Cleckheaton

Cleckheaton
Cleckheaton
	Cleckheaton Town Hall
	Cleckheaton Location within West Yorkshire
Population	16,622 (Ward, 2011 census)
OS grid reference	SE185256
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLECKHEATON
Postcode district	BD19
Dialling code	01274
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Batley and Spen;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°43′30″N 1°43′08″W / 53.725°N 1.719°W

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,^[2] 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.

^ Cite error: The named reference 2011 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cleckheaton" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 478.

Cleckheaton
Cleckheaton Town Hall
Cleckheaton Location within West Yorkshire
Population	16,622 (Ward, 2011 census)^[1]
OS grid reference	SE185256
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLECKHEATON
Postcode district	BD19
Dialling code	01274

Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire

UK Parliament	Batley and Spen
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°43′30″N 1°43′08″W / 53.725°N 1.719°W / 53.725; -1.719