Holme Valley
Holme Valley, formerly Holmfirth is a large civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 25,049, increasing to 34,680 for the two wards in the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 27,200 residents
- Description: civil parish in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Holme Valley (civil parish), Kirklees”, “Holme Valley, Kirklees”, “Holme Valley, West Yorkshire”, and “Holmfirth”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Picturedrome and Digley Reservoir.
The Picturedrome
Theater building
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Picturedrome is a theater building.
Digley Reservoir
Reservoir
Digley Reservoir is a reservoir located downstream of Bilberry Reservoir, 2 miles south west of Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire, England. The reservoir was planned during the 1930s, with much land being bought for its construction, but it was not completed until 1954.
Holy Trinity Church, Holmfirth
Church
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Holy Trinity Church, Holmfirth is an Anglican church in the town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, England. Holmfirth's chapelry historically covered townships which lay on or near the boundary between the parishes of Kirkburton and Almondbury: Wooldate, Hepworth and Cartworth in Kirkburton, and Holme, Austonley and Upperthong in Almondbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holmfirth and Meltham.
Holmfirth
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Holmfirth is a small rural town in West Yorkshire, about 5 miles south of Huddersfield. Pronounced "Home-firth", it is at the heart of the beautiful Holme Valley.
Meltham
Town
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Meltham is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Holme Valley, below Wessenden Moor, 5 miles south-west of Huddersfield on the edge of the Peak District National Park. Meltham is situated 2 miles northwest of Holme Valley.
New Mill
Village
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New Mill is a village in the civil parish of Holme Valley, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, near the town of Holmfirth. New Mill is situated 2½ miles east of Holme Valley.
Holme Valley
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Holme Valley” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “হোম ভ্যালি”
- Cebuano: “Holme Valley”
- Chinese: “Holme Valley”
- Chinese: “賀姆山谷”
- Chinese: “贺姆山谷”
- Chinese: “霍姆山谷”
- Dutch: “Holme Valley”
- French: “Holme Valley”
- German: “Holme Valley”
- Gujarati: “હોલ્મ વેલી”
- Irish: “Holme Valley”
- Italian: “Holme Valley”
- Japanese: “ホルム・バレー”
- Kannada: “ಹೋಮ್ ವ್ಯಾಲಿ”
- Korean: “홀름 밸리”
- Lithuanian: “Holme Valis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Holme Valley”
- Polish: “Holme Valley”
- Portuguese: “Holme Valley”
- Russian: “Холм-Вейли”
- Spanish: “Holme Valley”
- Swedish: “Holme Valley”
- Tamil: “ஹோல்ம் வேலே”
- Telugu: “హోల్మ్ వ్యాలి”
- Turkish: “Holme Valley”
- Urdu: “ہولمی ویلی”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Liphill Bank and Upperthong.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swinny Knoll and Church of St James.
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