The Malvern Hills Hotel

Advantages: Location
Disadvantages: None

...I stayed at this hotel last weekend and can thoroughly recommend it. I was meeting an old school friend for a weekend of walking, chatting, theatre & good food. The Malvern Hills Hotel provided the perfect base for a wonderful short break. LOCATION: The hotel is located near the southern end of the Malvern Hills directly opposite Herefordshire Beacon (also known as British Camp). It is on the border of Herefordshire & Worcestershire, about 3 miles south of Great Malvern on the A449. This is an ideal position from which to explore the Malvern Hills - you can leave the car in the car park and walk directly onto the hills. For those who don't want to walk so far, the Malvern Hills Hopper (service number 244) stops at British Camp, so you can just walk one way and then get the bus back (or vice versa). I think the bus runs from April...

Countdown 10.10.2007 (09.10.2007) · Read review
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Review of Malvern Hills Hotel, Malvern

Malvern Hills Hotel

Advantages: Location, location, location!
Disadvantages: Slightly pricey & a busy car park in the daytime

...We've just come back from a weekend away at the Malvern Hills Hotel. Having gone down for a friends wedding we decided to stay for the weekend and do a bit of walking. LOCATION The hotel is pretty easy to find as it is on the main road through from Malvern to Ledbury. It is opposite the British Camp car park and is obviously a hotspot for walkers and day trippers alike. Locationwise it couldn't be any better. You can easily access the hills from the hotel in both directions and we found ourselves a circular walk which actually went straight past the hotel - ideal, no faffing around parking cars or figuring out how to get from A to B. EXTERNALLY We had a slight concern when we arrived as the hotel was surrounded by scaffold, however we're not the sort to panic and it was clear that the work was external render only and wasn...

furryjen78 09.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Malvern Hills Hotel, Malvern

The Malvern Hills are calling

Advantages: Countryside, hill walks,great shopping on hand
Disadvantages: Limited nightlife unless you travel into Worcester or Birmingham

...If you're looking for somewhere to go in the holidays this summer you could do a lot worse than hit the sights of Malvern. Malvern is an old Victorian spa town nestling in, yes the Malvern Hills. In days gone by people would visit the town from near and far to partake of its mysterious waters, which were claimed to clear all manner of ills. Having visited the local Water Museum I think the miraculous properties were derived more from time out from a rich lifestyle than any mystical properties held by the water but what the heck?.it made Malvern rich and famous, as it still is today for it's bottled water. If you are a water connoisseur you can actually collect your own Malvern Spring Water from St. Anne's Well. It's a bit of a hike up a hill but the views are great and they provide a café for a recovery stop. Aside from Water...

shelley40 05.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of British Holidays

A real Hotel to make Basil Faulty quiver

Advantages: Entertainment value and breakfast.
Disadvantages: Dinner, and staff with no common sense.

...It was my 21st Birthday on the 22nd of February this year and to celebrate my parents had arranged a family get together at the Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern. Having only every stayed in B&B?s and the occasional Travel Inn I was looking forward to staying somewhere a little more up market ? especially as I didn?t have to pay! Having driven around most of the Cotswolds, no thanks to my other half?s map reading skills, we arrived at the hotel. Due to Tristan (that same other half) having leg problems, my parents had made sure that there were disabled facilities at the hotel. These facilities consisted of two full parking spaces! We parked up, not too far away, and booked our selves in. Tristan had planned some things to surprise me with before hand with the hotel, and when we got to the desk he handed over a bag expecting the receptionist...

treley 14.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of The Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern

Coca-Cola Create Santa Claus Expose

Advantages: Taste
Disadvantages: Cost in Places such as Motorway Services and Pubs

...refreshes. Packing & Price *************** Coke can be bought in many different variations from a single 330ml can to 2 litre bottles. the cans can cost between 37p to around 55p. The 2 litres bottles always seem to be on special but the last one I bought was £1.09, which seems so much better value than the 500ml bottles which can cost anywhere between 79p and £1 at Motorway services. Interesting Facts ***************** * Coca Cola use to contain traces of Cocaine and this is where the nickname Coke came from. * Coke created the image that everyone now associates with Santa Claus for an advertising campaign in 1931. * Other drinks available from the Coca-Cola company are: Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Lilt, Five Alive, Dr Pepper, Oasis, Kia-Ora, Malvern Water and Powerade. This is because Coke now also own's Some...

