Holme Valley

{{Short description|Civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Holme Valley

| civil_parish = Holme Valley

| country= England

| region= Yorkshire and the Humber

|coordinates = {{coord|53|35|N|01|48|W|source:itwiki_region:GB|display=title}}

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| metropolitan_borough= Kirklees

| metropolitan_county= West Yorkshire

| hide_services= Yes

| population =34,680

| population_ref = (2011 census)

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|static_image=Holme Valley PC.jpg

|static_image_caption=Location of Holme Valley within Kirklees

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Holme Valley, formerly Holmfirth is a large civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 25,049 (2001 census), increasing to 34,680 for the two wards in the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13695723&c=Holme+Valley&d=14&e=62&g=6371873&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1456398998484&enc=1|title=Kirklees ward population(Holme Valley North) 2011|access-date=25 February 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689906&c=Holme+Valley&d=14&e=62&g=6371931&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1456399284285&enc=1|title=Kirklees ward population (Holme Valley South) 2011|access-date=25 February 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} Its administrative centre is in Holmfirth. Other sizeable settlements in the parish include, Brockholes, Honley and New Mill. It is named from the River Holme that runs through the parish.

File:Upper Holme Valley.JPG over Totties & New Mill to Honley & Crosland Moor.]]

The parish is the successor to the Holmfirth urban district. An urban district covering Holmfirth was created in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894 and then in 1938, under a County Review Order, absorbed parts of the Holme, Honley, New Mill, South Crosland and Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas urban districts, keeping the name. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the Holmfirth urban district was abolished on 1 April 1974, but its area was retained as a single civil parish with a parish council. On 1 April 1976 the parish was renamed from "Holmfirth" to "Holme Valley".{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/huddersfield.html|title=Huddersfield Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=11 August 2023}}

File:Meltham & Lower Holme Valley.JPG across Netherton and Crosland Moor to Huddersfield and beyond towards Dewsbury.]]