Meltham town, the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltham

2024: "Meltham is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Holme Valley, below Wessenden Moor, 5 miles (8 kilometres) south-west of Huddersfield on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It had a population of 8,089 at the 2001 census,[2] which was estimated to have increased to 8,600 by 2005.[3] The population assessed at the 2011 Census was 8,534.[1] It has 12 elected council members who meet up around every 6 weeks.[4] Meltham also includes the small village of Helme which has its own school and church. Meltham is situated within close reach of several major cities. Bradford is 14 miles (23 km) to the north, Leeds is 19 miles (31 km) north-east, Manchester is 19 miles (31 km) to the south-west and Sheffield is 21 miles (34 km) to the south-east.

Surrounding towns and villages within the Kirklees area include Crosland Moor, Golcar, Honley, Holmfirth, Linthwaite, Marsden, Netherton and Slaithwaite, with the villages of Saddleworth not far away across the county border in Oldham.

The Pennine Way runs across Wessenden Head around 3 miles (5 km) to the south-west and the Peak District Boundary Walk also runs past the west side of the town.[6] Meltham Mills was also the former base of the David Brown Tractors factory opening in 1939 and closing operations on the site in 1988. The various building have now been converted into a diverse number of industrial units, one housing a Tractor museum and other large sections containing an indoor Kart racing track (now closed down). [19]

Durker Roods, the former home of Sir David Brown was converted into a hotel and the grounds were sold for private housing. The hotel closed in 2021, and is currently falling into disrepair."

Address

Meltham Town Council

Town Hall

Meltham

Huddersfield

HD7 3AD

Email

2024: Meltham Town Council: clerk@melthamtc.freeserve.co.uk

Phone

Meltham Town Council: 01484 852367

Website

Meltham Town Council: https://web.archive.org/web/20060212073712/http://www.kirkleesmc.gov.uk/you-kmc/parishcouncil/meltham.shtml 

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Morrisons

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Meltham

Holmfirth HD9 5QR