Andy.mack 18.01.2003 · Read review
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Review of Coca-Cola

I'll Sell You This Play In 29 Words!

Advantages: Very clever and funny play with an excellent cast
Disadvantages: None!

...Have you ever loved a play so much, that you decide to go back and see it all again the next day? Then book for the following Thursday too? That's what hubby and I did with Noises Off. We saw it in Cardiff last Friday and Saturday and are going to Malvern this week. Let me tell you more? Being fans of the actor Colin Baker, we try to see him in as many of his plays as we can, usually travelling to Bath or Cheltenham. But as it was my birthday on October 23rd, we thought we'd go to Cardiff for a change, as Colin was in Noises Off at the New Theatre there. I didn't know anything much about the play before. I had heard of it and knew it was written by Michael Frayn, but otherwise, nothing. It was to be a night of surprises - the first one being the words on the stage curtain changing from 'Noises Off' to 'Nothing On'. I was...

KarenUK 27.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Noises Off - Michael Frayn

Dumbleton Hall - A great place to stay

Advantages: Lovely setting close to many places of interest
Disadvantages: None

...a private lake. The hotel has the most breath taking and stunning views of the Malvern Hills, Bredon Hill and Broadway Tower. At the time of my visit it was covered in snow and looked absolutely fantastic especially with the 'black swans' around the frozen lake. A magical winter wonderland indeed. Dumbleton Hall has 34 bedrooms - all are non-smoking. Every room has spectacular views over our beautiful gardens or the Vale of Evesham. Due to the nature of the building all the rooms vary in size and are very individual. There are double, twin and family rooms. Extra beds and cots can also be provided at no additional cost. There is one room suitable for wheelchair users. All rooms have en-suite facilities with bath and /or shower. Complimentary toiletries are provided. Each room has a telephone, remote control colour TV with Freeview...

Krazikas 08.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Dumbleton Hall Hotel, Dumbleton

Heavenly Hanbury

Advantages: A wonderful sight on a sunny day.
Disadvantages: Bit gloomy if raining.

...the Malverns. Are you an ARCHERS fan? The church is where the recordings are made for St. Stephens in Ambridge. The Vernon family from the Hall are buried there. You come away with a great feeling of peace and the satisfaction of knowing that there is still some countryside left without huge housing estates....

SNINKUM 14.05.2001 (11.05.2001) · Read review
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Review of Hanbury Hall & Gardens

All about Budmeister

Advantages: Stands his round, reliable, modest!!
Disadvantages: Sings loudly at any opportunity!

...Toothpaste: Colgate Whitening 21 Favourite Restaurant: The Annupam in Malvern - makes me look forward to those boring business trips! 22 Favourite Flowers: Foxglove 23 Favourite beverage: Corona / Coronita or a good Margharita 24 Favourite sport to watch: Rugby, what with the World Cup being on. Lets hope we beat Samoa! 25 Preferred type of ice cream: Mint Choc Chip 26 Favourite Sesame Street Character: Oscar The Grouch - He can't help but be funny. 27 Favourite Fast Food Restaurant: Hooters - but only in the US 28 When was your last hospital visit? Three years ago to have stictches in my knuckles - I wouldn't mind but I didn't even hit anything!!!!! 29 What colour is your bedroom carpet? Light Brown 30. How many times did you fail your drivers test? Twice - All the best drivers pass third time...

budmeister 24.10.2003 · Read review
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Review of All About Me

HEY BARMAN LEND ME YOUR FUNKY AFRO...

Advantages: I met loads of great people
Disadvantages: Had to leave far too early.

...This op is an attempt to enlighten those of you who could not join us in Birmingham. Believe me you missed out on a superb day with plenty of revelations, and hilarious moments. Having spent over an hour wandering around an unusually hot and sunny Birmingham, trying to decide if meeting with over 40 strangers (well almost strangers), whom may all turn out to be cyber-geeks after all, was a good idea, I finally plucked up courage to go into the hotel. After eventually getting the receptionist at the Britannia Hotel to understand my simple request of directions to the Malvern room, via hand signals, words of not more than four letters, and a smattering of Latvian, I stood in line for the one and only operational lift. And waited, and waited…. Finally up on the 2nd floor, and I peered nervously into the function room, to be...

Shufflebum 19.08.2002 · Read review
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