Clent

Clent is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham and close to the edge of the West Midlands conurbation. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,600.[1]

Clent
The village green next to the parish church
Clent is located in Worcestershire
Clent
Clent
Location within Worcestershire
Population2,600 
• London105 miles (170 kilometres)
Civil parish
  • Clent
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStourbridge
Postcode districtDY9
Dialling code01562
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Parish history
See also: Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries

The parishes of Clent and Broome were once an exclave of Staffordshire, completely surrounded by Worcestershire, having been seized by the Sheriff of Staffordshire before the Norman Conquest. This anomaly was addressed in 1844 when it was belatedly returned to Worcestershire. Clent had, however, always remained part of the Worcester Diocese.

The four stones or "Ossian's Tomb" on the top of the Clent Hills were follies erected by George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

Geography

Because of the hilly topography of the parish the village consists of several distinct hamlets. These are Upper Clent (Clatterbach and the area around the parish church of St. Leonard), Lower Clent, Holy Cross, Adams Hill and Walton Pool.[2] The Civil Parish of Clent also included part of the village of West Hagley, the population of which is about half that of the whole parish. On the first of April 2016, this part of the parish was transferred to the Parish of Hagley. Though in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Clent, that area is now part of the Anglican parish of Broome. Part of the parish is an area of agricultural lowland, but to the northwest the ground rises forming the Clent Hills (now owned by the National Trust), which is a popular destination for walkers.

Climate

Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb". (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).[3]

Climate data for Clent
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 7
(44)		 8
(46)		 10
(50)		 13
(55)		 16
(61)		 19
(66)		 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 18
(64)		 14
(57)		 10
(50)		 7
(45)		 14
(57)
Average low °C (°F) 2
(36)		 2
(36)		 3
(37)		 4
(39)		 7
(45)		 10
(50)		 12
(54)		 12
(54)		 9
(48)		 7
(45)		 4
(39)		 2
(36)		 6
(43)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 43
(1.7)		 38
(1.5)		 25
(1)		 30
(1.2)		 28
(1.1)		 36
(1.4)		 33
(1.3)		 28
(1.1)		 38
(1.5)		 48
(1.9)		 41
(1.6)		 41
(1.6)		 430
(16.9)
Average precipitation days 22 19 20 20 18 17 18 18 18 21 21 21 114
Source: Weatherbase [4]

Education

Sunfield Children's Home is located in Clent, a charitable school for children with autism and complex learning needs.[5] There is also a small primary school located in Holy Cross, called Clent Parochial Primary School, with just over 100 pupils ranging from Reception (age 4) to Year 6 (age 11), after which the pupils feed into Haybridge High School, the local secondary school, in the neighbouring village of Hagley.[6]

Notable residents

Notable residents of Clent include:

References
  1. "Census 2001". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  2. A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 pp. 50-54
  3. Climate Summary for closest city on record
  4. "Weatherbase.com". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on June 4, 2013.
  5. Sunfield Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Clent Parochial Primary School Archived 2012-12-20 at archive.today

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