Best Front Garden Competition 2022

This year residents, councillors and county councillors took part in judging Best Front Gardens in the parish.

The final winning entries were chosen by the Councillors on the Communications group. Video below shows the winning front gardens in Small/Medium, Large garden and Community garden categories.

Prize giving ceremony was conducted in the Trinity Centre, Lickey on 10th July 2022.

Small/Medium Gardens

Cllr David O’Reilly, Mr Collins & Cllr Christine Szwed (1st Prize)

Cllr David O’Reilly, Mr and Mrs Hughes & Cllr Christine Szwed (2nd Prize)

Cllr david O’Reilly, Mr Ball & Cllr Christine Szwed (3rd Prize)

Large Gardens

First Prize Mr & Mrs Grimshaw

Mr Grimshaw receiving the prize.

Second Prize Mr & Mrs Smith

Cllr Bernice Jones, Mrs Smith & Cllr Nick Forknell

Third Prize Dr & Mrs Saini

Community Garden

Lisa Winterbourn (EO), Katie Smith & Cllr Bernice Jones

District and Parish Council elections will be taking place on 4th May. If you are interested in finding out more about becoming a Parish Councillor please contact us.
There will continue to be NO parking charges on Lickey Hills. Thank you to all who responded to the consultation to Birmingham City Council who have now been discouraged from this scheme.
Our Calendar of meetings 2023-2024 is now available, also our Parish 2023 Calendar is available to download. Thanks to all who entered the photo of the month competition.
Our latest page in the Village Magazine has been distributed, if you missed it you can find it here : Village December 2022 . Look out for our annual report newsletter in April.
Our next meeting of the Planning Committee will be 2pm on Wednesday 8th March at the Trinity Centre, please contact the Executive Officer if you would like to attend.
Our next Parish Council Meeting will be 17th April at 6pm at the Trinity Centre, Lickey. This will be followed by our Annual Residents Assembly with speakers talking about the energy crisis and cost of living. Click here to see agendas and minutes.
We have co-opted 2 new Councillors David O’Reilly and Christine Szwed. You can find contact information for them on our Councillors page.
PC Office Hours our Executive Officer is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays – you may speak to the EO by telephone at these times 07930837770, or by appointment at the Trinity Centre office on Wednesdays or email
For news on road closures in the Parish – and more click here
If you have any complaints about Highways issues in the Parish, please contact us or County Councillor Kit Taylor, Cllr Shirley Webb or Cllr Adrian Kriss, contact details on our County Councillors page

Next PC meeting:

Monday 17th April at 6pm at the Trinity Centre, Lickey. This will be followed by our Annual Residents Assembly with speakers talking about the energy crisis and cost of living. Agenda and Minutes can be found here:

The THIRD Monday of the month thereafter.

Calendar of meetings 2023-2024

The Parish Office at the Trinity Centre is open on Wednesdays 10.30-3.30
Executive Officer can be contacted by email eo@lickeyandblackwellpc.org or telephone: 07930837770

Parish Litter Pick. Join us in Lickey at the Park Visitors’ Centre or Blackwell Stores at 10am on Saturday 25th March to take part. Equipment will be provided. This will be part of the GBSSpring Clean. Click on this link to find out more about safety and more Clean-up preparation and safety advice | Keep Britain Tidy

Photo Competition and Challenge. Throughout 2022 we held a photo competition – please email in any photos around the parish, alternatively enter our ‘photo of the month’ challenge via social media. The best (high-resolution) pictures of life in our wonderful parish made it to our new calendar! #L&BPhotoOfTheMonth OR #LBPCPhotoOfTheMonth

Here is the new calendar for 2023-24, many thanks to all who entered.

LBCC 2023 Calendar

Last year’s winners were used for the fabulous 2022 PC calendar – thanks to all who entered, see the clip below for the finished calendar.

Well done to Christmas card design winner 2021 Zia Brewer