British Camp
British Camp is an Iron Age hill fort located at the top of Herefordshire Beacon in the Malvern Hills. The hill fort is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and is owned and maintained by Malvern Hills Conservators.Photo: Spoonfrog, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: former castle in Herefordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Herefordshire Beacon” and “Herefordshire Beacon Camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herefordshire Beacon and Tinkers Hill.
Herefordshire Beacon
Peak
Photo: Richard Higgs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Herefordshire Beacon is one of the highest peaks of the Malvern Hills. It is surrounded by a British Iron Age hill fort earthwork known as British Camp.
Tinkers Hill
Peak
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tinkers Hill is situated in the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border. It lies to the east of Herefordshire Beacon with views across the Vale of Evesham and the Cotswolds.
Little Malvern Priory
Church
Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Malvern Priory, in the village of Little Malvern near Malvern, Worcestershire, was a Benedictine monastery c. 1171–1537. It was founded from Worcester Cathedral. Little Malvern Priory is situated 3,500 feet east of British Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Malvern and Upper Welland.
Little Malvern
Village
Photo: Andrew Darge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Malvern is a small village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the lower slopes of the Malvern Hills, south of Malvern Wells, near Great Malvern, the major centre of the area often referred to as The Malverns.
Upper Welland
Village
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upper Welland is a small settled area within the civil parish of Malvern Wells, in Worcestershire, England. Lying close to the county boundaries of Herefordshire.It was formed when the upper part of Welland parish joined the newly created Malvern Hills Urban District.
Malvern Wells
Village
Photo: Kudpung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Malvern Wells is a village and civil parish south of Great Malvern in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England. The parish, once known as South Malvern, was formed in 1894 from parts of the civil parishes of Hanley Castle, Welland, and the former parish of Great Malvern, and owes its development to the 19th-century boom years of Malvern as a spa town. Malvern Wells is situated 1½ miles northeast of British Camp.
British Camp
- Categories: castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Colwall, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.05815° or 52° 3′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.35124° or 2° 21′ 5″ westElevation
1,066 feet (325 metres)Open location code
9C4V3J5X+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 700002878OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“British Camp” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “British Camp”
- Cebuano: “Herefordshire Beacon”
- Irish: “British Camp”
- Swedish: “British Camp”
- Swedish: “Herefordshire Beacon”
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