67-756: Lapal is a residential area of Halesowen , in the Dudley district, in the county of the West Midlands of England (part of Worcestershire until 1974). It is situated in the east of the town on the border with Birmingham . The Lapal area sits to the East of the Lapal Canal , to the North of Lapal Lane South up to what is now the M5 motorway, to the South West of Carters Lane and Kent Road, and to
134-409: A full sized ruined mock castle (his lands did not contain a real one) and The Four Stones on top of Clent Hill. The Clent Hills are also well known for their role in the legend of St. Kenelm , who was murdered on a hunting trip at the north eastern slopes of Clent Hill in 821 AD. The church of St. Kenelm in the parish of Romsley marks the site of his murder. The church is the starting point of
201-491: A charter of liberties by its lord, the Premonstratensian Abbey of Halesowen . By 1300, it is estimated that the population was around 600. The court rolls for Halesowen survive from 1272 and show that the majority of migrants to Halesowen in the 14th century were women at 75%. Little was done to remove them and many went on to become small retailers in the area. The village is well known by medieval historians for
268-461: A further education college situated within the district of Halesowen. Newfield Park Primary School primary school located in Halesowen, was built during the 1960s to serve the expanding local area of Hawne . In 1972, when still a borough in its own right, Halesowen Council abolished the traditional infant and junior schools and replaced them with first schools for ages 5 to 9 and middle schools for
335-552: A height of 1,037 feet (316 m) on Walton Hill , with views over the Malvern Hills , Kinver Edge , The Wrekin , Wenlock Edge , Shatterford Hill , Clee Hills and back round to Kidderminster , Stourbridge , Dudley , Halesowen and Turners Hill . On a clear day observers can see as far as the Black Mountains of Wales , the northern Cotswolds , the southern Peak District and Charnwood Forest . A toposcope indicates
402-605: A new Asda superstore which opened on 24 November 2008. The bus station was also rebuilt. This 18-month £30 million project was completed in December 2008 and the town received a commendation for the work by the Retail Property Organisation. In the eastern part of Halesowen is Leasowes Park , which is considered to be one of the first natural landscape gardens in England. The 18th-century poet William Shenstone designed
469-533: A new public library . The centre was refurbished in the late 1980s and placed under cover, being renamed The Cornbow Centre at this time. Trade in the town centre declined between 1985 and 1990 as the Merry Hill Shopping Centre some 5 miles (8 km) away at Brierley Hill was developed, although not as severely as it declined in Stourbridge and in particular Dudley . The only high-profile casualty
536-489: A new library as well as many supermarkets and shops centred around the Cornbow Centre. This was refurbished in the late 1980s to create a covered shopping area. In 2007–08, Halesowen underwent a £30 million regeneration of part of its town centre, which has included the construction of a new Asda supermarket located in the Cornbow Centre, together with a new multi-storey car park , a rebuilt bus station and improvements to
603-509: A number of large organisations to the town. Sandvik 's UK headquarters are located here as well as Somers Forge, mFortune, SomersTotalKare and the Mucklow Group. Communicourt are the leading providers of Non-registered Intermediaries to the criminal and family courts and its headquarters are in Halesowen. Transport in the town is overseen by Transport for West Midlands , the county's transport authority. Halesowen, as mentioned above,
670-600: A rugby union club called Old Halesonians and a hockey club also named Old Halesonians. Halesowen Town F.C. are the town's non-league football club and play their home matches at The Grove on Old Hawne Lane. The first team transferred from the Southern League Division One Central to the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands for the 2021/2022 season. Halesowen Cricket Club are based at Seth Somers Park just off
737-654: A selection of key views to and from the Malvern Hills" by the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership. Coopers identified 50 key views from vantage points some on the Malvern Hills and others from other vantage points looking at the Malverns. At 22 miles (35 km) the view from the Clent Hills was the most distant. They rated importance of the view as special and the sensitivity as high and wrote that
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#1732844189358804-594: A series of gateway signs. In addition to the town centre, these are listed below. A separate sign for Illey was added many years later. As with the rest of the British Isles and West Midlands, Halesowen experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. A weather station provides local climate data for the period 1981–2010. Temperature extremes at Halesowen have ranged from −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) 13 December 1981 up to 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on 19 July 2022. The coldest daily maximum temperature
