Uniquely
set high on the Malvern Hills above the Severn Plain with fabulous 30 mile
views, “The Cottage” has been owned and run by the Pattin family and their
enthusiastic team for 26 years.
If
you’re looking for peace, relaxation, fresh air, great walks as well as good
food and a door stop of a wine list, this is for you.
The
restaurant at The Cottage in the Wood is called ‘Outlook’ for obvious reasons.
We’ve
given it a new look and whilst re-decorating discovered one of the huge
Georgian windows still had interior shutters which had been repeatedly painted
over and sealed up. They are stable-style and will prove a boon when either the
sun is too strong or the weather a tad cold.
The
Malvern Hills run north to south for 9 miles and divide the counties of
Hereford and Worcestershire. They rise dramatically from the relative flat of
the Severn plain to the highest point the Worcester Beacon at 1,394 feet (425m).
From
the top parts of 13 counties can be seen. South to the Bristol Channel where
the two Severn Bridges can be glimpsed; to the west into Wales the Black
Mountains and the Brecon Beacons and to the north west the Wrekin.
"Malvern"
derives from the old English 'moel fryn' meaning 'bare hill' and the Hills
consist of pre-Cambrian granite rock - the oldest of any rock in England -
originating from the very centre of the earth some 700 million years ago.
