X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Malvern Wells


Edward Dumaresq

Dumaresq took his family on holiday to England in 1853, mainly spending time at Malvern Wells in Worcestershire.

Malvern Wells

It lies on the eastern slopes of the Malvern Hills south of Great Malvern (the town centre of Malvern) and takes its name from the Malvern water issuing from springs on the hills, principally from the Holy Well and the Eye Well.

Gloucestershire Airport located at Staverton, in the Borough of Tewkesbury near Malvern is a busy General Aviation airport used mainly for private charter and scheduled flights to destinations such as the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Mann, pilot training, and by the aircraft of emergency services.

Malvern Wells is a centre of commercial bottling of Malvern water.



see also

Ledbury Signal Box

This method of operation and equipment, unique to this line, was originally used only through the two single line tunnels on this line, at Ledbury; and under the Malvern Hills between a former signal box at Colwall to the signal box at Malvern Wells.