871-599: Is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley , in the county of the West Midlands , England. Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire , the town is around 7 miles (11 km) from Birmingham city centre, and 6 miles (10 km) from Dudley town centre. The population at the 2011 Census , was 58,135. Halesowen is in the Halesowen parliamentary constituency. Halesowen
938-718: Is also based at the Manor Abbey Sports Ground with four floodlit, artificial clay courts available for use by members. Halesowen Leisure Centre on Pool Road includes a swimming pool and gym and is used by a number of local clubs, including Halesowen Swimming Club, Halesowen Triathlon Club and Cobra Running and Triathlon Club. [REDACTED] Media related to Halesowen at Wikimedia Commons Clent Hills The Clent Hills lie 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Birmingham city centre in Clent , Worcestershire, England. The closest towns are Stourbridge and Halesowen , both in
1005-441: Is from Nimmings car park, off Hagley Wood Lane. From this an easy access walk route leads to the ridge. Another popular access is from the public car park on Adams Hill. Adams Hill is not a separate hill, but the name for the hamlet (part of the parish of Clent ) and the slope that form the south west flank of Clent Hill. In 2009 Cooper Partnership (a firm of Chartered Landscape Architects) were commissioned to "identify and assess
1072-532: Is located on Queensway, next to the Asda supermarket and Job Centre Plus . Most services are operated by National Express West Midlands and Diamond Bus . Halesowen is considered one of the largest towns in the United Kingdom without a railway station. The nearest railway stations are Rowley Regis, Stourbridge Junction , Cradley Heath and Old Hill . There are currently 15 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and
1139-479: Is no longer served by a railway station. It is however served by a fairly comprehensive bus network, and is on the Hagley Road Bus Corridor from Birmingham to Stourbridge (route 9), the Merry Hill Shopping Centre (route 002, 13, 17H, 24H, 142/142A and X10) and Dudley (route 14 and 19). Service 4H operates from Hayley Green to Walsall via Blackheath and West Bromwich . Halesowen Bus Station
1206-407: Is ready made; you have only to caress her; love her; kiss her; and then --- descend into the valley." Coming out into the court before the house, he mentioned Clent and Waw-ton Hill as the two bubbies of Nature: then Mr L. observed the nipple, and then Thomson the fringe of Uphmore wood; till the double entendre was work'd up to a point, and produced a laugh. In June 2012 poet and writer Helen Calcutt
1273-513: Is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as being larger than Birmingham . The manor and town was known as Hala (from the Anglo-Saxon word " halh ", meaning nook or remote valley), until it was given by King Henry II to Welsh Prince Dafydd ab Owain in 1177 and became known as Halas Owen . The parish of Halesowen , which incorporated other townships later to become independent parishes,
1340-630: Is served by Lapal Primary School and Leasowes High School , the Royal Oak public house and a small cluster of shops opposite, including a newsagent/post office, bakery, fish and chip shop, Chinese take-away, pharmacy and general grocery store. Also to be found in the area the ruins of the 13th century Halesowen Abbey, located in a field off the Manor Way by-pass. The area has local bus connections with Halesowen town centre, Stourbridge , Brierley Hill , Cradley Heath , Merry Hill , Birmingham and Oldbury . It
1407-537: Is situated near to Junction 3 of the M5 motorway . The disused Lapal Canal Tunnel is nearby. Lapal was formerly a township in the parish of Halesowen, in 1866 Lapal became a separate civil parish , on 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished. In 1951 the parish had a population of 2730. This West Midlands location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Halesowen Halesowen ( / h eɪ l z ˈ oʊ . ɪ n / haylz- OH -in )
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#17328441893581474-410: Is the wettest year on record, with a rainfall of 1,186.1 millimetres (46.70 in); 2011, with 540.4 millimetres (21.28 in) is the driest. The most new snow to accumulate on one day was 25.0 centimetres (9.8 in) on 25 February 1981; the snowiest year on record is 1979 with 95.8 centimetres (37.7 in) and the least snowy are 2002 and 2019, both with 0.0 centimetres (0 in). Halesowen
1541-714: The Black Country . In 1974, the hills became a country park , managed by Hereford & Worcester County Council under the Countryside Act 1968 . In 1995, management reverted to the National Trust, which set up a new Advisory Committee in 2000. In 1588 a beacon was placed on the Bicknall as part of the chain set up to warn of the approach of the Spanish Armada . For Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee A. E. Housman watched
