Where is the Holme Valley?

Holme Valley Parish Council’s area lies on the edge of the Pennines in West Yorkshire. It has boundaries with South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester to the east and south, and within West Yorkshire, with Meltham Town Council to the west, Huddersfield to the north, and Kirkburton Parish Council to the east. It is some 25 miles from Sheffield, Wakefield, Manchester and Leeds.

What communities lie within HV's boundaries?

Its two main centres are Holmfirth and Honley, but the villages and communities of Brockholes, Cinderhills, Hade Edge, Hepworth, Hinchliffe Mill, Holmbridge, Holme, Jackson Bridge, Netherthong, New Mill, Scholes, Thongsbridge, Upperthong and Wooldale are all within the Parish Council’s area.

The area is split into 12 wards, as shown in the list of Councillors and on the ward map. The 23 Members currently represent a population of some 25,000.

Click here for Parish Wards map (very large)