Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Birkenshaw |
|
|---|---|
 Birkenshaw
|
|
| OS grid reference | SE203279 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRADFORD |
| Postcode district | BD11 |
| Dialling code | 01274, 0113 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament |
|
Birkenshaw is a village in the borough of Kirklees in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It lies at the crossroads between the A58 Leeds to Halifax road and the A651 Bradford to Heckmondwike road. At the 2011 census, the village was located in the ward of Birstall and Birkenshaw, which had a population 16,298. The name of the village derives from Old English and means "Birch Wood". Birkenshaw forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
Birkenshaw is in the Bradford conurbation and the Bradford postcode area. Most landline telephones have the Bradford dialling code (01274), but some use the Leeds prefix (0113).
It is the site of the headquarters of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Location grid
 |
Bradford | |
||
| Cleckheaton |  |
Drighlington | ||
 Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire  |
||||
 |
||||
| Gomersal |
Transportation
The village used to have a railway station (Birkenshaw and Tong) on the former Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway. It was closed to passengers in 1953 and closed completely in 1964.
Notable people
Birkenshaw was the birthplace of Terry Uttley and Alan Silson, two of the founding members of the band Smokie.
The Tetley family of malters, from whom the brewer Joshua Tetley emerged, were from Birkenshaw.
Images for kids
-
Birkenshaw and Tong station closed in 1953
