Brass Rubbing Trail
Thanks to generous funding from Malvern Hills National Landscape, we have created a nature activity trail around Welland!
Welland is a great village with loads of lovely green spaces to enjoy. We have created this brass-rubbing trail with the aim of helping people to get outside, explore these places and connect with nature.
There are 12 brass rubbing posts located around the village. Can you find all of them? Use the resources below to help you!
On this page you will find:
- A brass-rubbing activity trail sheet that will give you more information about the trail
- A trail map, with a suggested circular route
- A more detailed ‘answer sheet’ that contains the exact locations of each post, and the answers to the quiz questions
- Fact files about each of the animals included in the brass-rubbing trail
We’ve given each post a number and provided a suggested 4.7km circular trail. This begins at Castlemorton Common car park and finishes at Pursers Orchard, where there are picnic tables if you want to stop for lunch. You’ll also be conveniently close to the Village Shop if you want to reward yourselves for your hard work! This is only a guide – the quiz is not sequential and you can visit the posts in any order and over as many days as you like.
Handy hint: Brass rubbings work best with thinner paper.
Please remember to take all litter home with you and please be considerate when walking down residential streets.
We are very grateful to Malvern Hills National Landscape for the generous funding that has made this project possible, and to the local volunteers who have created the quiz and installed the posts.
We hope you have a great time and would love to hear from people who have used the trail – please email rachel.sampson@littlemalvernandwelland-pc.gov.uk with your feedback!
Activity Sheet and Map (PDF downloads below)
Factfiles
We have found some excellent fact files on these amazing animals from the Wildlife Trust, the Woodland Trust, and Critter Squad. Find out more below:
- Frog (and for some excellent facts about the frog lifecycle check out Nat Geo Kids)
- Garden Snail
- Robin
- Pipistrelle bat
- Hedgehog
- Ladybird
- Grey squirrel
- Grass Snake
- Tawny owl
- Dragonfly
- Comma Butterfly
- Bumblebee
