AN invitation to visit Malvern is being extended to the Queen by the Malvern Hills Conservators.

The board has passed a motion to inform her that Jubilee Hill has been named in her honour and inviting her, or a member of the Royal Family, to come and see it.

Conservator John Tretheway, who proposed the motion, said the idea to invite a royal figure to Malvern had come to him when the naming ceremony was taking place on the hill.

He said that despite visiting the Three Counties Showground, the Queen had never walked on the Malverns Hill.

"It would be a great honour for Malvern to have the Queen or a member of the Royal Family walking on our hills," he said.

"Local legend has it that Queen Victoria walked on the hills, but who knows about that? I don't."

Meanwhile, steps are in hand for a small plaque to be fixed to an appropriate outcrop of rock. This would read "Jubilee Hill - June 2002".

The previously unnamed peak, which lies at the top of Jubilee Drive, between Perseverance Hill to the north and Pinnacle Hill to the south, was formally named on June 1.

Around 100 people attended the ceremony and heard Conservators' chairman Richard Graves give a brief speech officially naming the peak.

The event was deliberately kept low-key in order to focus on the lighting of the Jubilee Bonfire at the top of Worcestershire Beacon on June 3.

As well as christening the hill, the Conservators also issued a leaflet to accompany the event, which included details of the history of Jubilee Drive, named in honour of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

This was distributed to schools and the around town as a memento, although it will also be available to visitors, as it includes an updated map of the Hills.

The board has also coloured its concessionary parking pass gold for Jubilee year.