Malvern is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England,
governed by Malvern Town Council. At the 2011 census it had a population of
31,012. It includes the historical settlement and commercial centre of Great
Malvern on the steep eastern flank of the Malvern Hills, as well as the former
independent urban district of Malvern Link. Many of the major suburbs and
settlements that comprise the town are separated by large tracts of open common
land and fields and, together with smaller civil parishes adjoining the town
council boundaries and the hills, the built up area is often referred to
collectively