Historically, Greenfield is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, close to the border with the historic county of Lancashire....

Marsden is a large village in the Colne Valley and the home of the National Trust’s Marsden Moor Estate visitor centre. It grew wealthy...

The town of Slaithwaite is located in the Colne Valley, and probably has one of most mispronounced place names in Yorkshire. The town’s...

Batley is recorded in the Domesday Book  as Bateleia and is an ancient settlement, although most of its many notable buildings date from...

Dewsbury is a minster and market town on the River Calder, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Deusberie, which translates as...

Ravensthorpe is a suburb of Dewsbury, formerly heavily industrialised and once boasting several textile mills. It is not an ancient...

The town of Mirfield forms part of the area’s Heavy Woollen District, having been a centre of the woollen industry from the fourteenth...

Deighton was originally a hamlet known as East Bradley until the Deighton family purchased the area. It lacks an historic village core,...

The market town of Huddersfield is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees and its largest settlement. It is...

Lockwood is a former township, which was originally called North Crosland and was part of the Crosland family estate. During the...

The small village of Berry Brow lies close to Huddersfield on the eastern bank of the Holme Valley. It is the last village on the line...

Honley is the next village along the Penistone Line, and is somewhat larger than Brockholes. Like that village, it is located on the...

Our next stop on the Penistone Line is the small but scenic village of Brockholes, which is located on the banks of the River Holme and...

The tiny hamlet of Stocksmoor has a pub but no church or shops, and its biggest claim to fame is as the birthplace of church minister Ben...

Shepley isn’t famous for its giant pies like neighbouring Denby Dale, but it is home to Shepley Spring, one of the largest bottled water...

The village of Denby Dale is famous locally for its giant pies. These aren’t baked regularly, indeed only eleven have been baked for...

Of the five metropolitan boroughs that comprise the metropolitan and ceremonial county of West Yorkshire, Kirklees is the first of two we...

Ilkley is a spa town located on banks of the River Wharfe and the north edge of Ilkley Moor, which is famous as the setting of the song...

Ben Rhydding is a village adjacent to Ilkley, located between Ilkley Moor and the River Wharfe. It was originally named Wheatley (a name...

Burley in Wharfedale is close to the south bank of the River Wharfe, and is an old village that is named in the Domesday Book under...