LICKEY BY HARRY The Lickey hills are a
LICKEY BY HARRY
The Lickey hills are a big place so it’s good place to play hide and seek. But it does have lots of history.
The Beacon The Cadbury brother George, Henry and Edward Cadbury gave the Beacon to Lickey in 1907. The castle was built to house the toposcope in the later twentieth century 1988.
Lickey hills visitor center
The park IS a place you would go in this weather but we can’t with what is going on. But as you can see it is a fun park.
Lickey Hills Country Park Lickey hills country park is one of the oldest parks managed by the Council. The first records of people in the area date back to the stone age when a Neolithic hunter lost a flint arrow head on Rednal Hill and a flint scraping tool was found in the area near the Monument. You can see the arrow head atis Birmingham Museum.
The woods are a good place for walks and to get fresh air. There good for children because of how big they are for hide and seek.
The history of Lickey Hills Country Park is one of the oldest parks managed by the Council. The first records of people in the area date back to the stone age when a Neolithic hunter lost a flint arrow head on Rednal Hill and a flint scraping tool was found in the area near the Monument.
The church Herbert Austin is buried here. The church was built in 1856 and the ground breaking happen ed in 1855.
JRR Tolkien In 1904, J. R. R Tolkien of 'The Hobbit' fame, moved to Rednal with his mother, who was convalescing. The hills became one of his favourite haunts and were the inspiration for the mythical Shires, where the hobbits lived in his book. The City finally purchased Cofton Hill, Lickey Warren and Pinfield Wood in 1920.
The best thing about the lickeys is Lickey hills primary school.
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