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Malvern, Worcestershire

Malvern
View over the town from Worcestershire Beacon
Malvern is located in Worcestershire
Malvern
Malvern
Location within Worcestershire
Population30,462 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSO786459
• London121 miles (195 km)
Civil parish
  • Malvern
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMALVERN
Postcode districtWR14
Dialling code01684
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°07′05″N 2°19′30″W / 52.118°N 2.325°W / 52.118; -2.325
Welcome to Malvern, on an approach road to the town centre.

Malvern (/ˈmɔːlvərn, ˈmɒl-/, locally also: /ˈmɔːvərn/)[2][3] is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England.[4] It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The centre of Malvern, Great Malvern, is a historic conservation area, which grew dramatically in Victorian times due to the natural mineral water springs in the vicinity, including Malvern Water.

At the 2021 census it had a population of 30,462.[1] It includes Great Malvern on the steep eastern flank of the Malvern Hills, as well as the former independent urban district of Malvern Link. Many of the major suburbs and settlements that comprise the town are separated by large tracts of open common land and fields, and together with smaller civil parishes[5] adjoining the town's boundaries and the hills, the built up area is often referred to collectively as The Malverns.[6]

Archaeological evidence suggests that Bronze Age people had settled in the area around 1000 BC, although it is not known whether these settlements were permanent or temporary.[7] The town itself was founded in the 11th century when Benedictine monks established a priory at the foot of the highest peak of Malvern Hills.[8]: 17–24 [9] During the 19th century Malvern developed rapidly from a village to a sprawling conurbation owing to its popularity as a hydrotherapy spa based on its spring waters.[10]: 197–198  Immediately following the decline of spa tourism towards the end of the 19th century, the town's focus shifted to education with the establishment of several private boarding schools in former hotels and large villas. A further major expansion was the result of the relocation of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) to Malvern in 1942. QinetiQ, TRE's successor company, remained the town's largest local employer in 2009.[11]

Malvern is the largest place in the parliamentary constituency of West Worcestershire and the district of Malvern Hills, being also the district's administrative seat. It lies adjacent to the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The civil parish is governed by Malvern Town Council from its offices in Great Malvern.[12]

  1. ^ a b "Malvern". City population. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
  3. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
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مالفرن (ورشستر) Arabic مالفرن ARZ مالورن، ووسترشر AZB Malvern (Worcestershire) BR Malvern (Anglaterra) Catalan Malvern (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Worcestershire, lat 52,11, long -2,32) CEB Malvern, Swydd Gaerwrangon CY Malvern (Worcestershire) German Malvern Spanish Malvern (Worcestershire) EU

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