1608-441: The Domesday Book as "Klinter", and may be derived from the old Scandinavian word klint for a cliff. Once part of a Mercian forest, the hills contain the remains of a multi-vallate, Iron Age hillfort on Wychbury Hill. According to local historian John Amphlett, a battle between ancient Britons and Romans was fought on Clent Heath. The Clent Hills are graced with several classically inspired architectural works from about
1675-662: The French Revolutionary War Halesowen raised a troop of volunteer cavalry by 1798, which in 1814 became part of the South Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Halesowen became the centre of a poor law union in the 19th century, which later became established as a rural sanitary district and later the Halesowen Rural District in 1894. Oldbury was included into the area of Halesowen under an Act of 1829. With increasing urbanisation of
1742-468: The M5 motorway , which allow easy commuting to Birmingham, other areas of the Black County or nationwide. The centre of Birmingham is approximately 30 minutes away by car and reachable by the number 9 or X10 buses, which are run by National Express West Midlands . The centre of Halesowen is home to a Norman church, a football ground (where non-league Halesowen Town play) and Halesowen College which
1809-691: The Permian period. The formation unconformably overlies the mudstones and sandstones of the Salop Formation which forms the lower ground to the north and east; both are assigned to the Warwickshire Group . The bedrock is cut by numerous faults, most of which are aligned NE-SW. The hills along with the Lickey Hills form a range of hills in north Worcestershire known as the Clent-Lickey range (or
1876-529: The River Stour . Close to the top of the escarpment, but just on the other side, stands High Harcourt Farm (which belongs to the National Trust, but its farm land is not open to the public). Below the farm the escarpment falls away and becomes a sharp V valley in which a stream flows down into Clent village. Where the valley sides are at their steepest the Walton Hill side of the valley is known as Clatterbach. In
1943-659: The Sutton Coldfield and local relay transmitters. Halesowen is served by local editions of two regional evening papers, the Birmingham-based Evening Mail and the Wolverhampton-based Express & Star . There are two local free weekly newspapers delivered to every household in Halesowen, The Halesowen News and The Halesowen Chronicle . The Halesowen area is served by the following local and regional radio stations: Halesowen has
2010-478: The West Midlands conurbation (and also historically in Worcestershire). The Clent Hills range consists of, in order from north-west to south-east: Wychbury Hill , Clent Hill (and Adams Hill), and Walton Hill (and Calcot Hill). The north Worcestershire range of hills continues eastwards to include Romsley Hill, Waseley Hills and the Lickey Hills . Clent Hill is the most popular hillwalking hill in
2077-512: The 1750s. Most of them are in the private grounds of Hagley Hall but most of them are visible from public areas. Lord Lyttelton of Hagley Hall constructed the Wychbury Obelisk on Wychbury Hill in 1758, which is visible for many miles, even from the Clee Hills . Lord Lyttelton also had constructed many other follies including a Temple of Theseus , other small Greek and Roman temples,
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2144-479: The 60-mile (97 km) walk St Kenelm's Trail . One source of the River Stour is within the grounds of St. Kenelm's church. The summits of the two largest hills, Clent Hill and Walton Hill are now the property of the National Trust . Clent Hill Common was managed by a Board of Conservators from 1881 to 1959. Walton Hill Common became regulated common land (under Commons Act 1899) in 1935. Both commons and
2211-612: The 9 to 13 age group, but this system was abolished in 1982 and reverted to the previous infant schools for 5 to 7 year olds and junior schools for ages 7 to 11. It was one of the first instances of three-tier education being abolished in favour of a return to traditional age ranges, though most areas which adopted the system have since reverted to the traditional age ranges. The rest of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough consisted of 5–8 first and 8–12 middle schools (barring Stourbridge and Kingswinford , which had both retained
2278-624: The A456 Manor Way. The club operates four teams competing in the Birmingham and District Premier League and the Worcestershire County League. The Manor Abbey Sports Ground on Manor Way is the home of Halesowen Athletics & Cycling Club. Facilities include a 400 metres outdoor cycling velodrome and a four lane 350 metres athletics track. The grounds also include a weights room, indoor training room and clubhouse. Halesowen Tennis Club
