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Corporate

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the “Council”) is one of five (5) local authorities in West Yorkshire. It covers an area of one hundred and fifty-seven (157) square miles and has a population of around four hundred and thirty-one thousand (431,000).

The Borough covers a vast geographical area which includes several towns and significantly more rural areas. It has three (3) distinct areas:

• North Kirklees, which includes the urban centres of Mirfield, Dewsbury, Batley and Cleckheaton along with the more rural Spen Valley;
• Huddersfield, being the largest town in Kirklees with approximately one hundred and thirty-seven thousand (137,000) residents; and
• The rural and semi-rural area South and West of Huddersfield, including small towns such as Holmfirth, Meltham, Skelmanthorpe, Kirkburton, Slaithwaite, Marsden, Honley and Denby Dale.

Huddersfield is the business, administrative and retail centre of Kirklees. To the north of Huddersfield, Dewsbury is Kirklees’ second-largest town, but neighbouring Batley, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike and Mirfield are also significant urban areas. North Kirklees built its reputation as one of this country’s major centres of woollen textile production in the nineteenth century.

Kirklees has a significant rural dimension. Much of its southern and western edges are open, uninhabited Pennine moorland. The western fringe of Kirklees (approximately ten percent (10%) of the total area) is within the boundary of the Peak District National Park.

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