Denby Dale
Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is 10 miles (17 km) to the south-east of Huddersfield and 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Barnsley.
Denby Dale | |
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Holy Trinity Church [1] | |
Location within West Yorkshire | |
Population | 16,365 (2011 Census)[2] |
OS grid reference | SE229084 |
Civil parish |
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Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HUDDERSFIELD |
Postcode district | HD8 |
Dialling code | 01484 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
53.572000°N 1.655000°W / 53.572000; -1.655000 |
The village is the main village in the Denby Dale civil parish that also covers Lower Denby, Upper Denby, Upper Cumberworth, Lower Cumberworth, Skelmanthorpe, Emley, Emley Moor and Clayton West. The parish had a population of 14,982 according to the 2001 census,[3] increasing to 16,365 at the 2011 census.[2] The parish council gives the electorate of the village itself as 2,143.[4] The River Dearne runs through the village; in the floods of 2007 it burst its banks on two occasions and caused damage to Springfield Mill.[5]