2345-453: The Birmingham suburbs of Quinton and Bartley Green to the east. To the south is Romsley and Worcestershire, to the north is Cradley Heath and to the west is Stourbridge. Although predominantly urban or suburban in character, Halesowen borders on green belt land with excellent access to the countryside, for example the Clent Hills . It has extensive road links including Junction 3 of
2412-611: The Clent Hills had "many pedestrian and equestrian users" and in "[a] lovely environment of countryside pursuits" the vista contained a: 180-degree panoramic view towards the south-west from elevated viewpoint on SW facing slope of Clent Hills, affording long distance views. Malvern Hills seen to the left of view in the context of other hill ranges seen to the centre and right of view. Generally hilly foreground with scattered settlements on lower lying land. Urban areas of Kidderminster and Stourbridge seen in centre mid-ground. [At] night-time: scattered light sources. The distinctive outline of
2479-405: The Clent-Lickey ridge). The largest of the Clent Hills is Walton Hill which is 1,037 feet (316 m) high followed by Clent Hill at 1,014 feet (309 m). They are separated by a valley known as St. Kenelm 's Pass, which starts as an escarpment one side of which along with the sides of the two hills falls away towards Uffmoor Wood ; water flowing down this slope enters streams which become
2546-471: The Malvern Hill peaks is seen on the distant skyline as a back-drop to the view in the left of view, and appears further in distance to the other hill ranges seen to the centre/right distance. Far-fetching views of hill ranges, including that of Malvern Hills is impressive, across a generally rural setting. … The view of wide range of hills is impressive. The poet William Shenstone lived at The Leasowes and
2613-509: The South East of Mucklow Hill. Most of the houses were built between 1930 and 1980. In the late 1970s the large Abbeyfields estate was built alongside the currently disused portion of the Dudley Canal , adding to its already extensive owner-occupier housing stock. It is the most affluent suburb of Halesowen, commanding the largest average house prices of all the suburbs in the town. The area
2680-492: The abbey. During the 18th century Halesowen developed rapidly as a result of the Industrial Revolution . The manufacture of nails was the staple trade in the town and many mills were used for slitting and iron production. Coal had been mined in the area from at least the reign of Edward I . Dating to 1893, Coombes Wood was the largest colliery in the town; at its peak in 1919 Halesowen had 130 working mines. During
2747-616: The area, in the early 20th century, it became the Halesowen Urban District in 1925, and obtained a grant of charter to become a municipal borough in 1936. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 , Halesowen was incorporated into the new Dudley Metropolitan Borough , in the Metropolitan county of the West Midlands . Halesowen was once served by a railway line – in reality two lines which met at an end-on junction at
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2814-503: The beacons from summit of Walton Hill. He wrote in a letter to his mother that at 10 o'clock the night of 22 June 1897 (the hour designated for the event) he could see 52 just to the south and west. He did not try to count those northwards because "it was hard to tell the beacons from the ordinary illuminations of the Black Country". The one on the Malvern Hills was so large that during the day it had been visible from Walton Hill, and as it
2881-417: The car factories (not to be confused with the present Longbridge station). Being largely rural in character, the line failed to attract much traffic and regular passenger services ended between Halesowen and Northfield as far back as 1919, and between Old Hill and Halesowen in 1927, though the workmen's trains continued to serve Longbridge until 1960. The line is now lifted, but the track-bed can be seen close to
2948-612: The conflict that took place around this time. In 1279, as the Abbot attempted to increase labour services for his tenants (which had been fixed in 1244), the peasants attempted to plead their case in the King's Court, a privilege forbidden to unfree villeins . The Abbot thus fined them £10 which was a large sum at the time, and resistance, led by Roger Ketel, heightened. The conflict was snuffed out in 1282 as Ketel and Alice Edrich (the pregnant wife of another prominent rebel) were murdered by thugs hired by
3015-475: The end of a long spur which runs from the summit of Walton Hill for about a mile. There is a public footpath along the spur joining the two hills. Alongside the spur is another deep V-shaped valley which was also dammed at frequent intervals to provide power to its mills. This stream flows on to the village of Belbroughton in which the Nash Crown Scythe Works used the water to power its machinery. On
