Cleckheaton

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Cleckheaton

Coordinates53.73°, -1.71°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cleckheaton is a town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough. Cleckheaton has a history as a mill town and forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Joseph Jagger

British gambler (1830–1892)

Brian Robinson

British road cyclist (1930–2022)

Jesse Ramsden

British engraver and instrument maker

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Roy Newsome

British conductor, composer, arranger, broadcaster, music educator, and cornet player

Wilfred Rhodes

Cricket player of England. (1877-1973)

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Lee Blakeley

British theatre director (1971–2017)

George Hirst

English cricket player (1871-1954)

Bill Bowes

Cricket player of England. (1908-1987)

David Whyte

English poet (born 1955)

Allen Hill

English cricketer (1843-1910)

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Bert Lee

English songwriter

Edith Pretty

British landowner and donator

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Eric Walker

British flying ace (1896-1983)

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Harvey Anderson

cricketer (born 1972)

James Bintliff

American general (1824-1901)

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John Noakes

English actor, presenter and television personality (1934-2017)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Gomersal
  1.2 mi away
• Liversedge
  1.3 mi away
• Elland
  5.8 mi away
• Farsley
  6.3 mi away
• Horsforth
  8.4 mi away
• Newton Hill
  8.8 mi away
• Esholt
  9.1 mi away
• Rothwell
  9.8 mi away
• Meltham
  10.8 mi away
• Heath
  10.9 mi away
• Altofts
  11.6 mi away
• Penistone
  14.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cleckheaton

Spen Valley, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Liversedge and Gomersal

Norman Ellis · 2001

Talking history

1995

Report on the ethnographical survey of the United Kingdom

British Association for the Advancement of Science. · 1897

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-26

Black-tailed Aphideater

Eupeodes luniger

Seen 2026-09-26

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Seen 2026-09-25

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-25

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-25

Bank Vole

Clethrionomys glareolus

Seen 2026-09-25

Canestrini's Harvestman

Opilio canestrinii

Seen 2026-09-25

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-09-25

Biting Stonecrop

Sedum acre

Seen 2026-09-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers