Staff - Malvern Hills Conservators

The Hills Conservators have been in a joint Stewardship Agreement with the
Bromsberrow Estate on Chase End Hill for the last few years. Finally this year the
cattle grids became fully operational and some of the magnificent old Yew trees were
fenced off to protect them from the livestock and to protect the livestock from these
potentially poisonous trees. We now just await the livestock to help restore the
habitat of the rare butterly – the High Brown Fritillary.
Livestock on the Hills and Commons
The tradition of commoners turning out livestock on the Hills and Commons goes
back many centuries. In fact one of the main duties conferred on the Conservators
by the Acts of Parliament is to protect the rights of commoners. As such, the Board
supports the grazing of the Hills and Commons by the livestock of local people with
commoners rights. This is a long held tradition in the local area that needs protecting
for the future.
Over the last year there has been approximately:-
• 14 cattle and 50 sheep grazing on the Northern Hills
• 30 cattle and 100 sheep grazing on the Central Hills
• 169 sheep and their lambs (167) on the Southern Hills
• 80 cows and their calves and 240 sheep and their lambs on Castlemorton
Common.
Water Features
Commoner
The following water features were enhanced for the Malvern Hills Conservators with
advice from the Malvern Spa Association and help from the AONB Partnership:-
Hayslad Willow Spring Westminster Bank
Weaver’s Well Lower Wyche Spout Barnards Green Trough
Ellerslie
St Ann’s Well including landscaping the gardens
Walks leaflets were produced guiding visitors to the water features on the Northern
and Central Hills.
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