Castlemorton

Castlemorton

Castlemorton
Castlemorton shown within Worcestershire
District	Malvern Hills District
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Malvern
Postcode district	WR13

Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands

EU Parliament	West Midlands

Castlemorton is a village and civil parish close to Malvern in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England.

Castlemorton motte

It consists of a village centre, a large common and many farms and houses within the area. To the south of the village are the earthwork remains of a medieval motte-and-bailey castle.

Castlemorton Common was once part of the vast Royal hunting grounds of the Malvern Chase. James I split up much of this hunting ground (examples are Eastnor Castle Estate, Bromsberrow Estate) and Castlemorton Common is the largest remaining tract of unenclosed public land. Much of Castlemorton is today within a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to some very rare fauna and flora living within its boundaries.

The Common was the location of the controversial Castlemorton Common Festival, a week-long free festival and rave held in 1992, that led to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.^[1]^[2] The event made national headlines.

In 2012 the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust signed a lease to manage and restore 16 hectares (42 acres) of meadow at Hollybed Farm near Castlemorton.^[3]

The World War II film Our Father was filmed on location on Castlemorton Common.

References

↑ Dorian Lynskey (15 June 2011). "Castlemorton triggers the rave crackdown". London: Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
↑ Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Chap.33 Pt. V: Public Order: Collective Trespass or Nuisance on Land. Retrieved 10 June 2009
↑ Rob Allen March 2013 Buy or not to buy, p59 Worcestershire Life Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

External links

Media related to Castlemorton at Wikimedia Commons

Castlemorton Parish Council website.

Settlements in Malvern Hills District
Towns	Malvern Tenbury Wells Upton-upon-Severn
Villages	Abberley Alfrick Pound Alfrick Astley Bank Street Barnards Green Baughton Bayton Berrow Green Berrow Birts Street Birtsmorton Bockleton Bowling Green Bransford Broadheath Broadwas Brockleton Bushley Callow End Castlemorton Clevelode Clifton-upon-Teme Clifton Cotheridge Croome D'Abitot Crowcroft Doddenham Draycott Dunley Dunstall Common Eardiston Earls Croome Eastham Eldersfield Frith Common Frog Pool Great Witley Grimley Guarlford Hallow Hanley Castle Hanley Child Hanley Swan Hanley William Harpley High Green Hill Croome Hillhampton Holdfast Hollybush Holt Heath Horsham Kempsey Kenswick Kerswell Green Knighton-upon-Teme Knightwick Kyre Leigh Sinton Leigh Lindridge Little Malvern Little Witley Longdon Lower Sapey Lulsley Madresfield Malvern Wells Mamble Martley Newland Newnham Bridge Noutard's Green Oldwood Pendock Pensax Poolbrook Powick Queenhill Ripple Rochford Rushwick Ryall Rye Cross Sankyns Green Severn Stoke Shelsley Walsh Shelsleys Shrawley Stanford-on-Teme Stockton-on-Teme Stoke Bliss Suckley Upper Broadheath Upper Welland Welland West Malvern Wichenford Wyche
Civil parishes	Civil parishes in the Malvern Hills district

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