West Malvern
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| West Malvern shown within Worcestershire | |
| Population | 1,385 |
| OS grid reference | SO764465 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MALVERN |
| Postcode district | WR14 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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West Malvern is a village and a civil parish, located on the west side of the north part of the Malvern Hills, at the western edge of Worcestershire, England. The village has become effectively a suburb of Malvern and is part of the area often referred to as The Malverns and locally administered by Malvern Hills District Council as well as its own parish council.
Due to its altitude (up to 250m above sea level) West Malvern has panoramic views of the rolling Herefordshire countryside to the west.The village has a church (St. James) built in 1840, and a primary school (St. James Church of England Primary). The church is the site of the grave of Peter Mark Roget — author of Roget's Thesaurus.
The parish had a population of 1,385 in 2011.
Since 2005 West Malvern has hosted an annual one-day music festival West Fest [1] "to promote, encourage and showcase musicians, artists, craftspeople and performers from our community." In years when West Fest makes a profit the committee distributes grants "to support community action, cultural development, training or to meet special needs." From the profits of West Fest 2008 "a total of £7,150 was distributed" in the Malvern Hills area to 2nd Malvern Link Brownies, the Theatre of Small Convenience, West Malvern Sean Éireann McMahon Academy (Irish dancing), West Malvern Cricket Club, Malvern Mencap, St James Primary School, Leapfrogs Playgroup, and Malvern Access Group. There has also been a regular weekly acoustic music session in the village each Sunday evening since 1996.[2]
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