Out to Grass

Bounce between the peaks of the Malvern Hills Outstanding Area of Beauty (15 minutes’ drive), where the views stretch for miles… and test out the myth of the Malvern Wells for yourself. If it truly has health-enhancing properties, you’ll be full of beans to descend upon the town of Great Malvern (15 minutes) with its crafts shops, galleries, and echo chambers of the Great Malvern Priory. Arts people will want to top up their creative battery with a show at Malvern Theatre (15 minutes) or go where all fashionable society used to party a century ago, at Witley Court and Gardens (25 minutes), today a spectacular ruin. Under the shadow of Malvern Hills, arts and crafts seep into the Blue-Ginger art gallery too, where you can fill your car with pottery, paintings, and crafts made by locals. Closer to the site, get your rod, line, and sinker ready for the fishing pond Evesbatch Old Lake (5 minutes) – see if you can reel in the biggest catch of the day – or set your sights on the woodland animals around the countryside bridleways leading from the village.