Highburton
Highburton is part of the township of Kirkburton, a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is five miles southeast of Huddersfield. It occupies much of the high ground that can be found at the top of the steep inclines of Far Dene and Slant Gate and is a mixture of densely congregated housing estates and open pastoral farmland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Burton Cross and Myers Wood.
Myers Wood
Forest
Photo: Lesamourai, Public domain.
Myers Wood is a wooded area in the village of Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of a heavily forested area to the west of the village, occupying the rise in the valley leading up to Storthes Hall and beyond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkburton and Lepton.
Kirkburton
Village
Photo: steve taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Lepton
Suburb
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Lepton is a village near Huddersfield, in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.25 miles to the east of Huddersfield on the A642 road, 120 metres above the town centre directly north of Lepton Great Wood.
Thorncliffe, West Yorkshire
Hamlet
Thorncliffe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
Highburton
- Type: Village
- Description: village in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Kirkburton, Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.61777° or 53° 37′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.71311° or 1° 42′ 47″ westElevation
515 feet (157 metres)Open location code
9C5WJ79P+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 29796286OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Highburton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Highburton”
- French: “Highburton”
- Irish: “Highburton”
- Polish: “Highburton”
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