The Lickey Hills are a range of hills in Worcestershire, England, eleven miles to the south-west of the centre of Birmingham near the villages of Lickey and Barnt Green.

They contain a famous feature of the UK railway system, the Lickey Incline, a country park of 525 acres (2 km²) belonging to Birmingham City Council and a golf club.

The hills are of significant geological interest due to the range and age of the rocks. The geological sequence is the basis for the diversity of landscape and habitat. They include:

• Precambrian rocks of volcanic origin
• Quartzite
• Sandstone
• Clay
• Breccia
• Bunter Pebble

In the hills there is an obelisk commemorating the sixth Earl of Plymouth (died 1833) as gratitude for his work in forming the Worcestershire Yeomanry volunteer regiment of cavalry.

Reference

• Margaret Mabey, A Little History of the Lickey Hills, The Lickey Hills Society, 1993, ISBN 0951983911

External links

• Country park website
• Golf club