Clent

Clent
The village green next to the parish church
Clent
Location within Worcestershire
Population2,600 
• London105 miles (170 kilometres)
Civil parish
  • Clent
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStourbridge
Postcode districtDY9
Dialling code01562
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Clent is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham and close to the edge of the West Midlands conurbation. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,600.

The name Clent derives from the Old English clent, apparently meaning 'rock'.