Oakenshaw, West Yorkshire

Oakenshaw
Oakenshaw
 Oakenshaw shown within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan boroughCity of Bradford, Kirklees
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BRADFORD
Postcode district BD12
Dialling code 01274
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 53°45′29″N 1°44′20″W / 53.758°N 1.739°W / 53.758; -1.739

Oakenshaw is a village near Cleckheaton in the City of Bradford metropolitan district and Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

Oakenshaw Cross, in Wyke Lane, in August 2007.

It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Bradford, close to the M606 motorway and junction 26 of the M62.

The village is in both the Bradford and the Kirklees Metropolitan districts, but the whole village has a Bradford postcode, post town, and the 01274 phone number prefix. Victoria Park and the cricket ground, home of Woodlands Cricket Club, are in Bradford and St. Andrew's Church (with the M606 behind it) is in Kirklees.

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