Briestfield
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.Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Coal Mining Museum for England and Ravensthorpe railway station.
National Coal Mining Museum for England
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995.
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. Ravensthorpe railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Briestfield.
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. Mirfield railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Briestfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitley Lower and Overthorpe.
Whitley Lower
Hamlet
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
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.
Briestfield
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.65281° or 53° 39′ 10″ northLongitude
-1.65011° or 1° 39′ 0″ westElevation
453 feet (138 metres)Open location code
9C5WM83X+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 368709292OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Briestfield” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Briestfield”
- French: “Briestfield”
- Irish: “Briestfield”
- Polish: “Briestfield”
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