Metropolitan borough in England
Kirklees
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in Yorkshire by area, behind Doncaster and Leeds.
How locals move
Getting around Kirklees the local way
- Get aroundthere's a local minibus service that provides journeys to various villages dotted about the valley.
From Wikivoyage: Holmfirth, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. That article was last edited 2023-04, so a service it names may have changed or stopped.
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