Worcestershire Beacon
Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres is the highest point in Worcestershire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sugarloaf Hill and St. Ann’s Well.
Sugarloaf Hill
Peak
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sugarloaf Hill lies between the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill in the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.
St. Ann’s Well
Fountain
St. Ann's Well is set on the slopes of the Malvern Hills above Great Malvern. It is a popular site on a path leading up to the Worcestershire Beacon and lies on the final descent of the Worcestershire Way.
Malvern Museum
Museum
Photo: D Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Malvern Museum in Great Malvern, the town centre of Malvern, Worcestershire, England, is located in the Priory Gatehouse, the former gateway to the Great Malvern Priory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Malvern and Wyche.
Great Malvern
Suburb
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Malvern is an area of the civil parish of Malvern, in the Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the eastern flanks of the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill, and is the historic centre of Malvern and includes its town centre.
Wyche
Neighborhood
Wyche, often referred to locally as The Wyche, is a village and a suburb of the town of Malvern, Worcestershire, England, and part of the civil parish of Malvern Wells.
Malvern
Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Malvern is a spa town in Worcestershire. It has been famous for its bottled water since 1622. The town was the chosen location for the British government in case of evacuation from London during World War II.
Worcestershire Beacon
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,394 feet
- Description: hill in the Malvern Hills, England, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Malvern Wells, Malvern Hills District, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.10484° or 52° 6′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.33896° or 2° 20′ 20″ westElevation
1,394 feet (425 metres)Open location code
9C4V4M36+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 96072663OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Worcestershire Beacon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Worcestershire Beacon”
- Dutch: “Worcestershire Beacon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ورسيستيرشير بياكون”
- French: “Worcestershire Beacon”
- Irish: “Worcestershire Beacon”
- Swedish: “Worcestershire Beacon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Malvern and Link Top.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dripping Well and Summer Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Worcestershire Beacon”. Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.