Kirkburton
Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and ward in Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 5 miles south-east of Huddersfield. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the township comprised the villages of Kirkburton and Highburton and several hamlets, including Thunder Bridge, Thorncliffe, Storthes Hall and Linfit.- Type: Village with 3,790 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kirkburton, Kirklees” and “Kirkburton, West Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of All Hallows and Myers Wood.
Myers Wood
Forest
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highburton and Thorncliffe, West Yorkshire.
Kirkburton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Kirkburton, Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.61037° or 53° 36′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.70176° or 1° 42′ 6″ west
Population
3,790
Elevation
423 feet (129 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB KBU
Open location code
9C5WJ76X+47
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Kirkburton” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কিরকবার্টন”
- Cebuano: “Kirkburton”
- Chinese: “却克布尔顿”
- Chinese: “卻克布爾頓”
- Dutch: “Kirkburton”
- French: “Kirkburton”
- German: “Kirkburton”
- Gujarati: “કિર્કબર્ટન”
- Irish: “Kirkburton”
- Japanese: “カークバートン”
- Kannada: “ಕಿರ್ಕ್ಬರ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “커크버턴”
- Ladin: “Kirkburton”
- Lithuanian: “Kirkburtonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kirkburton”
- Persian: “کرکبرتون”
- Polish: “Kirkburton”
- Portuguese: “Kirkburton”
- Russian: “Киркбартон”
- Spanish: “Kirkburton”
- Swedish: “Kirkburton”
- Tamil: “கிரஃபுரடொன்”
- Telugu: “కిర్క్బర్టన్”
- Turkish: “Kirkburton”
- Urdu: “کیرکبورٹن”
- “Kirkburton”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lane Head and Riley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kirkburton Library and The Home of Cards and Gifts.
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