[2][3]: 341 The village contains a Romanesque church called Little Malvern Priory, after a Benedictine monastery that existed on the site c.1171-1537.

[4] According to a book published in 1848,[5] an important find of brass Roman coins was unexpectedly made in 1847 in Little Malvern by a Mr Commissioner Mayne and his sons who were out walking in search of geological items of interest.

The nearest railway station is Colwall, however Great Malvern is more typically more direct to reach; both are on the same line.

Rear Admiral Basil Place VC, recipient of the Victoria Cross, was born in Little Malvern.

The composer Edward Elgar and his wife Alice are buried at St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Church, and singer Jenny Lind lived at Wynd's Point, behind the priory, during her final years.