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The Malvern Hills in Worcestershire and Herefordshire are one of Britain's designated areas of outstanding natural beauty. The name Malvern comes from the Celtic Moel-bryn, meaning ‘bare hill’.
English spa town in Worcester, on the east side of the Malvern Hills, which extend for about 16 km/10 mi and have their high point in Worcester Beacon 425 m/1,395 ft; population (2001) 35,600. The Malvern Festival (1929–39), associated with the playwright G B Shaw and the composer Edward Elgar, was revived in 1977. Elgar lived and was buried here.
Malvern College (1863) and the Royal Radar Establishment are here.
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