Grimley is a village and civil parish (grid reference SO8360) in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Worcester.

It is known for the Norman Parish Church; St Bartholome, and nature reserve SSSI.

[1] The place-name 'Grimley' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 851, where it appears as Grimanlea.

The name means 'wood haunted by a ghost or spectre' (Old English grima).

[2] It once housed a monastery which was reputedly linked to Holt Castle via tunnels, and has been a site of refuge for thousands of years.