Landscape & Geology Trail

The ancient rocks of the Malvern Hills form a boundary between the relatively flat Severn Plain of Worcestershire and the gently rolling hills of Herefordshire. This guide explains these different landscapes - how they were formed and how they have been modified. It is a story of dramatic earth movements, warm shallow seas, hot deserts and freezing conditions over a timescale of 700 million years.

This trail takes approximately two hours to complete.

ISBN: 0-9535054-7-2

For more information about the general area:
Barclay, W.J., Ambrose, K., Chadwick, R.A. & Pharoh, T.C.(BGS), (1997) Geology of the Country around Worcester. Stationery Office, London.
Bennett, A., (1942) The Geology of Malvernia. Malvern Naturalists' Field Club.
Bullard, D.W., & Morris, L., (1989) Malvern Hills: A student's guide to the geology of the Malverns. Nature Conservancy Council. Peterborough.
Dreghorn, W., (Date not known) The Malverns and May Hill. Enterprise Local Books. Cheltenham.
Hurle, P., (1992) The Malverns. Phillimore & Co Ltd
Osborne, B., and Weaver, C., (2001) 3rd edition. Springs, Spouts, Fountains and Holy Wells of the Malvern Hills. Cora Weaver. Malvern
Penn, J.S.W. and French, J. (1971) Geologists' Association Guides, No. 4 The Malvern Hills. Benham and Co. Ltd. Colchester.
Smith, B.S., (1978) A History of Malvern. Alan Sutton & The Malvern Bookshop.
Stringer, S.W.C., (1954) History of Colwall. Colwall & Malvern Libraries.