There are now 542 Quality Status parishes in the U.K. from a total of 10,000. Of Bromsgrove District Council`s 20 parishes, 4 are Quality Status, the highest percentage of any Worcestershire District Council. They are Barnt Green, Dodford with Grafton, Lickey and Blackwell, and Stoke.
NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
The council meetings are held either at The Trinity Centre in Lickey or the Methodist Church Hall in Blackwell at the beginning of each month (except August and January). Dates and locations are published on the noticeboards in the Parish, in our newsletters, and on our Blog (link below). We start the formal part of pur meeting promptly at 7.30pm. Councillors will be
available for private consultation for half an hour (quarter at Lickey) before
every Parish Council meeting for those residents who wish to raise any matters
without speaking publicly,
All councillors are available to be contacted by letter, telephone or email. Our contct details may be found on the Councillors page of this website.
Weblog (Blog)
We are slightly changing the way that we communicate with our residents online. In addition to this website which tends to carry information of a more "static" nature, we have now launched a new blog to carry more dynamic news type information together with the opportunity to "comment" back to us your Parish Council. Do give it a try. Visit www.parishblog.org
Local Walks
Did you know that 35%of our residents never visit the Lickey Hills Country Park? For suggested walks with maps see our The Area page/local walks.
| Contents |
| Introduction |
| Aims of the website |
| History of Lickey and Blackwell |
| How to get there |
| Village Design Statement |
| Publications about the area |
| Introduction |
This website was created in 2005 to inform you of the ongoing work of the parish council, to introduce our community to newcomers and prospective residents and to act as an electronic newsletter and amenities guide. The contents are updated regularly.We hope you will enjoy reading it and that we have conveyed something of the life of our community. Back |
| Aims of the website |
As you will see when you read our Annual Report we are involved in making improvements to our area. You will find regular items on planning, highways, the environment, finance and social services in our council meeting minutes. In September 2007 a local group published a Parish Plan which can be used as a reference by the Parish, District and County Councils to formulate policy for the next decade or more. More information is available on the Parish Plan website www.theparishplan.org.uk. We are fortunate to have three schools in our parish and you will find more information about them on their websites linked on the schools page, together with links to other schools which serve our area. On the churches page you will find information about our two local churches. Information about sporting activities including golf, cricket, tennis, crown green bowls, karate, and cycling in our area are found on our Leisure page, together with links to nearby facilities for other sports .We also have active art, local history and flower arranging clubs, amateur drama, scouts and guides,village and church youth clubs, a church fellowship group and 3 women's institutes. News of the latest events can be found on our News Page. Finally we have included a Contact Us page for your views and concerns which we hope you will use. Back |
| Lickey and Blackwell Parish |
Our parish is within the local government area of Bromsgrove District Council www.bromsgrove.gov.uk in the county of Worcestershire www.worcestershire.gov.uk It consists of four wards ie Linthurst, Shepley, Monument and Grange and extends from Beacon Hill and the Lickey Hills in the north to the Birmingham-West Country railway line to the south. The M42 approximately marks the boundary between the rural village of Blackwell and the Lickey and Barnt Green areas of the parish. We have a population of 3,500 in 1,652 households and statistically we have average numbers within all age ranges apart from 20 - 29 yrs., who represent half the national average, and over 75 yrs., who represent slightly over the national average. Education (we have three schools and the national headquarters of the NASUWT), care of the elderly , the building trades and gardening provide most of the employment in the parish, which also has a few retail and catering opportunities. An increasing number of small companies eg travel ,computing solutions and financial consultancies are based at home.The majority of residents travel to other areas eg Birmingham, Bromsgrove or Redditch to work.
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| History of Lickey and Blackwell |
| A brief history of the Forest of Lickey,the Rose and Crown Coaching Inn, the Cadburys and population growth. Back |
| How to get there |
The parish of Lickey and Blackwell lies some 10 miles South-west of the city of Birmingham and can be reached by the extensive motorway network.It is also served by bus and rail links. Lickey with Multi-map Blackwell with Multi-map Back |
| Village Design Statement |
Members of the local community have come together to develop this document so that it may help shape future development in the parish of Lickey and Blackwell. The purpose of the document is to describe the qualities and characteristics that people value in their village and its surroundings, and so influence local planners and developers towards more sympathetic development.It is one of only two Village Design Statements accepted as a Supplementary Planning Guidance Document(SPG9) by Bromsgrove District Council. Back |
| Publications about the area |
Link to a list of publications covering the Lickey Hills, Rednal, Blackwell and Cofton Hackett. Back |
| Pictures |
The five pictures at the heading of each page from left to right are:- 'The Rose and Crown'; 'View from the Lickey Hills'; 'The Austin Centenary Celebrations at Lickey Church'; 'The Bluebell Woods; 'St. Catherines Church, Blackwell'. |
Last Updated 1/07/2009