Kirkby
Kirkby is a locality in Kirkburton, Kirklees, England. Kirkby is situated nearby to the locality Crawshaw, as well as near the village Flockton.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Coal Mining Museum for England and Clayton West railway station.
National Coal Mining Museum for England
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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.
Clayton West railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayton West railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network and now forms the eastern terminus of the Whistlestop Valley. It is situated in Clayton West, West Yorkshire, England. Clayton West railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Kirkby.
Skelmanthorpe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skelmanthorpe railway station is a station in West Yorkshire, England, that was previously part of the national rail network, and is now a station on the minimum-gauge Whistlestop Valley. Skelmanthorpe railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Kirkby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flockton and Emley.
Flockton
Village
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Flockton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is halfway between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2020, the population of Flockton and Flockton Green was estimated to be 2,107.
Emley
Village
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Emley is a village in the parish of Denby Dale, in Huddersfield in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. The village lies roughly in the middle of a triangle between Huddersfield, Wakefield and Barnsley.
Flockton Green
Hamlet
Flockton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is halfway between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2020, the population of Flockton and Flockton Green was estimated to be 2,107.
Kirkby
- Type: Locality
- Location: Kirkburton, Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.62373° or 53° 37′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.63057° or 1° 37′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C5WJ9F9+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1914327433OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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