Editing Holmfirth

{{short description|Town in West Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
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| official_name            = Holmfirth
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| static_image_caption     = Holmfirth viewed from Cliffe Lane, above the town
| population               = 5,173
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| post_town                = HOLMFIRTH
| postcode_area            = HD
| postcode_district        = HD9
| dial_code                = 01484
| constituency_westminster = [[Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Colne Valley]]
| civil_parish             = [[Holme Valley]]
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| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]] 
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'''Holmfirth''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|əʊ|m|f|ɜː|θ|}}) is a town in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees]], [[West Yorkshire]], England. It is located {{convert|6|mi|km}} south of [[Huddersfield]] and {{convert|14|mi|km}} west of [[Barnsley]]; the boundary of the [[Peak District National Park]] is {{convert|2|mi|km}} to the south-west. The town is sited on the [[A635 road|A635]] and [[A6024 road|A6024]] roads in the [[Holme Valley]], at the [[confluence]] of the [[River Holme]] and [[River Ribble, West Yorkshire|Ribble]]. It mostly consists of stone-built cottages nestled on the eastern slopes of the [[Pennines|Pennine hills]]. 

[[Historic counties of England|Historically]] part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], Holmfirth was a centre for pioneering film-making by [[Bamforth & Co Ltd|Bamforth & Co.]], which later switched to the production of saucy seaside postcards. Between 1973 and 2010, Holmfirth and the Holme Valley became well known as the filming location of the [[BBC]]'s situation comedy ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. In 2023, the filming location of Sid's Cafe in the town centre was preserved.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/uk-and-ireland/301005859/one-of-uk-tvs-most-famous-cafes-is-saved-as-last-of-the-summer-wine-location-is-no-longer-at-risk |title= Sid's Cafe is saved |publisher=  Stuff/Fairfax |date= 2023|accessdate=8 November 2023}}</ref> There is a Last of Summer wine museum, which was opened by [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]] who played [[Compo Simmonite|Compo]], and holiday makers can stay in [[Nora Batty|Nora Batty’s cottage]] as well as a bus tour of filming locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lastofthesummerwineexhibition.com/summer-wine-exhibition/|title=Summer Wine Exhibition|accessdate=8 March 2025}}</ref>

==History==
The name ''Holmfirth'' derives from [[Old English]] ''holegn'' ('holly'), in the name of [[Holme, West Yorkshire]], compounded with Middle English ''frith'' ('wood'). It thus meant 'the woods at Holme'.<ref>Victor Watts (ed.), ''The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v.</ref>

The town originally grew up around a corn mill and bridge in the 13th century. Three hundred years later Holmfirth expanded rapidly as the growing cloth trade grew, and the production of stone and slates from the surrounding quarries increased. The present [[parish church]] was built in 1778 after the church built in 1476 was swept away in a flood the previous year. Dr [[Albert Lister Peace]] was the church's organist, at the age of nine, in the early 1850s.<ref>''A Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', [[John Hullah]] (1900)</ref> In 1850 [[Holmfirth railway station]] opened, on the branch line built by the [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]] Company.

Local men who served and died in the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s are commemorated on the Holme Valley War Memorial found outside Holme Valley Memorial Hospital.

===Bamforth & Co===
Holmfirth was the home of [[Bamforth & Co Ltd]], who were well known for their [[Postcard#Seaside postcards|cheeky seaside postcards]] – although around the time of the [[First World War]], they produced postcards of a more sober nature. The printing works on Station Road has now been converted into residential flats.

Bamforth's company were early pioneers of film-making, before they abandoned the business in favour of postcards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/holmfirths-bamforths-saucy-seaside-postcards-4987682|title=Holmfirth's Bamforth's saucy seaside postcards to be relaunched today on 100th anniversary – gallery of postcards here|date=28 September 2010|work=Huddersfield Examiner|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> During the early 1900s Holmfirth was well known for film making;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/532480/|title=BFI Screenonline: Bamforth, James (1842–?) Biography|website=Screenonline.org.uk|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/films/film_locations_kirklees.shtml|title=BBC – Bradford and West Yorkshire – Films – Local films for local people|publisher=BBC|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bradford/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9398000/9398137.stm|title=Holmfirth's film maker in focus|date=15 February 2011|work=BBC News|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> During the periods 1898–1900 and 1913–1915 Bamforth and Co. produced what the [[British Film Institute]] describes as 'a modest but historically significant collection of films'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/449654/|title=BFI Screenonline: Film Studios and Industry Bodies > Bamforth and Co.|website=Screenonline.org.uk|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

