Holmfirth is a small market town in the Holme Valley within Kirklees, England, tucked into the southern edge of the Pennines. Its steep, stone-built streets and former textile mills speak to an industrial past, and the town is still marked by the tragic 1852 failure of Bilberry Reservoir, which flooded the valley and remains a significant episode in local history.
Today Holmfirth combines a quiet service economy with a buoyant visitor scene: it became nationally familiar as the setting for the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine, and that, together with folk and arts festivals, independent shops and a small museum, draws tourists and walkers. Proximity to moorland, reservoirs and routes into the Peak District makes it popular with outdoor enthusiasts, while many residents commute to nearby Huddersfield and beyond.
Postcode districts covering Holmfirth
Most populated places nearby
- Manchester 18.8 miles
- Sheffield 19.3 miles
- Leeds 19.2 miles
- Bradford 15.5 miles
- Oldham 12.7 miles
- Burnley 24.4 miles
- Huddersfield 5.8 miles
- Stockport 18.4 miles
- Salford 20.9 miles
- Rotherham 19.8 miles
- Wakefield 14.1 miles
- Rochdale 15.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Holme Valley South Ward 0.5 miles
- Upperthong Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Holme Valley Parish 0.8 miles
- Holmbridge Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Scholes Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Honley Built-up area 2 miles
- Holme Valley North Ward 2.1 miles
- Meltham Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Crow Edge Built-up area 3.5 miles
- Dunford Parish 3.5 miles
- Shepley and Shelley Built-up area 4 miles
- Crosland Moor and Netherton Ward 4.1 miles
Example postcodes in Holmfirth
HD9 2LZ, HD9 2DQ, HD9 2LL, HD9 1XD, HD9 1ED, HD9 2JR, HD9 1HD, HD9 1EG, HD9 9FU … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 21.4 miles
- Manchester Airport 24.6 miles
- Brockholes Railway Station 2.4 miles
- Honley Railway Station 3 miles
Hotels in Holmfirth Ad
- Elephant & Castle 3
- The Rooms at the Nook
- The Old Bridge Inn, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire 4
- Old Bridge Hotel 3
Schools in Holmfirth
- Holmfirth Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Upperthong Junior and Infant School Primary
Local points of interest
- Galpharm Stadium Stadium 6.2 miles
- Kirklees Priory Historic site 9.2 miles
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 10.7 miles
- Ardotalia Archaeological site 11.2 miles
- Blackstone Edge Mountains 11.5 miles
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 13.4 miles
- Oakwell Stadium 13.4 miles
- Boundary Park Stadium 13.8 miles
- Outwood Library Library 15.3 miles
- The University of Bradford University 15.6 miles
- National Media Museum Museum 15.6 miles
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 16.1 miles