VOLUNTEERS have been walking the streets of Malvern helping to map the new ‘Route to the Hills’.

Malvern Hills District Council is working with the University of Worcester on mapping the route. Volunteers are kitted out with the latest digital video cameras, sound recorders and GPS, and asked to walk a set route, voicing their thoughts about the areas they are walking through.

The university will analyse findings and present the results to the Route to the Hills board, which will use them to address local issues.

MHDC is one of six partners on the Route to the Hills project. The others are Malvern Civic Society, Malvern Town Council, High Street Malvern, Great Malvern Priory Parochial Church Council and Malvern Hills Conservators.

To find out more, visit malvernhills.gov.uk/routetothehills.