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 miles30.2 km
- Sheffield 19.3 miles31.1 km
- Leeds 19.2 miles30.8 km
- Bradford 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Oldham 12.7 miles20.5 km
- Burnley 24.4 miles39.2 km
- Huddersfield 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Stockport 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Salford 20.9 miles33.6 km
- Rotherham 19.8 miles31.9 km
- Wakefield 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Rochdale 15.9 miles25.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Holme Valley South Ward 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Upperthong Built-up area 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Holme Valley Parish 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Holmbridge Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Scholes Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Honley Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Holme Valley North Ward 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Meltham Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Crow Edge Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Dunford Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Shepley and Shelley Built-up area 4 miles6.5 km
- Crosland Moor and Netherton Ward 4.1 miles6.7 km
Example postcodes in Holmfirth
HD9 7AW, HD9 3AX, HD9 9EL, HD9 2AX, HD9 2JL, HD9 1AQ, HD9 2DN, HD9 1HD, HD9 2BH … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Manchester Airport 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Brockholes Railway Station 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Honley Railway Station 3 miles4.8 km
Hotels near Holmfirth Ad
- The Dog and Partridge 4 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Woodsome Hall Golf Club Dormy House 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Manor House Lindley 5 6.6 miles10.6 km
- The Foxglove by Innkeeper's Collection 4 4.7 miles7.5 km
- The Briar Court Hotel 3 7 miles11.3 km
- Bagden Hall Hotel 3 6.7 miles10.9 km
- The Old Bell Inn 9.3 miles14.9 km
- The Cambridge Hotel 3 6 miles9.6 km
- Cubley Hall 3 7.6 miles12.2 km
- The Saddleworth Hotel 4 8.6 miles13.8 km
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 miles10 km
- Kirklees Priory Historic site 9.2 miles14.8 km
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Ardotalia Archaeological site 11.2 miles18 km
- Blackstone Edge Mountains 11.5 miles18.5 km
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Oakwell Stadium 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Boundary Park Stadium 13.8 miles22.1 km
- Outwood Library Library 15.3 miles24.7 km
- The University of Bradford University 15.6 miles25.1 km
- National Media Museum Museum 15.6 miles25.2 km
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 16.1 miles25.9 km