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Post town Holmfirth
Postcode district HD9
Dialling code 01484
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53°33′27″N1°49′10″W / 53.557404°N 1.819417°W / 53.557404; -1.819417

Holmbridge is a small village on the A6024 to the southwest of Holmfirth and south of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the parish of Holme Valley and the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. [1]

In the 1950s, it was a site in the Survey of English Dialects.

On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the village. [2]

The village has one pub, the Bridge Tavern, one church, the Parish Church of St David, and a Village / Parish Hall. [3]

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References

  1. "Holmbridge". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  2. "Tour de France Stage 1". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. "Home". www.holmbridgechurch.org.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2017.