Malvern

Malvern is a city in Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania. This article also covers the villages of Berwyn and Paoli.

Understand

23 mi (37 km) southeast of Philadelphia, Malvern is Template:Sqmi with a population of approximately 3,200.

Malvern was settled by colonists in the 19th century, and it is full of history, including the Civil war exploits of Pennsylvania's 52nd Regiment Infantry. This is reflected in the Victorian façades in the business district, the Victorian street lamps and the brick pavement.

However, it began as three tracts of land that were given as grants in 1631 to Quakers who responded to William Penn. Known as the West Chester Intersection, after an 1832 rail line to West Chester joined the Philadelphia Columbia Railroad under construction, this town developed slowly in the beginning. In the 1870s it was called Malvern. It incorporated in August 13, 1889, and at that time business in Malvern was very prosperous. For this reason there is a high concentration of buildings from the 1880-1910 period.

A tremendous amount of revitalization in both the residential and commercial districts has been funded by the Borough government and the County of Chester. This revitalization represents an opportunity to preserve Victorian style heritage often present in Pennsylvania small towns.

Get in

By train

See also: Rail travel in the United States

• 1 Paoli station, 13 Lancaster Avenue. (updated Nov 2023)
  • Amtrak, ☏ +1 215-856-7924, toll-free: +1-800-872-7245. Operates trains throughout the United States of America. (updated Dec 2020) Routes stopping at Paoli:
    • Keystone multiple trips per day between Harrisburg and New York City with stops in Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Coatesville, Downingtown, Exton, Paoli, Ardmore, Philadelphia, Trenton, and Newark. Some trips operate between Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
    • Pennsylvanian operates daily between Pittsburgh and New York City with stops in Greensburg, Latrobe, Johnstown, Altoona, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Harrisburg, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Exton, Paoli, Philadelphia, Trenton, and Newark.
  • SEPTA. (updated Nov 2023)

By plane

• Celebity Jet Charter-, 2521 Yellow Springs Rd. Located in and operates from Malvern airport
• Sky Limo Air Charter. Flies to and from Malvern Airport to many other airports around the country

Get around

• Paoli Taxi Service - ☏ +1 610 644-2564

See

• The White Manor Country Club in Malvern was host to golf's McDonald's Classic from 1981-87.
• Malvern Halloween and Memorial Day parades are famous throughout Pennsylvania. The Memorial Day Parade, typically held in the first weekend of June, is known as the oldest continuously held Memorial Parade in the US. Expect bands, floats, military color guards, antique vehicles, and fire trucks. The parade usually heads down King Street from the fire station to the Memorial Park.
• Applebrook Golf Club, 100 Line Rd, ☏ +1 610 647-7660. Private golf course. (updated May 2023)

Do

• Paoli Battlefield - the site that Washington called the Paoli Massacre. It is considered one of the most pristine Revolutionary War battlefields in America — virtually untouched for over 225 years. This battlefield is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an important historical site. In the evening of September 20-21, 1777, the famous Paoli Massacre or Battle occurred. Eerily, this important historical site has been a cornfield for the last 225 years.
• Burke Park is used mainly for festivals, concerts and general recreation; contains a beautiful Gazebo and landscaped area
• Swiss Pines Japanese Garden, Charlestown Road, +1 610 935-3571. Japanese style ponds, manicured gardens, flowers & nature trails.

Buy

• Antiques along King Street

Eat

• Twenty9 Restaurant + Bar, 16 Great Valley Parkway, + 1 610 251-9229.
• Restaurant Alba uses only locally grown produce to offers contemporary cuisine: seafood, poultry, steak and lamb.

Drink

• McKenzie Brew House II, 240 Lancaster Avenue. Great local beer brewed to high standards.

Sleep

• Staybridge Suites Malvern, 20 Morehall Road. 
• Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, One Liberty Boulevard.
• Holiday Inn Express – Malvern, 1 Morehall Road, Frazer, ☏ +1 610-651-0400. 

Go next

Routes through Malvern

Lancaster ← Exton ←	W  E	→ Paoli → Philadelphia
Doylestown ← King of Prussia ←	N  S	→ West Chester → Wilmington
Thorndale ← Exton ←	W  E	→ Paoli → Philadelphia