The Lickey Hills Country Park is found approximately 10 miles to the south west of Birmingham City Centre. The
land is wholly owned by Birmingham City Council but it isn’t actually in
Birmingham! The Lickey Hills are in fact in Bromsgrove, and the park
was gifted to the people of Birmingham in the late 1800s.
The toposcope, which can be found at the top of Beacon Hill offers extensive views across Birmingham. At 975ft above sea level, you can see
all the way to South Staffordshire Pennines in the north; Dudley to the
northwest; Cannock Chase to the east and over to Birmingham Airport in the
southeast. Behind the toposcope, now obscured by trees, you can see to the
Cotswolds and sometimes into Wales. It’s a pretty humbling place to be, seeing
the land stretching out for miles in all directions!
The Lickey Hills toposcope is quite elaborate, and resembles a small fort. I think the actual toposcope is
the metal plate at the top of the fort, and the fort was just built to house it
as a centenary celebration. If you can confirm or deny this, get in touch!
Some panorama pictures can be seen here.
And here are a few photos I took while I was there a few weeks back:
I got the bus to the 47 terminus and then walked the rest of the way - it is about a mile and a half from the terminus to the beacon. I have doodled over a Google Earth screengrab to highlight key places. The 98 bus also goes up here (I made a booboo and put 92 on the picture); it stops near to The Old Hare and Hounds before turning off to head towards Rubery.
I have marked on BIG HILLS because I'm pretty certain they weren't that steep when I was younger. Good for the thighs though. There is a car park near to the beacon; it is on Monument Lane. There is also a car park at the golf course on Rose Hill, and at the visitor centre on Warren Lane. Bins are few and far between, please take rubbish with you, and please clean up after your dog!
The Lickey Hills are close to the hamlet of Lickey,
which dates back to 1225.
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