Coordinates: 52°24′55″N 2°06′50″W / 52.415178°N 2.113967°W
| Clent | |
 The village green next to the parish church |
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  Clent
 Clent shown within Worcestershire |
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| Population | 2,600 |
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| - London | 105 miles (170 kilometres) |
| Parish | Clent |
| District | Bromsgrove |
| Shire county | Worcestershire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | Dudley |
| Dialling code | 01562 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire | |
Clent is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham close to the edge of the West Midlands conurbation. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,600. [1]
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 Worcestershire diocese.
 The four stones on the top of the Clent Hills |
Because of the hilly topography of the parish the village consists of several distinct hamlets. These are Upper Clent (around the parish church of St. Leonard and Clatterbach), Lower Clent, Holy Cross, Adams Hill, and Walton Pool.[2]
The Civil Parish of Clent also includes part of the village of West Hagley, the population of which is about half that of the whole parish. 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.
Sunfield Children's Home is located in Clent, a charitable school for children with autism and complex learning needs.[3] There is also a small primary school located in Holy Cross called Clent Parochial Primary School.
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