Whitley Lower
Whitley Lower is a village near Thornhill in Kirklees, West Yorkshire England. The parish church, dedicated to St Mary and St Michael, is part of the united benefice of Thornhill and Whitley which also includes Briestfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in West Yorkshire, UK
- Also known as: “Lower Whitley” and “Whitley Lower, West Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ravensthorpe railway station and Mirfield railway station.
Ravensthorpe railway station
Railway station
Ravensthorpe railway station served the Ravensthorpe suburb of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Huddersfield line between Leeds and Manchester, 8 miles north east of Huddersfield.
Mirfield railway station
Railway station
Mirfield railway station serves the town of Mirfield in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Huddersfield Line and is managed by Northern and also receives services by Grand Central and TransPennine Express.
Dewsbury Bus Museum
Museum
Photo: 24 Barnsley Road, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dewsbury Bus Museum is a museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England. Opened to the public in September 1989, it is owned and operated by the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust, a registered charity, and is run entirely by volunteer effort. Dewsbury Bus Museum is situated 1½ miles north of Whitley Lower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Briestfield and Grange Moor.
Briestfield
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Briestfield is a hamlet south of Dewsbury, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. It formed part of the township of Whitley Lower in the ancient parish of Thornhill.
Grange Moor
Village
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grange Moor is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2019, it had an estimated population of 1,101.
Overthorpe
Village
Thornhill is a village on the southern outskirts of Dewsbury in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Thornhill was absorbed into Dewsbury County Borough in 1910.
Whitley Lower
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.65652° or 53° 39′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.66646° or 1° 39′ 59″ westElevation
531 feet (162 metres)Open location code
9C5WM84M+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 368713142OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Whitley Lower” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Whitley Lower”
- French: “Whitley Lower”
- Irish: “Whitley Lower”
- Ladin: “Whitley Lower”
- Polish: “Whitley Lower”
- Swedish: “Whitley Lower”
- “Whitley Lower”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary & St Michael, Whitley and Whitley Community Centre.
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