A glorious country inn and restaurant overlooking the Malvern Hills, full of rural style and…
Rhydd Barn
“A great location for exploring the Malvern Hills and surrounding area.” - VisitEngland Assessor
Hanley Castle, Worcestershire
Our Inspector's view
Built in the 1850s from local granite, this converted, three-level barn features tiled and wood floors, white walls, pine beams and black ironwork. Outside, the sunny patio looks across fields to the Malvern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Locals pronounce the barn’s name as ‘ridd’, although in Wales it’s more like ‘reeth’, meaning crossing, here across the Severn.
Facilities – at a glance
En Suite
Garden
Linen provided
Parking
TV
Features
- Total units: 1
- Maximum occupancy: 2
- Offsite pool
- Offsite cycle hire
- Offsite fishing
- Private garden
- Lawn area
- Garden furniture
- Dish washer
- Washing machine
- Microwave
- Freezer
- Sky or freeview
- En suite
- Linens provided
- Towels provided
- Internet
- Low season minimum price: £355
- High season minimum price: £430
- Open all year
- Changeover day: Friday
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About the area
Discover Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a county of rolling hills, save for the flat Vale of Evesham in the east and the prominent spine of the Malverns in the west. Nearly all of the land is worked in some way; arable farming predominates – oilseed rape, cereals and potatoes – but there are concentrated areas of specific land uses, such as market gardening and plum growing.
Worcester is the county town, and home to Worcestershire County Cricket Club, which has what some regard as the most attractive grounds in the country, in a delightful setting with views of Worcester Cathedral. The Malverns, Great and Little, set on the slopes of the Malvern Hills, are renowned for their refinement. Great Malvern, terraced on its hillside site, came to prominence as a genteel spa for well-to-do Victorians, rivalling the likes of Bath, Buxton and Cheltenham with its glorious surroundings.
Sir Edward Elgar was a Worcester man, and his statue stands on the High Street, facing the cathedral. The cottage where he was born is now a museum and he is commemorated on the £20 note. Other notable Worcestershire figures include poet A E Housman, chocolate magnate George Cadbury; and Lea and Perrins, inventors of Worcestershire sauce.
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