Cleckheaton

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.

Cleckheaton
Cleckheaton
Location within West Yorkshire
Population16,622 (Ward, 2011 census)
OS grid referenceSE185256
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
  • West Yorkshire
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the town
List
  • Drub
  • Hartshead Moorside
  • Hunsworth
  • Marsh
  • Rawfolds
  • Scholes
  • Spen
Post townCLECKHEATON
Postcode districtBD19
Dialling code01274
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
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