===Flooding===
{{Main|Holmfirth floods}}
There are a number of instances when [[flood]]ing has occurred in the Holme Valley affecting Holmfirth and other settlements in the valley. The earliest recorded Holmfirth flood was in 1738<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ckcricketheritage.org.uk/southkirklees/holmfirth/docs/holmfirth_downyourway.pdf|title=Cricket Heritage of Holmfirth|website=Ckcricketheritage.org.uk|access-date=3 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816081202/http://www.ckcricketheritage.org.uk/southkirklees/holmfirth/docs/holmfirth_downyourway.pdf|archive-date=16 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the most recent was 1944. The most severe flood occurred early on the morning of 5 February 1852, when the embankment of the Bilberry Reservoir collapsed causing the deaths of 81 people. Following a severe storm in 1777 the [[River Holme]] burst its banks, sweeping away people and property with the loss of three lives; the stone church built in 1476, was also swept away. A storm in 1821 again caused the river to burst its banks. The flooding on the night of 29 May 1944 was not nationally reported and it was then overshadowed by the [[Normandy landings|D-Day landings]] the following week.

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File:HolmfirthCentral(RLH)2007-03-21(1Mb).jpg| View across Holmfirth to [[Castle Hill, Huddersfield|Castle Hill]], Huddersfield, taken from Dunsley Bank Road
File:Holmfirth2.jpg|Holmfirth centre showing the parish church
File:Lodge's Supermarket (now derelict) - geograph.org.uk - 500159.jpg|Former supermarket built spanning the [[River Holme]]
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==Description==
Holmfirth (and the surrounding countryside) is the setting for the [[BBC]]'s long-running comedy ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. Thousands of tourists flock to the area each year to enjoy scenery and locations familiar from the series. Filming of the TV [[Slaithwaite]]-based drama, [[Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)|''Where the Heart Is'']], had also taken place in and around the area.

The former Lodge's [[supermarket]] building had been sitting empty in the heart of the town since the [[Co-op]] moved to new premises in Crown Bottom. Lodge's was built in the 1970s by the prominent local grocery company. It was opened by [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] [[Disc Jockey|DJ]] [[Tony Blackburn]] and occupied an unusual location over the River Holme beside the town's small bus station. Lodge's was bought in the 1990s by [[Co-operative Retail Services]] who eventually closed the store down in 1997, after investing in a brand new £2&nbsp;million supermarket for the town. Local residents, led by the Holme Valley Business Association, campaigned for its demolition. Their campaign was featured in the 2005 [[Channel 4]] documentary, ''[[Demolition (TV series)|Demolition]]''. The building has since been converted into several smaller shops, including a Sainsbury's Local, with some accommodation on the top floor.

==Governance==
Until 1974, the area was administered by Holmfirth Urban District Council which was based at the Council Offices in Huddersfield Road in Holmfirth.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46030|page=8324|date=17 July 1973}}</ref> Since then, Holmfirth has been administered by [[Kirklees Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/information-and-data/area-and-ward-profiles.aspx|title=Area and Ward Profiles|publisher=Kirklees Council|access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref> At the lowest tier the local parish council is [[Holme Valley|Holme Valley Parish Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.holmevalleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/|title=Welcome to Holme Valley Parish Council|access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
===Primary education===
Holmfirth's only primary school is Holmfirth Junior, Infant, and Nursery School located on Cartworth Road; however, there are many other primary schools in villages and hamlets closely surrounding Holmfirth. In 2017, 82% of the school's student were achieving the expected standard for their age and 12% were exceeding the expected standard.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://holmfirthjinschool.net/ | title=Holmfirth Junior, Infant, and Nursery School KS2 SATS School Summary Report 2017 | access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>

