Martley Village, Worcestershire, England

Martley is at the heart of rural England and you will find all that you might expect: beautiful countryside with charming villages and half timbered homes, ancient churches and their equally ancient yew trees, rural crafts, historical sites, wonderful walks.

Martley is a community of approximately 1200 people. Most of the parish is given over to mixed agriculture these days arable, formerly cherry, apple, damson orchards and hopyards.
Commercial enterprises of national note are Taylors of Martley, a large trucking company and earlier, Lustys, UK manufacturers of Lloyd Loom furniture.

Seven miles east is Worcester, famous for its porcelain and for its connections with the English Civil War.
The jewel in the countryside crown is the scenic valley of the River Teme, a substantial tributary of the longest river in Great Britain, the River Severn.
The Teme rises in Wales and tumbles down through lonely countryside with small villages. The river is hidden in a deep valley near Martley, finally breaking through the Malvern-Abberley chain of hills before crossing the flat flood plain of the Severn, to its confluence. The area is part of the Abberley and Malvern Geopark

Starting right here, in Martley, we have a Norman church, with unique frescoes and the oldest set of six bells in the country.

We are custodians of over 40 miles of parish footpaths (the village is situated on a loop of the Worcestershire Way). These are clearly marked and are in regular use by locals and visitors alike. Martley was home to Charles Hastings the founder of the British Medical Association and Thomas Sander who started Amateur Gardening.
England's greatest composer, Elgar, was born nearby. He loved to walk and cycle in the surrounding countryside and in the glorious valley of the River Teme.
Today, you can retrace his steps and seek the inspiration he found here. Martley has many attractions within and close by, and an amazing selection of societies and interest groups for a community with very rural connections.