| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.0835°N -2.2742°W |
| Official Name: | Hanley Swan |
| Static Image: | HanleySwan.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 250px |
| Static Image Caption: | Village green with pond and Swan Inn |
| Shire District: | Malvern Hills |
| Shire County: | Worcestershire |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Civil Parish: | Hanley Castle |
| Constituency Westminster: | West Worcestershire |
| Postcode District: | WR8 |
| Postcode Area: | WR |
| Post Town: | WORCESTER |
| Os Grid Reference: | SO813428 |
| London Distance Mi: | 97 |
| London Direction: | SE |
Hanley Swan is a small village in the English county of Worcestershire. It lies in the Malvern Hills district, between the towns of Malvern (2miles away) and Upton-upon-Severn (approximately 3miles away). Together with the nearby village of Hanley Castle, its population is about 1500. The traditional English village centre includes a village green and pond, a pub, a Social Club and a village stores. Hanley Swan won the 2009 Calor Herefordshire and Worcestershire Village of the Year competition, a heat of the national Village of the year competition. Hanley Swan was an inspiration for the setting of the novel Black Swan Green by David Mitchell.[1]
The Church of Our Lady and St Alphonsus was built, shortly after restrictions against Catholic churches were lifted in 1829, by descendants of Thomas Hornyold who had aided Charles II's escape. As elsewhere in Worcestershire, the continuing Catholic connections of the county meant that new Catholic churches were established with greater funding than in many other parts of the country.