The clock tower was built in 1884 by John Joseph Jones, who had inherited the Abberley Hall estate.

The clock tower can be seen from miles around and has become …

Sasha Taylor

April 24, 2022

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The distinctive Abberley Clock Tower, seen close to Woodbury Hill, is a Grade II listed building in the grounds of Abberley Hall School. The tower is the setting for the children's book by Gene Kemp, The Clock Tower Ghost, renamed Addlesbury Tower. Considered a modern classic, written in 1981, the novel is one of the author's most popular stories.

Clive G

January 26, 2026

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The ridge of Abberley hill is a fine walk, and that is the reason it forms part of the Worcestershire Way, the Geopark Way and the Abberley Circular.

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Location: Abberley, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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