Holmbridge

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Holmbridge
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Former National School, Bank Top Lane, Holmbridge
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Holmbridge
Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Holmfirth
Postcode district HD9
Dialling code 01484
Police West Yorkshire
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Ambulance Yorkshire
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England
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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]

Four Inns Walk started at St. David's Church, Woodhead Road, Holmbridge.

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 Pickled Pheasant, one church, the Parish Church of St David, and a Village / Parish Hall. [3]

Holmbridge Cricket Club, who play in the Huddersfield Cricket League [4] , are one of the village's central features.

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.
  4. "Huddersfield Cricket League" . Retrieved 18 June 2025.