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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Wikidata facts

Population: 16622
Image: Town Hall Cleckheaton.jpg
Dialing code: 01274

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Commons category: Cleckheaton
postal code: BD19
OS grid reference: SE185256
P8168: Zrenjanin

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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
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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.