3082-449: The garden, beginning works in 1743 and continuing until his death in 1763, transforming existing farmland he had inherited after his parents' death. Today, the parkland is Grade One Listed, as it is of national importance. The local theatre and a Wetherspoon's public house are both named after William Shenstone as are at least two roads in the locality. The Parish Church of St John the Baptist
3149-691: The mountains visible. Landmarks visible from the hills include Dudley Castle , the large Droitwich AM transmitters near Bromsgrove , the large silos (now demolished for housing) on the Ex British Sugar Corporation land in Kidderminster , Ironbridge Power Station (now decommissioned and demolished), near Telford and the nearby Wychbury Obelisk . It is because of this that the hills are very popular with hillwalking visitors and local ramblers groups. The hills are criss-crossed with many public footpaths. A popular means of access to Clent Hill
3216-571: The other side of the valley is Romsley Hill, the valley banks of which are covered by Great Farley Wood beyond Romsley Hill are a number of lower hills (Windmill, Chapman's and Waseley) which join the Clent Hills to the Lickey Hills in one continuous chain. The National Trust land on the hills encompass 440 acres (180 ha) of woodland (both natural deciduous and coniferous forest plantations) and heathland , important for wildlife including fallow deer and common buzzard , plus visiting ring ouzel and common crossbill . Clent appears in
3283-518: The past, before steam power replaced water power, the stream in the valley was dammed at regular intervals to provide power for watermills . The remains of one such dam can be seen behind the Vine Inn in Clent which was once a mill. Either side of the two largest hills are two more hills. Beside Clent Hill is Wychbury Hill and beside Walton Hill is Calcot Hill. Calcot Hill is not really a separate hill but at
3350-465: The range, although it is not often mentioned because the whole area is referred to as Clent Hills. Just under a million visitors a year are estimated to come to the hills, making them Worcestershire's most popular non-paying attraction. The Clent Hills are a major outcrop of the Clent Formation consisting of Clent Breccia (predominantly a red-brown mudstone matrix) dating from the early part of
3417-423: The road layout. The principal industry of Halesowen was traditionally nail making, an industry that was performed on a small scale individually in the backyards of a large number of nail makers. Halesowen also had, along with most other areas of the Black Country, a large number of above and underground coal mines. In more recent years, the arrival of a junction of the motorway network allowed Halesowen to attract
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#17328441893583484-521: The ruins of Halesowen Abbey , founded in 1215 by Peter des Roches , Bishop of Winchester . The Dissolution of the Monasteries saw the Abbey pass into private hands in 1538. The Abbey was the subject of an archaeological evaluation by Birmingham Archaeology and is now owned and managed by English Heritage . Most of the town centre was rebuilt in the 1960s to create a modern shopping area that incorporated
3551-669: The station. The first was a branch of the Great Western Railway from Old Hill to Halesowen, opened in 1878, followed in 1883 by a section jointly owned by the Great Western and the Midland Railway (though worked mostly by the latter), linking the town with Northfield on the Midland Railway's Birmingham to Bristol main line, with intermediate stations at Rubery , Hunnington , and a workmen's halt at Longbridge serving
3618-407: The town, although there is no sign of the station. The goods shed remained until recently , serving as an industrial unit though it has now been demolished. In the 1960s, the town centre underwent vast redevelopment which saw most of the older buildings demolished. The high street was pedestrianised and a shopping precinct (called "The Precinct") was developed, housing many new retail units as well as
3685-668: The traditional 5–7 infant and 7–11 junior schools) until following the suit of Halesowen and reverting to the traditional ranges in 1990. Richmond Boys School and Walton Girls School were merged in September 1983 to form Windsor High School, a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school based at an expanded Richmond site, while the Walton site was annexed into Halesowen College until it was sold off for a housing development 18 years later. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central . Television signals are received from
3752-467: The woodlands between them were given by Worcestershire County Council and Bromsgrove Rural District Council to the National Trust in 1959. Both hills were then managed by a Management Committee of the National Trust until 1974, when the committee became advisory only. Both the Conservators and Management Committee were largely funded by contributions from neighbouring local authorities, particularly in
