ALL ABOUT THE AREA WITHIN THE LICKEY BLACKWELL PARISH COUNCIL

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The grave of Lord & Lady Austin


Grave of Sir Bert Millichip and Lady Millichip at Holy Trinity Church LickeySir Bert was chairman of the F.A. from 1981 to 1991
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The grave of Sir Walter Haworth who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1937

WAR GRAVES

My wife and I, when out walking around our local area, will often cut through from Twatling Road to Old Birmingham Road through the Lickey Cemetery Extension. We always noticed the three Commonwealth War Graves headstones alongside the path. When using the path in June 2022 we noticed that they were unkempt and obscured by tall grass and weeds

The three graves by the path in June 2022

After contacting the Commonwealth War Graves Commission we discovered there were a further four graves recognised by the CWGC

After some research we found these and they were also in a dreadful and shameful condition. For example this, believe it or not, was the grave of a First World War soldier Driver Norrey when we first found it.

We decided we had to do something to honour these servicemen and joined the CWGC as official volunteers

These are the same three graves after we had worked on themand Driver Norrey's in December 2023

The full story of the seven graves,together with histories of each of the seven servicemen can be found at

Link

MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS

The Lickey monumentis a Grade Two listed Large obelisk of Anglesey marble, erected in memory of 5th Earl of Plymouth.
Entrance to the Monument off Monument LaneBench by the Monument

The War Memorial at the top of Rose HillIn spring

Reopening The Lickey Horse Trough April 2006 The horse trough, used in olden days for the horse drawn coaches that used to pass on their way to and from Birmingham. Re-furbished and opened by the then MP Julie Kirkbride.

FOOTPATHS

BROWN'S WAY

This footpath was named in honour of Ron Brown who was a member of the Parish Council for many years was for some time the Chairman. It runs over farmland between Beacon Lane, near the farms and Monument Lane near the car park.

The path from Beacon LanePath finger postAnd from Monument LaneThe path over ploughed fieldStile on the path




JUDITH'S WAY

Judith's Way is a path that was designated to recognise the work carried out by Judith Casey. Judith retired in 2010 after serving the Lickey & Blackwell Parish Council as Executive Officer (Parish Clerk)
for many years.

It runs from Monument Lanedown through the woodsPath in the Springpasses over a footbridgeto near the pond by the Rose & Crown off Rose Hill



NORTH WORCESTERSHIRE PATH


The North Worcestershire Path is 35 miles long and links four country parks in the north-east of the County providing contrasting views of Birmingham and the Black Country in the north and the Vale of Worcester and Severn Valley to the south. The North Worcestershire Path passes through the Lickeys.

It continues over Rose Hill by the Golf Course and up through Beacon Hill to exit at the end of Monument lane at the junction with Beacon Lane

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