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Metropolitan borough
  
Kirklees

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Fire
  
West Yorkshire

Dialling code
  
01484

Country
  
England

Police
  
West Yorkshire

Metropolitan county
  
West Yorkshire

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Region
  
Yorkshire and the Humber

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.

Contents

Map of Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, UK

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

    Kirkheaton Wikipedia
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