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Great Malvern Station – Great Malvern Town Centre loop from Great Malvern

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Great Malvern Station – Great Malvern Town Centre loop from Great Malvern

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Great Malvern Station – Great Malvern Town Centre loop from Great Malvern

00:58

9.19km

80m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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After 3.61 km for 59 m

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73 m

Great Malvern Station

Highlight • Historical Site

Great Malvern railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Malvern, Worcestershire, England (the other being Malvern Link station) on the Hereford to Worcester section of the Cotswold Line. It is situated downhill from the centre of Great Malvern and close to Barnards Green. The station retains most of its original Victorian station design by the architect Edmund Wallace Elmslie and is a Grade II listed building.

Great Malvern station was opened by the Worcester and Hereford Railway in 1860 and the present buildings, by architect Edmund Wallace Elmslie, were completed in 1862. The Midland Railway and the London and North Western Railway collaborated on the construction cost; the solicitor, Samuel Carter, was also solicitor to both of these major companies. It was later absorbed by the Great Western Railway.

Lady Emily Foley was a key sponsor of the building of Great Malvern station. She had a waiting room made for her exclusive use at Great Malvern Station, which is now ‘Lady Foley's Tea Room’.

The station celebrated its 150th birthday on 23 May 2010 with the unveiling of a plaque and a special train. An additional part of this celebration was the reinstatement of some of the highly decorated lighting columns around the cab road at the front of the station.

Architecture

The buildings are in local Malvern Rag stone and follow a French Gothic theme.

Floral capitals to canopy columns

A particular feature of the station are the deep canopies which are supported by elaborate, cast-iron girders, which are in turn supported by columns with elaborate capitals. These capitals are decorated with high relief mouldings depicting different arrangements of flowers and foliage. The sculptor William Forsyth was employed to work on the buildings and designed the metal capitals of the columns which support the canopies above both platforms of the station.

The Worm access to Imperial Hotel

At the end of Platform 2 is the entrance to the Worm, an enclosed passageway which leads under Avenue Road into the former Imperial Hotel (now Malvern St James). It formed a private pedestrian access and is believed to be the only structure of its kind in the country. Although in need of extensive restoration and generally not open to the public, the Worm is itself Grade II listed.

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Great Malvern Town Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Originally centred around an 11th-century Benedictine priory, Great Malvern grew to prominence as part of the spa town of Malvern. The Georgians had a penchant for taking to the waters and the region’s popularity increased during Victorian times, when Doctors Gully and Watson introduced hydrotherapy.

It became a cultural centre in the 20th century, with Edward Elgar and George Bernard Shaw bringing music and theatre festivals to the town. Its long-established hospitality venues today benefit from this heritage and from the beauty of the surrounding countryside. The modern-day town is full of independent shops and cafes, perfect for a mooch. From the train station, there are direct trains to Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington.

The Malvern Hills are a delight to explore. They are easily one of England’s most scenic upland regions, certainly the finest in the Midlands. Worcestershire Beacon, at 1,394 feet (425 m), is the highest point in the county and, along with neighbouring North Hill, dominates the west of the town.

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