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, 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.
Cleckheaton Town Hall
Church of St John The Evangelist
Whitechapel Church
Independent Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street
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