Kirkheaton

For the village in Northumberland, see Kirkheaton, Northumberland.

Kirkheaton
St John's Church
Kirkheaton Kirkheaton shown within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°39′19″N 1°43′44″W / 53.6552°N 1.7290°W / 53.6552; -1.7290

Kirkheaton is a village 3 miles (5 km) north east of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England with a population of 4,209 together with Upper Heaton. Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Education

Kirkheaton has a primary school, Kirkheaton Primary School, which is situated on New Road.

Notable people

England cricketers George Herbert Hirst, Allen Hill and Wilfred Rhodes were all born in the village and played cricket for Kirkheaton Cricket Club. Also the cricketers, William Bates, John Thewlis Senior, and Lewis Wrathmell, were also all born in the village and played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirkheaton, Kirklees.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 04, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.