A WALK AROUND NORTH HILL, BEGINNING AND ENDING IN THE ...
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This route has been designed to complement O/S Explorer map No. 190 Please respect the Countryside Code. 190 Locator map See www.visitthemalverns.org for more walking trails and information on the area. Main route Bridleway Footpath Route keypoints Museum/gallery Cafe Public house Ascent/descent Information Landscape feature Parking Church Picnic site Mansion Take care! Map Key 2 Directions The walk begins at the Unicorn Inn in the centre of Great Malvern. Walk up St. Ann's Road. Continue uphill, St Ann’s Road bears left, however this walk continues up Happy Valley road. Just past the last house on the right at a low wooden shed, donkeys could once be hired by people wishing to ride to the top of the hills. Continue up Happy Valley. Further uphill, at the vehicle turning point, take the path to the right which leads gently upwards. You will shortly ahead reach an intersection, continue uphill in the same general direction. Remain on the uphill path which shortly joins a broader gravelled track continuing uphill. Along this track, gaps through the trees reveal splendid views of Great Malvern and behind is a fine view of the summit of Worcestershire Beacon (424m). The path flattens out shortly before Ivy Scar Rock, take the smaller uphill path to the left of the main track signed North Hill. Continue steadily uphill, with the view both eastwards and northwards widening as you climb, until a rocky hairpin bend to the left is reached. Keep following the stony zig-zag path uphill until a level track is joined. Turn right here onto the broader, level track - known as Lady Howard de Walden Drive which was cut as a carriageway in the 1890s to encircle the North Hill - continue along the track. Continue along the same track around the hill, the view westwards across Herefordshire now begins to open up. De Walden Drive climbs to its highest point and this is the nearest point to the top of North Hill (397m) As the track continues, the wide view to the north-west opens up. Continue along the track as it begins to descend. Further down the track where it splits in two directions, take the uphill track on the left past a small quarry. Continue until the path flattens at the crest of the ridge with a bench. From here, paths and tracks to the right lead over or past Sugar Loaf Hill (350m) towards Worcestershire Beacon. The route, however, continues straight ahead over the crest of the ridge and begins descending. Cross a wide path and descend down into Happy Valley passing into an avenue of sycamore trees. Fork right when the wider paved driveway is reached. (The downhill road leads directly into Great Malvern). Continue on this path over the crest of the hill at the next intersection and begin the descent back towards Great Malvern via St Ann’s Well. Continue on the path as it curves down to the left to St Ann’s Well. Follow the paved path that zig-zags steeply down into Great Malvern. Take a right as the path meets St Ann’s Road, and bear left following the ‘Public Footpath’ sign down the ’99 steps’. Back into Great Malvern and the end of the walk. PLEASE LEAVE NO LITTER BECAUSE OF GRAZING LIVESTOCK, DOGS SHOULD BE KEPT UNDER PROPER CONTROL With thanks to Dudley Brook. Adapted from a Trail Guide produced by Malvern Hills Trails Group A WALK AROUND NORTH HILL, BEGINNING AND ENDING IN THE CENTRE OF GREAT MALVERN NORTH HILL > WALKING TRAIL DISTANCE 2.5 MILES TIME: 2HRS ABILITY: MODERATE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This route has been designed to complement O/S Explorer map No. 190
Please respect the Countryside Code.
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See www.visitthemalverns.orgfor more walking trails andinformation on the area.
Main route
Bridleway
Footpath
Route keypoints Museum/gallery Cafe
Public house
Ascent/descent
Information
Landscape feature
Parking
Church
Picnic site
Mansion
Take care!Map
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The walk begins at the Unicorn Inn in the centre of Great Malvern. Walk up St. Ann's Road.
Continue uphill, St Ann’s Road bears left, however this walk continues up Happy Valley road.
Just past the last house on the right at a low wooden shed, donkeys could once be hired by people wishing to ride to the top of the hills. Continue up Happy Valley.
Further uphill, at the vehicle turning point, take the path to the right which leads gently upwards.
You will shortly ahead reach an intersection, continue uphill in the same general direction.
Remain on the uphill path which shortly joins a broader gravelled track continuing
uphill. Along this track, gaps through the trees reveal splendid views of Great Malvern and behind is a �ne view of the summit of Worcestershire Beacon (424m).
The path �attens out shortly before Ivy Scar Rock, take the smaller uphill path to the left of the main track signed North Hill. Continue steadily uphill, with the view both eastwards and northwards widening as you climb, until a rocky hairpin bend to the left is reached.
Keep following the stony zig-zag path uphill until a level track is joined.
Turn right here onto the broader, level track - known as Lady Howard de Walden Drive which was cut as a carriageway in the 1890s to encircle the North Hill - continue along the track.
Continue along the same track around the hill, the view westwards across Herefordshire now begins to open up.
De Walden Drive climbs to its highest point and this is the nearest point to the top of North Hill (397m)
As the track continues, the wide view to the north-west opens up. Continue along the track as it begins to descend.
Further down the track where it splits in two directions, take the uphill track on the left past a small quarry. Continue until the path �attens at the crest of the ridge with a bench.
From here, paths and tracks to the right lead over or past Sugar Loaf Hill (350m) towards Worcestershire Beacon. The route, however, continues straight ahead over the crest of the ridge and begins descending.
Cross a wide path and descend down into Happy Valley passing into an avenue of sycamore trees.
Fork right when the wider paved driveway is reached. (The downhill road leads directly into Great Malvern).
Continue on this path over the crest of the hill at the next intersection and begin the descent back towards Great Malvern via St Ann’s Well.
Continue on the path as it curves down to the left to St Ann’s Well. Follow the paved path that zig-zags steeply down into Great Malvern.
Take a right as the path meets St Ann’s Road, and bear left following the ‘Public Footpath’ sign down the ’99 steps’.
Back into Great Malvern and the end of the walk.
PLEASE LEAVE NO LITTER BECAUSE OF GRAZING LIVESTOCK, DOGS SHOULD BE KEPT UNDER PROPER CONTROLWith thanks to Dudley Brook. Adapted from a Trail Guide produced by Malvern Hills Trails Group
A WALK AROUND NORTH HILL, BEGINNING AND ENDING IN THE CENTRE OF GREAT MALVERN
NORTH HILL > WALKING TRAIL DISTANCE 2.5 MILES TIME: 2HRS ABILITY: MODERATE
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