Birdsedge
Birdsedge is a small village in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of Yorkshire's Pennine Hills, standing just below 1,000 feet above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 350 residents
- Description: village in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Birds Edge”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Denby Dale railway station and Shepley railway station.
Denby Dale railway station
Railway station
Denby Dale railway station serves the village of Denby Dale and the surrounding area, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Penistone Line, 9.5 miles south-east of Huddersfield, and is operated by Northern Trains.
Shepley railway station
Railway station
Shepley railway station serves the villages of Shepley and Shelley in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Penistone Line operated by Northern. Opened by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1850, it is located at the southern end of one of the two passing loops on the otherwise single track section between Barnsley and Huddersfield. Shepley railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Birdsedge.
Shelley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shelley railway station forms the western terminus of the Whistlestop Valley and serves the village of Shelley, West Yorkshire. England. There was never a station here on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper Cumberworth and Shepley.
Upper Cumberworth
Village
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upper Cumberworth is a small village in West Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Denby Dale and the Diocese of Wakefield. It is between the villages of Denby Dale and Shepley, above the village of Lower Cumberworth.
Shepley
Village
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shepley is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It lies 8 miles south south east of Huddersfield and 6 miles north west of Penistone.
Denby Dale
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles north-west of Barnsley and 10 miles south-east of Huddersfield. Denby Dale is situated 1½ miles east of Birdsedge.
Birdsedge
- Category: locality
- Location: Denby Dale, Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.56664° or 53° 33′ 60″ northLongitude
-1.69549° or 1° 41′ 44″ westPopulation
350Elevation
912 feet (278 metres)Open location code
9C5WH883+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 2968777259OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12265601Wikidata ID
Q4916135
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Birdsedge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Birdsedge”
- French: “Birdsedge”
- Irish: “Birdsedge”
- Persian: “بردزاچ”
- Polish: “Birdsedge”
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