Upper Denby
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{{Use British English|date=July 2019}}
{{infobox UK place
| static_image_name = Upper Denby Church - geograph.org.uk - 168028.jpg
| static_image_caption = Upper Denby Church
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.560|-1.655|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = West Yorkshire
| official_name = Upper Denby
| population = 715
| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=E34000031|title=Upper Denby Built-up area|accessdate=16 July 2019}}
| metropolitan_borough = Kirklees
| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = Wakefield
| post_town = Huddersfield
| postcode_district = HD8
| postcode_area = HD
| dial_code = 01484
| os_grid_reference = SE229073
}}
Upper Denby is a small village within the civil parish of Denby Dale, and the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England.
Lying 7 miles north-west of Barnsley and 11 miles to the south-east of Huddersfield and 2 miles south of Denby Dale, on an east facing slope of the Pennines, it occupies a position {{convert|820|ft}} above sea level.
The southern edge of the village is bordered by the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley within the county of South Yorkshire.
The village
It has a pub (The George Inn), a dentist, a church (St John the Evangelist){{cite web |title=St John the Evangelist - A Church Near You |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18065/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |accessdate=16 July 2019}} and cricket ground. (The Denby Cricket Club are in the Huddersfield Cricket League)
Upper Denby is home to Denby C of E first school.{{cite web |title=Denby Church Of England Voluntary Aided First School - Home |url=http://www.denbyfirstschool.kirklees.sch.uk |website=www.denbyfirstschool.kirklees.sch.uk |accessdate=16 July 2019}}
In the 2001 census the population was given as 719 and included the settlement of High Flatts.{{cite web |title=Upper Denby Conservation Area Appraisal |url=https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/trees-listing-and-conservation/pdf/conservation-appraisals/UpperDenby.pdf |website=kirklees.gov.uk |accessdate=16 July 2019 |page=3 |format=PDF}} By the 2011 census, this had dropped to a population of 715.
See also
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Category:Villages in West Yorkshire
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