Milliken Hill Enugu

Milliken Hill Enugu

The Milliken Hill Enugu, is a famous tourist attraction in the city of Enugu, Enugu state. History has it that in 1908, a British officer on his way to the middle belt from Awka sighted the hill at Enugu Ngwo & reported back to Lagos.

Interest in the mineral potential of the hill compelled the colonial government to send a team of mining engineers to Enugu in 1909 to look for silver, but the team saw coal instead.

The Europeans settled at Ngwo on the top of the hill, now called Hilltop. The 4.8 km-long Milliken Hill Road was constructed because of the coal discovery on the hill. It was named after the head engineer who designed the road.