Colwall
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  Map sources for Colwall at grid reference SO756425
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Colwall is a large rural Herefordshire village and civil parish on the border with Worcestershire, nestling into the side of the Malvern Hills. Different parts of the village are known as Colwall Stone, Upper Colwall and Colwall Green along over a mile of the B4218 road.
Colwall is well known as a sporting village, the main focus being on cricket. Colwall contains the largest cricket ground in the county. It is also considered to be the home of women's cricket in England: the Women's Cricket Association was founded in Colwall in 1926, and a Women's Cricket Week is held there every year. The Horton brothers, Joseph and Henry, who both played first-class cricket for Worcestershire – Henry went to greater fame with Hampshire – came from Colwall.
Coca-Cola (formerly Schweppes) has a bottling plant for Malvern water here. There is a railway station, just a platform, on the single track line between Great Malvern and Ledbury.
Colwall has a primary school. There are two preparatory schools in the village, The Downs and The Elms, founded in 1614.
Colwall has expanded in the past ten years with the development of "Pedler's Field" and other parts of the village.
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