Editing Kirkburton (section)

==Sport==
Kirkburton AFC play in the 1st Division of the West Riding County Amateur Football League at the Gregory Playing Fields on Hallas Road. Kirkburton Junior Football Club train at the artificial pitches at Kirkburton Middle School. The village is home to [[Storthes Hall|Stafflex Arena]] which was the former training ground for [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] and is now the home of [[Shelley C.F.C.]], Huddersfield Town Ladies and Collegians FC.

Kirkburton Cricket Club was founded at the Rose and Crown Inn on 25 February 1860. The public house, at the bottom of Slant Gate, is now a private residence. The club played at Turnshaws before moving to Riley in 1878. The club was a founding member of the Huddersfield and District Alliance in 1893. Former [[England Cricket Team|England]] cricketer [[Phillip DeFreitas]] played for the club in 1995.

The Gregory Fields Tennis Club, formerly the Fenay Bridge Tennis Club, was built on Burton Acres Lane with lottery assistance in 2000. The club has changing facilities and three floodlit macadam courts.