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Thornhill

Thornhill is a village on the southern outskirts of in , , England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Thornhill was absorbed into Dewsbury County Borough in 1910.
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  • Type: Village with 6,880 residents
  • Description: village in Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Thornhill, West Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels, Thornhill and Thornhill Community Academy.

Church
Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

School
is an 11–16 coeducational secondary school with academy status situated just outside , , England, on the western side of and near the M1 and the M62 motorways.

Mosque
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Markazi Masjid, also known as the Dewsbury Markaz or Dar ul Ulum, is a in the area of , , England. With a maximum capacity of 4,000, it is one of the largest mosques in Europe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Overthorpe and Thornhill Lees.

Village
Thornhill is a village on the southern outskirts of in , , England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Thornhill was absorbed into Dewsbury County Borough in 1910.

Suburb
is a district of Thornhill near , in the borough of , , England. is between Thornhill and Dewsbury town centre, in the area between the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

Suburb
is a suburb of , , , , lying just to the south of the River Calder. It consists of late Victorian housing, which varies between long terraces, semi-detached and detached housing.

Thornhill

Latitude
53.66456° or 53° 39′ 52″ north
Longitude
-1.61977° or 1° 37′ 11″ west
Population
6,880
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TRL
Open location code
9C5WM97J+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2997453634
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2635982
Wiki­data ID
Q2481104
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Thornhill” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Thornhill”
  • Chinese: “索恩希爾”
  • Dutch: “Thornhill”
  • Esperanto: “Thornhill”
  • French: “Thornhill”
  • German: “Thornhill”
  • Irish: “Thornhill”
  • Japanese: “ソーンヒル”
  • Polish: “Thornhill”
  • Swedish: “Thornhill, West Yorkshire”
  • Swedish: “Thornhill”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thornhill Rectory Park and Overthorpe Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thornhill”. Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.