Malvern Hills District

Malvern Hills District
Non-metropolitan district
Malvern, with its Priory church, is the district's largest settlement and its administrative centre
Malvern Hills shown within Worcestershire and England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Non-metropolitan county	Worcestershire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Great Malvern
Incorporated	1 April 1974 (original boundaries) 1 April 1998 (current boundaries established)
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Malvern Hills District Council
• MPs	Harriett Baldwin
Area
• Total	222.8 sq mi (577.1 km2)
• Rank	66th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	81,024
• Rank	280th (of 296)
• Density	360/sq mi (140/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 96.6% White 1.4% Mixed 1.3% Asian 0.3% Black 0.3% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 53.9% Christianity 38.1% no religion 0.5% Islam 0.2% Hinduism 0.1% Judaism 0.1% Sikhism 0.4% Buddhism 0.5% other 6.2% not stated
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	47UC (ONS) E07000235 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SO7645153913

Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in Malvern, the district's largest town. The district also includes the towns of Tenbury Wells and Upton-upon-Severn and a large rural area covering much of the western side of the county, including numerous villages. The district is named after the Malvern Hills, which are a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The district was formed in 1974 and originally had significantly different boundaries; it initially also included Bromyard, Ledbury and surrounding areas, but excluded the Tenbury area. The current boundaries were adopted in 1998. In the 2021 census the population of the Malvern Hills district was 79,973.

The neighbouring districts are Wyre Forest, Wychavon, Worcester, Tewkesbury, Forest of Dean, Herefordshire and Shropshire.