There are a number of LOVELY gardens to visit at the Hanley Swan Open Gardens, held over May Bank Holiday weekend. May Spring Bank Holiday Weekend – 12 pm to 5 pm Saturday Sunday Monday Visit Hanley Swan Open Gardens and enjoy the consummate English Village with all the requisite hallmarks: A village green A […]
The Hanley Swan Pond Community Project
The Hanley Swan Pond Community Project was an inspiration and a huge success. The village of Hanley Swan came together in 2009 to bring this fantastic community project to fruition. The driving inspiration was Neil Verlander who has lived in the village since 1988 with his partner Gigi Field. They worked tirelessly with help from other […]
Hanley Swan Village
Hanley Swan Village is situated close to the Malvern Hills and the town of Malvern and Upton-upon-Severn. The population of Hanley Swan and the nearby village of Hanley Castle is about 2000 and sits in the heart of Worcestershire. Hanley Swan village boasts a Village Green with 2 fine oak trees, a top quality Village Inn The Swan, award winning […]
Pond Warden at Hanley Swan
Hanley Swan Pond Warden – A very satisfying job My name is Neil Verlander and I was very happy to take on the role of Pond Warden at Hanley Swan which is a voluntary position. I’ve lived in the village since 1989, with my partner Gigi and although we worked from home for many years we didn’t seem […]
Hanley Swan Open Gardens 2015
Hanley Swan Open Gardens 2015 will be once again raise money for Charity Come and visit the beautiful village of Hanley Swan Open Gardens on Saturday 2nd, Sunday 3rd or Monday 4th May 2015 and enjoy walking around over 20 gardens. The Hanley Swan Open Gardens 2015 is organised by Carol and Howard Hutchings and they can contacted on 01684 310920 This […]
The Hanleys Village Society
A new illustrated history of the parish of Hanley Castle was published by The Hanleys Village Society in June 2010. The Hanleys Village Society have put together a ‘History of Hanley Castle and Hanley Swan’ written by local resident Malcolm Fare and contains 150 illustrations and many accounts of what life was like in the villages in […]
Hanley Swan Cafe Market
The Hanley Swan Cafe Market is held in the Village hall every month. The event brings the village together each month with stalls selling local veg, home made cakes, local honey, home made cards, local grown plants and much much more. The kitchens are always busy serving fresh tea and coffee with home made cakes and biscuits with the […]
Hanley Swan Open Gardens
The Hanley Swan Open Garden event just gets bigger and better each year! The Hanley Swan Open Gardens Walkabout has around 23 gardens open to the public over the May Spring Bank Holiday weekend. This locally run event helps to raise funds for the local Hanley Churches and is organised by Howard and Carol Hutchins. The event gets bigger and better […]
May 2010 Hanley Swan Springs Into Action
Hanley Swan May 2010 and things around the village have certainly started to take shape. Neil manages to organise another day with Will Hall and the Community Pay Back Team who concentrated on bringing a good amount of top soil across from St Gabriel’s churchyard. Moving the soil was a win-win situation for all, as St Gabriel’s needed to […]
March 2010 At Hanley Swan Pond And Spring Has Arrived
March 2010 and there is lots to be done at the Village Pond After a cold start to the year, work begins again at Hanley Swan village pond. Neil puts out a final call in the Malvern Gazette (original article) early February for more Malvern stone and once again the response is great from the kind folk of Malvern, which […]