The Firs - Elgar Birthplace (NT)

Eat,shop,stay: Pop into the award-winning café run by Little Al's Kitchen who pride themselves on serving consistently great and fair-trade coffee, refreshing teas, and a selection of brunch favourites. Tuck into a wide selection, including hearty soups, slow-cooked ham sandwiches, and not to forget cracking sponge cakes. Little Al’s Kitchen at The Firs is open Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10am-4.30pm.
Picnic spaces around the Visitor Centre.

Things to see and do: The Birthplace Cottage, Cottage garden and the Visitor Centre where you will find two Elgar exhibitions, toilets, tearoom and an event space.

Dogs: Dogs are welcome in the visitor centre, café and gardens. Sorry assistance dogs only in Elgar’s Birthplace Cottage.

The birthplace of Sir Edward Elgar, this small family home is set in the midst of a delightful cottage garden and with sight of the Malvern Hills. Stand within the four walls of the humble cottage where he was born and be immersed in a world that Elgar believed already contained music that was there for the taking.

Our idyllic cottage garden has been planted in the classic cottage garden style, based off a painting by John Chessell Buckler in 1856. The garden offers a place to sit, reflect, and admire a vast array of seasonal flowers and plants, throughout the year. There is also an orchard and small woodland to explore.