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Cleckheaton
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Cleckheaton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Cleckheaton Town Hall (2690406558).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Cleckheaton Town Hall
- UK place.population
- 16,622
- UK place.population_ref
- (Ward, 2011 census)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Kirklees
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Spen Valley
- UK place.post_town
- CLECKHEATON
- UK place.postcode_district
- BD19
- UK place.postcode_area
- BD
- UK place.dial_code
- 01274
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE185256
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Textile working
- Nonconformity
- Industrial Revolution
- Spen Valley
- 20th century
- Cleckheaton railway station
- Cleckheaton bus station
- Government
- Local government
- Parliamentary representation
- Geography
- Media
- Sports
- Culture
- Cultural Highlights
- Notable Local Artists
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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Cleckheaton is a town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough. Cleckheaton has a history as a mill town and forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.