Holmfirth
Sign in to saveHolmfirth () 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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25 sectionsContents
- 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.