| Clent Hills | |
|---|---|
 The four stones at the top of Clent Hill at 52° 25′ 15.29″ N, 2° 5′ 56.12″ W | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Worcestershire, England |
| OS grid | SO942797 |
The Clent Hills lie 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Birmingham city centre in Clent, Worcestershire, England. The closest towns are Stourbridge and Halesowen, both in the West Midlands conurbation (and also historically in Worcestershire). The Clent Hills range consists of, in order from north-west to south-east: Wychbury Hill, Clent Hill (and Adams Hill), and Walton Hill (and Calcot Hill).[2] The north Worcestershire range of hills continues eastwards to include Romsley Hill, Waseley Hills and the Lickey Hills.[3][4]
Clent Hill is the most popular hillwalking hill in the range,[5] although it is not often mentioned because the whole area is referred to as Clent Hills. Just under a million visitors a year are estimated to come to the hills,[5] making them Worcestershire's most popular non-paying attraction.[6][7]
- ^ "Clent Hill". Peakery. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Adams Hill and Calcot Hill are on the flanks of their parent hill and are not separated from them by a valley. ("Ordnance Survey map of the Clent Hills". streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2011.)
- ^ Geological Society of London (1855). The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol. 11. The Society. p. 190.
- ^ Irons, Dave (1994). "North Worcestershire Hills Marathon". The Long Distance Walkers Association.
- ^ a b Royle, Julie (20 October 2008). "Local walks: Clent Hills". Worcester News.
- ^ Staff (2008). "Breathing Space in the Clent Hills". AA.
- ^ Research Department Heart of England Tourism (2005). "Worcestershire Visitor Survey, On behalf of Worcestershire Tourism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011. Note that the figures are for visitors to Worcestershire. Because the Clent Hills are adjacent to the West Midlands, day visitors from that county are included while day visitors from Worcestershire to the Malvern Hills or Worcester Cathedral, who live as close to those amenities as people from the West Midlands do to the Clent Hills are excluded from the survey.