Romsley is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
Bromsgrove District of
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...
, England, on the east side of the
Clent Hills about 4 miles south of
Halesowen
Halesowen ( ) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of West Midlands, England.
Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire, the town is around from Birmingham city centre, and fro ...
. In 2001 it had a population of 1,601.
The parish church, dedicated to
Saint Kenelm is a Grade I listed building.
The nave of the church continues directly into the chancel, both are from the 12th century and built of red sandstone. A 15th-century tower is of greenish sandstone, and the church has a timber porch. The chancel is built over a crypt that once contained the shrine of St Kenelm. A spring marks the reputed site of his martyrdom.
Hammer Hill House in Romsley, built in 1923, was designed by
Clough Williams-Ellis.
The village and its area attract walkers, campers, and caravanners on the Clent and Walton Hills and on the Cuckoos Corner site.
The main road that runs through Romsley is called Bromsgrove Road. There are limited local amenities including a post office, a butcher, a pub-restaurant, and a hairdresser.
The village is served by the 147 bus service which connects the village to Halesowen and
Catshill. It is operated by
Worcestershire County Council, but is to be taken over by Kev's Bus and extended to
Bromsgrove Railway Station
Bromsgrove railway station serves the town of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England. It is located at the foot of the two-mile Lickey Incline which ascends at a gradient of 1-in-37.7 towards Barnt Green on the line between Birmingham and Worceste ...
on 26 February 2018.
Romsley features in
Geoffrey Hill's long poem ''The Triumph of Love'':
Spraddled ridge-
village sacred to the boy-martyr,
Kenelm, his mouth full of blood and toffee.
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Villages in Worcestershire
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