub is closed.

Disliked Unfortunately, only one toilet and shower was available during our 2 night stay. Thankfully, the site was quiet so availability was ok but if the site had been busy it wouldn't have been great.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice quite site.

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8 out of 10
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Ian-Michael W.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked The Marlbank is a quiet little site. And we enjoyed our stay. The Marlbank Inn offers great food and is welcoming.

This site has huge potential, but with investment. It could be a fantastic adult only site benefitting from a nice on-site country inn. But to improve it needs more footfall. More footfall with allow for more investment. Facilities can be easily improved. I'd personally trim back overgrown trees and bushes. Create 15 new electric hardstanding hook-ups and then have non-electric camping around the wooded area. I'd also ensure the gate closed so that the camping area is separate to the pub car park. In the interim a general spruce up, trim back and a few repairs will make all the difference.

Disliked N/A

Recommend to friends Visit again

Wildlife. Location Curry…

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Tracy T.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Wildlife.
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Curry

Recommend to friends Visit again

Loved the pub, shocking price for such terrible camping facilities.

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Emma C.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked The Marlbank Inn staff and food are fantastic, they dont own the campsite. We never saw anyone from the campsite in 3 days. Andy the pub manager was such a nice man and a big help. He should take over the site!

Disliked Dirty toilet, only 1 working.
Filthy shower, only 1 working.
Overgrown bushes and trees.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely location,nice traditional campsite,will be definitely…

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Nick C.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Lovely location,nice traditional campsite,will be definitely returning

Recommend to friends Visit again

Beautiful food lovely location

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Jennifer L.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Food is excellent. Friendly owners. Owner's partner Alice is lovely and friendly!

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice people running pub

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John K.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Arrived late no lights on camp site park up ,, with wife and the dog. On the Thursday was,,booked for three nights...sadly wife did not want to stay another night, so left on the Friday moreing. No lights at night tobe able get to toilet..............

Disliked Not a great site

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nightmare in Malvern!

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1 out of 10
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Jason R.

Primitive grass tent campsite

Liked Would never go bqck here! It was hugely disappointing!! Dirty and unkempt. Toilets and facilities were smelly and dirty. Only one toilet in ladies working and the ones in mens were blocked. More worrying is that the toilets were shared with the indian restaurant/pub, but the entrance is through another door. Only one shower for the whole site was working, but we didn't risk it as it was so unkempt. Loved Malvern, but would never stay here again! We didn't risk the restaurant, but we had the best meal ever at the Wellington Inn!! Which is a stones throw away! It was amazing!!!.

Disliked Unkept, poor condition of facilities. Toilets and shower block smelt, was unkept and unclean. Toilets in mens werr blocked, only one toilet working in the ladies and only one shower for whole site.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff , good food. WiFi only in pub.

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5 out of 10
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Amamds K.

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Nice people and Good food in the pub

Disliked Keep awake till 3am with the pub doing karaoke! Pub was ment to close at 11pm.
Such a shame. I won’t be staying there again.

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Lovely setting with lots of shady…

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Anonymous

Powered cement/asphalt and grass travel trailer campsite

Liked Lovely setting with lots of shady areas if needed.
Great access to pub and it was nice to have good toilets and a place to empty a portable toilet.
Easy to pitch a tent.

The food at the pub was AMAZING 👏 10/10

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Scouts welcome Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Budget/backpacker Gastronomic delight Hikers’ paradise Lake and/or mountain Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Pub campground Small (11-25 sites)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby Climbing nearby Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horseback riding nearby Indoor pool nearby Leisure/theme park nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Tennis nearby

Touring and motorhomes

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Location

The Marlbank Inn

Marlbank Road

Welland

Malvern

Worcestershire

England

WR13 6NA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

52.0615°N
2.3121°W

Route directions

Access to the campsite is through the pub car park. Please be careful not to drive past the pub into the farm lane. For longer vehicles it may be easier to approach the pub from the west as it can be a tight turn in from the east.

Nearest transport

Coach
5.6 km Rosebank Gardens
5.6 km Belle Vue Terrace
7.4 km Co-Op
Rail
3.7 km Colwall Rail Station
5.3 km Great Malvern Rail Station
7.1 km Malvern Link Rail Station
Ferry
39.2 km Sharpness Old Docks
41.3 km Lydney Harbour
Airport
21.5 km Gloucestershire Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

After all those Malvern Hills hikes (for that really is a mighty fine menu in The Marlbank Inn), set off for indoor and outdoor days around the Malverns and its countryside. Days out for families include laser questing and ice skating at Ice Quest Malvern; taking the self-guided Spy Mission treasure trail around the hills, and pummelling clay into submission at Green Frog Pottery, 15 minutes' drive away. Kids – and grownups – of a certain sort might also like the Malvern Museum of Local History; if not, Ledbury's 19th-century Eastnor Castle has regular events including family days and sword fighting sessions (foam swords, you may be somewhat relieved to hear). Both museum and castle are 10 minutes' drive away. For a peaceful day out, drive 25 minutes to the meadow valleys, orchards and woodland of The Knapp and Papermill Nature Reserve, to look out for woodpeckers and nuthatches, dormice and bats (the reserve has 11 of the UK's 15 breeding species). Pick up a free trail leaflet or buy a family trail guide and information booklet at the visitor centre, to head out after another bite to eat in the picnic area.

Must see

Malvern Hills 5.6 km

Eastnor Castle 6.4 km

Croome Park (National Trust) 9.9 km

Tewkesbury Abbey 13 km

Royal Worcester Visitor Centre 15.3 km

National Trust

Croome Park 11.1 km

Bredon Barn 13.7 km

Ashleworth Tithe Barn 15.5 km

The Greyfriars 15.7 km

Brockhampton Estate 17.8 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

A449 - Hangman's Hill - Midsummer Hill - Obelisk - Hereford Beacon 2.4 km

Upper Wyche - Worcester Beacon - Upper Wyche 3.9 km

Hanley Swan - Gilbert's End - Blackmore End 3.9 km

Upper Wyche - Worcestershire Beacon - North Hill - Upper Wyche 4.1 km

Hanley Swan - Malvern Wells 4.1 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does The Marlbank Inn have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is The Marlbank Inn dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near The Marlbank Inn? After all those Malvern Hills hikes (for that really is a mighty fine menu in The Marlbank Inn), set off for indoor and outdoor days around the Malverns and its countryside. Days … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of The Marlbank Inn?
    RV, travel trailer and tent sites
    Arrive:  noon –  8 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.

    Please note that from around 5pm, check-in might take a bit longer as the pub is busier from this time.

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  • How much does it cost to stay at The Marlbank Inn? From $35.29 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.