Meltham
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Meltham is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Holme Valley, below Wessenden Moor, 5 miles south-west of Huddersfield on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It had a population of 8,089 at the 2001 census, which was estimated to have increased to 8,600 by 2005. The population assessed at the 2011 Census was 8,534.
It has 12 elected council members who meet up around every 6 weeks.
Meltham and lower Holme Valley
Meltham Town Hall
Meltham Cub Scouts, on Blackpool Bridge, near Digley reservoir (late 1970s)
Meltham viewed from Royd Edge
Kirklees
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Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by area, behind Doncaster and Leeds.
Image: Huddersfield (16037400213)
Image: Dewsbury Minster in 2021
Image: Cleckheaton Town Hall geograph.org.uk 2936199
Image: Central Holmfirth geograph.org.uk 3229940