Liversedge and Gomersal sit in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, on the edge of the Spen Valley. The area is a mix of valley and hillside, with the Spen Valley Greenway following a disused railway and offering popular walking and cycling routes; it also sits within easy commuting distance of Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield. You’ll find a patchwork of stone-built Victorian terraces, former mill sites and more suburban housing as the landscape shifts between urban edges and greener belts.
Historically the towns grew with the 19th-century textile and heavy woollen trades, and that industrial past still shows in former mills and chapels dotted around both settlements. Today the area feels residential and community-focused, with local shops, schools and pubs alongside small pockets of industry and ongoing regeneration of old industrial buildings into housing or business space; there’s a definite sense of local identity tied to the Spen Valley’s industrial heritage.
Postcode districts covering Liversedge and Gomersal
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 8.9 miles
- Bradford 5.9 miles
- Oldham 20.1 miles
- Burnley 22.9 miles
- Huddersfield 5.6 miles
- Rotherham 23.8 miles
- Wakefield 8.3 miles
- Rochdale 20.3 miles
- Harrogate 20.5 miles
- Halifax 7.2 miles
- Barnsley 14.2 miles
- Castleford 14.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Liversedge Built-up area 0.3 miles
- Moor Top Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Heckmondwike Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Cleckheaton Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Scholes Built-up area 2 miles
- Gomersal and Birkenshaw Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Batley West Ward 2.2 miles
- Mirfield Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Birstall and Birkenshaw Ward 2.4 miles
- Dewsbury West Ward 2.6 miles
- Batley Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Oakenshaw Built-up area 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Liversedge and Gomersal
WF15 8FG, WF15 7LP, BD19 4RP, WF15 7NR, WF15 6NQ, BD19 4RU, WF15 6HE, WF15 6DT, BD19 4AD … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 10.8 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 32.8 miles
- Mirfield Railway Station 2.8 miles
- Ravensthorpe Railway Station 3.2 miles
Hotels near Liversedge and Gomersal Ad
- Healds Hall Hotel 3 0.7 miles
- Manor House Lindley 5 6 miles
- Best Western Bradford Guide Post Hotel 3 3.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Leeds Brighouse 4 2.4 miles
- The Briar Court Hotel 3 5.8 miles
- Woodlands Hotel 4 4.9 miles
- Hyatt House Leeds 4 8.6 miles
- The Mews 5.5 miles
- Dakota Leeds 5 8.8 miles
- The Corn Mill Lodge Hotel 3 6.8 miles
Schools in Liversedge and Gomersal
- Gomersal Primary School Primary
- Gomersal St Mary's C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Hartshead Junior and Infant School Primary
- Headlands C of E Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary
- High Bank Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Hollybank School Special
- Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Roberttown C of E Primary School Primary
- Spen Valley High School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Kirklees Priory Historic site 1.7 miles
- Galpharm Stadium Stadium 4.7 miles
- National Media Museum Museum 5.9 miles
- The University of Bradford University 6.1 miles
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 6.3 miles
- Valley Parade Stadium 6.8 miles
- Elland Road Stadium 7.1 miles
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 7.7 miles
- Outwood Library Library 8.1 miles
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 8.8 miles
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 9 miles
- Stanley Library Library 9.3 miles