Dewsbury

Dewsbury
Clockwise from top: Dewsbury Town Hall, Minster Church, Townscape, Markazi Masjid in Savile Town and Market Place
Dewsbury Location within West Yorkshire
Population	63,722 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE245225
• London	188 mi (SE)
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Boothroyd Chickenley Crackenedge Dewsbury Moor Earlsheaton Eastborough Flatts Hanging Heaton (part) Overthorpe Ravensthorpe (part) Savile Town Thornhill Thornhill Edge Thornhill Lees West Town
Post town	DEWSBURY
Postcode district	WF12-13
Dialling code	01924
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Dewsbury
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°41′28″N 1°37′59″W / 53.691°N 1.633°W / 53.691; -1.633

Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, after undergoing a period of major growth in the 19th century as a mill town, Dewsbury went through a period of decline. Dewsbury forms part of the Heavy Woollen District of which it is the largest town. The population of the built-up area was 63,722 at the 2021 Census.