3819-628: Was a detached part of the county of Shropshire but was incorporated into Worcestershire in 1844 by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act . Since the local government reorganisation of 1974 it has formed a part of the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Conurbation , in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough , which it joined at the same time as neighbouring Stourbridge , which had also been in Worcestershire until that point. Halesowen borders
3886-456: Was a near neighbour of the Lyttelton family at Hagley Hall . Shenstone garden at The Leasowes was one of the most notable gardens in England in the mid-1700s and his Unconnected Thoughts on Gardening one of the more influential of the age. On 30 August 1746 William Lyttelton called at The Leasowes with his friend the poet James Thomson . Shenstone later wrote a letter about the encounter which
3953-451: Was already there and augment it "The French, it appears, have their [P]arque ornèe ; and why is not Ferme ornèe as good an expression?". As his guests could not stay long owing to a dinner engagement they were unable to visit Shenstone's upper wood, but warming to Shenstone's suggestion on how to improve the landscape, Shepstone wrote that the conversation continued thus: "You have nothing to do (says [Thomson]) but to dress Nature. Her robe
4020-414: Was an exclave of the county of Shropshire , but grew to become a town and was transferred to the jurisdiction of Worcestershire by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 . Included in the boundaries was the ancient village of Brettle . Halesowen appears on censuses and maps into the nineteenth century also as Hales Owen. In the 1220s, Halesowen had a market and fair and, by 1270, it had been granted
4087-620: Was built close to the summit of Walton Hill and lit on 6 June as one of a national chain that started with one lit by the Queen at Windsor Castle to mark the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II . Another was lit on 4 June 2012 for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II . It was 12 feet (3.7 m) high and 8 feet (2.4 m) wide, and situated on Clent Hill close to the Four Stones. The hills rise to
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#17328441893584154-422: Was founded by Roger de Montgomery and stands on the site of an even earlier Anglo-Saxon church. Several extensions have been made including the outer south aisle which was added in 1883 by John Oldrid Scott although there is still much evidence of the original Norman work. A Medieval cross stands in the churchyard, having previously stood in Great Cornbow until it was blown down by a gale in 1908. Nearby are
4221-470: Was founded in 1939. Most of the housing stock in Halesowen is privately owned and was built in the 30 years which followed the end of the Second World War , although some parts of the town are still made up of Victorian and Edwardian terraced houses . The town centre was almost completely rebuilt during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1974, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council identified six historical suburbs within Halesowen, which they signed accordingly with
4288-494: Was published in 1800. After introductions and a conversation inside the house about a valley and the brook that Lyttelton and Thomson passed on their way to The Leasowes and which had much impressed Thomson for its beauty, Shenstone invited the pair to view the vista from the green behind his house. They conversed about a small nearby feature called Farmers Hill and Thomson suggested that Shenstone should extend his garden, but Shenstone explained to him that he would rather take which
4355-415: Was saturated with paraffin it burned very brightly but only for an hour. By 2 o'clock, Housman wrote that in the distance two could still be seen still burning somewhere near the Brown Clee , and three nearer, one towards Droitwich , one on Kinver Edge (it continued to burnt brightly until dawn), and the Clent Hill beacon which was not near the summit but on the south west face. In 1977 a bonfire beacon
4422-438: Was the J Sainsbury supermarket, which closed in 1992 due to the popularity of the store which had opened at Merry Hill three years earlier to succeed the Dudley store – combined with the onset of the recession at the start of the 1990s . A further upgrading of the town centre took place in 2007 and 2008, with part of the Cornbow Centre (including a petrol station and several smaller retail units) being demolished to make way for
4489-432: Was −6.0 °C (21.2 °F) on 12 January 1987, and the warmest daily minimum was 21.5 °C (70.7 °F) on 2 July 2009. Records have meteorological variables have been kept since January 1956, in that time the wettest day on record has been 16 June 2016 with a total fall of 75.0 millimetres (2.95 in). In addition, June 2016 is the wettest month of any, with a total fall of 221.2 millimetres (8.71 in). 2014
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