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Legend has it that the Colwall Stone (which gave its name to the settlement of Colwall Stone that has grown around it) was rolled down from the Malvern Hills by a giant whose footprint can be seen to this day on the slopes of the British Camp. The stone was replaced at some point; it took a horse and
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youth project 'Colwall Youth Project' that serves over 180 young people from Colwall and the surrounding area (including Malvern and Ledbury). 'Colwall Youth Project' was founded by Colwall Community Church and now receives funding from National Lottery, BBC Children in Need and the Everson Trust.
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are 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest and 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast respectively from Colwall Stone, via the B4218. Colwall is often included in the informal region referred to as "The Malverns", which refers to the Malvern Hills and the surrounding settlements.
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parish church of St James the Great, located in the small medieval core to the west of Colwall Stone. The 'Colwall Community Church' is situated on Walwyn Road in Colwall Stone. On Jubilee Drive in Upper Colwall is the 'Wyche
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on Mill Lane between Colwall Stone and Colwall Green, which incorporates the Church of England's St Crispin's Chapel. The Church of the Good Shepherd in Upper Colwall is no longer a place of worship.
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entered into a contract with a Colwall family, and built a bottling plant in 1892. The actual source of the spring is on the western side of the hills in Herefordshire. The factory was acquired by
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Colwall also has a well known Scout group known as 1st Colwall, as well as an attached Explorer Group, named Tiggers. Tiggers recently won at Camp Cockerel, a countywide scouting competition.
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announced that Malvern Water would cease production and the Colwall plant would be sold off to property developers. Malvern Water was priced out of the market, with a market share of just 1%.
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was numbered the A4105, before being re-classified as the B4218. It is named "Walwyn Road" from Colwall Green to The Wyche Cutting, and is served by the 675 bus route, running between
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It was first bottled on a commercial scale in 1851 and sold as Malvern Soda and then as Malvern Seltzer Water from 1856. In 1890,
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The population of the parish was recorded in the 2011 census at 2,400 – compared to 2,433 in the 2001 census.
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was founded in Colwall, and a Women's Cricket Week is held there every year. The Horton brothers
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South of the village is the Grade II listed Barton Court, built circa 1785 for Henry Lambert.
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and latterly employed 25 people who bottled 12 million litres annually. On 21 October 2010,
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country house style Colwall Park Hotel, purpose built in 1905 to serve the now defunct
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refused to travel without it. In 1987 Malvern gained recognition as a Natural
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Malvern water has formed a part of the national heritage and culture since
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Colwall Stone has numerous local shops and service businesses, including a
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from 1900 to 1939, and the course also staged pony racing in 1949 and
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From the 1920s until the 1960s, the road passing through Colwall and
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F. N. L. Poynter: Notes on a late Sixteenth-Century Ophthalmic Work
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candidate, Tony Johnson, was elected. Councillor Johnson is the
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when used as a torpedo store; it is now a roost for a colony of
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made a point of drinking it in public in the 16th century, and
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at the southern end of Jubilee Drive, near the British Camp.
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which shares a common border at the Wyche Cutting with the
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CocaCola Malvern water web page. Retrieved 20 May 2009
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The world's oldest (private) miniature railway is the
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of Hope End, which returns one elected councillor to
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Experiments & Observations on the Malvern Waters
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Malvern Hills District Council. Retrieved 20 May 200
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Colwall, Herefordshire

Colwall is located in Herefordshire
Herefordshire
OS grid reference
SO756425
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Herefordshire
Ceremonial county
Herefordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
WR13
Dialling code
Police
West Mercia
Fire
Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK
England
Herefordshire
52°04′49″N 2°21′27″W / 52.08031°N 2.35746°W / 52.08031; -2.35746

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