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Holmfirth
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Holmfirth () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is located south of Huddersfield and west of Barnsley; the boundary of the Peak District National Park is to the south-west. The town is sited on the A635 and A6024 roads in the Holme Valley, at the confluence of the River Holme and Ribble. It mostly consists of stone-built cottages nestled on the eastern slopes of the Pennine hills.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Holmfirth
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.population
5,173
UK place.os_grid_reference
SE142081
UK place.post_town
HOLMFIRTH
UK place.postcode_area
HD
UK place.postcode_district
HD9
UK place.dial_code
01484
UK place.constituency_westminster
Colne Valley
UK place.civil_parish
Holme Valley
UK place.metropolitan_borough
Kirklees
UK place.metropolitan_county
West Yorkshire

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Encyclopedic overview

25 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Bamforth & Co
  • Flooding
  • Property
  • Governance
  • Education
  • Primary education
  • Secondary education
  • Economy
  • Sport
  • Media
  • Transport
  • Railway
  • Buses
  • Culture
  • Holmfirth Choral Society
  • Film festival
  • Art week
  • Holmfirth Festival of Folk
  • Holmfirth Arts Festival
  • Brass bands
  • Notable people
  • Surrounding villages
  • References
  • External links

Holmfirth () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is located south of Huddersfield and west of Barnsley; the boundary of the Peak District National Park is to the south-west. The town is sited on the A635 and A6024 roads in the Holme Valley, at the confluence of the River Holme and Ribble. It mostly consists of stone-built cottages nestled on the eastern slopes of the Pennine hills.

Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Holmfirth was a centre for pioneering film-making by Bamforth & Co., which later switched to the production of saucy seaside postcards. Between 1973 and 2010, Holmfirth and the Holme Valley became well known as the filming location of the BBC's situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine. In 2023, the filming location of Sid's Cafe in the town centre was preserved. There is a Last of Summer wine museum, which was opened by Bill Owen who played Compo, and holiday makers can stay in Nora Batty's cottage as well as a bus tour of filming locations.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holmfirth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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