High hills and rare breeds
Walk the Malverns’ high hills and see why Elgar loved them. Go Ape in the trees at Wyre Forest, catch plays and poetry at Malvern Theatre, or play the panoramic holes at Tewkesbury Golf Club. Bounce the day away at The Buzz, meet rare breeds at the Cotswold Farm Park and eat even-rarer ice-cream flavours at Churchfield’s Farmhouse.
Country kids
Enjoy inflatable fun bouncing at The Buzz. Discover a bygone age on the Severn Valley Railway. Brave the ghosts of the Drakelow Tunnels. Pick your own fruit down the road at Clive’s Fruit Farm. You might not want to know what medical operations looked like in the 19th century, but they will. Find out at the George Marshall Medical Museum.
Visit the UK’s only 360-degree ocean tunnel and the country’s first and only sea otters at National Sea Life in Birmingham. Tackle just about anything at the Cotswold Water Park, from angling and archery to wakeboarding and windsurfing. Or get stuck into the aqua park, kayaking, climbing and adventure golf at Aztec Adventure.
See the latest from Adam Henson at the Cotswold Farm Park, including the rare-breeds trail, the animal barn, messy play and lamb-feeding. Have a wilder experience at Birmingham Zoo meeting black bears, elephants, orangutans, ostriches and more. Or see 165 species of exotic animals at West Midlands Safari Park.
Paint your own pots at Green Frog. Try dozens of crazy flavours at Churchfield’s Farmhouse Ice Cream and Café, including Jaffa cake, and gorilla honey and banana. Bowl in the dark at Tenpin Worcester. Attend year round family events at Malvern’s Three Counties Showground. Or swim in the sunshine at Droitwich Spa Lido.
For the grown ups
Elgar loved these hills and when you walk, ride or run the Teme Valley, Swinyard Hill, Worcestershire Beacon or Wynds Point, you’ll understand what inspired his music. Just a little further south, beauty continues to abound in the honeyed stone and rolling hills of The Cotswolds.
Go Ape at Wyre Forest on the high ropes and epic zip lines. Soak up the plays and poetry readings at Malvern Theatre. Swim and gym at Malvern Splash Leisure Complex or Tewkesbury Leisure Centre. Stay in town for 18 holes at Tewkesbury Golf Club with panoramic hill views and water features.
Eat, sleep, climb and repeat at Redpoint Climbing Centre. Check your lap times at JDR Karting. Figure your way out of six imaginative rooms at Top Escape Rooms in Worcester. Knock the pins down at Tenpin Worcester. Play the craziest golf in town at Mr Mulligan’s. Or take a guided fishing trip with Severn Expeditions.
Enjoy the taste of 100% British hops at The Hop Shed Brewery and Tap Room. Chill with massages, manicures and pedicures at Malvern Spa, Elan Spa or Tewkesbury Park Hotel. Or hop back into history visiting beautiful buildings such as Tewkesbury Abbey, Hanbury Hall and Gloucester Cathedral.