===Secondary education===
[[Holmfirth High School]] is a coeducational secondary school that takes in students from the local primary schools named above as well as students from neighbouring villages and hamlets. The school has over 1,300 pupils, split over five-year groups from years 7 to 11. As of June 2023, the school has an Ofsted rating of "outstanding".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50225113|title=School report Inspection of Holmfirth High School|date=June 2023|publisher=Ofsted|accessdate=26 June 2024}}</ref>

==Economy==
Holmfirth's economy is dominated by rural and tourism activities. A 2013 youth survey<ref name="youth">{{cite web|url=http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/involve/publisheddoc.aspx?ref=mzgowav3&e=522|title=Kirklees Council Survey|website=2.kirklees.gov.uk|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409102906/http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/involve/publisheddoc.aspx?ref=mzgowav3&e=522|archive-date=9 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> identified reducing opportunities for young adults in the area and an intention to leave to find employment. The survey resulted in a successful bid for lottery funding to create new opportunities and training to increase employment opportunities in the area. Tourism economic activity is increasing with several accommodation and tourist pursuits developing in the town including booking software to manage and market accommodation. New holiday accommodation includes that linked to the new Winery in Cartworth Moor.

[[Longley Farm]], founded in 1948, manufacturer of dairy products, is a significant employer in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/longley-farm-celebrates-60-years-5007679|title=Longley Farm celebrates 60 years with awards to long-serving staff|first=Henryk|last=Zientek|date=10 December 2009|work=Huddersfield Examiner|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

==Sport==
On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 [[Tour de France]], from York to Sheffield, passed through the town.<ref name="tdf">{{cite web |url=http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/tourdefrance/index.aspx |title=Kirklees Council Images of the Tour de France |access-date=22 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065504/http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/tourdefrance/index.aspx |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html|title=Tour de France Stage 1|website=Letour.com|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103415/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html|archive-date=25 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The event was televised internationally and attracted huge crowds cheering the riders through the town.
Holmfirth Cycling Club was formed in 2013 and, with over 400 members by 2016 became the fastest growing cycling club in the UK.
Holmfirth Harriers is an over one hundred year old running group from the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/articles/2007/10/02/holmfirth_harriers_centenary_feature.shtml|title=Holmfirth Harriers' hundred!|last=BBC|access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref>
Holmfirth Cricket Club plays just out of the centre of town next to the river Holme, there are also many local village football teams, such as the Holme Valley Academicals, playing in the [[Huddersfield and District Association Football League|Huddersfield District League]].
[[Underbank Rangers]], one of the most famous amateur Rugby League clubs are based in the town.

==Media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] and local relay transmitters.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Emley_Moor|title=Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=3 October 2023}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Holmfirth|title=Freeview Light on the Holmfirth (Kirklees, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=3 October 2023}}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]] on 92.4&nbsp;FM, [[Heart Yorkshire]] on 106.2&nbsp;FM, [[Capital Yorkshire]] on 105.6&nbsp;FM, [[Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] on 96.3&nbsp;FM and [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] on 102.5&nbsp;FM.{{cn|date=October 2023}} 

The town is served by the local newspaper, ''[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/Huddersfield-Daily-Examiner/|title= Huddersfield Daily Examiner|date=2 March 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=3 October 2023}}</ref>

==Transport==
===Railway===
{{Main|Holmfirth Branch Line}}

The nearest [[National Rail]] station is at {{rws|Brockholes}}, {{convert|2.2|mi|km}} away from the town centre. [[Northern Trains]] operates a regular service along the [[Penistone Line]] between {{rws|Huddersfield}}, {{rws|Barnsley}} and {{rws|Sheffield}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=May 2023 |access-date=28 October 2023 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

The town was previously served by [[Holmfirth railway station]], which was at the end of a short branch line, which diverged from the Penistone Line just south of [[Brockholes]]. A [[viaduct]] took the line across the valley and into [[Thongsbridge]] where [[Thongsbridge railway station|another station]] was sited. The line then went along the side of the valley coming to a halt just outside the town centre on Station Road. Plans did exist for the line to be extended up the valley and then tunnel under Black Hill to join the [[Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway|Woodhead line]] between {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}} and {{rws|Sheffield Victoria}}. The line closed to passengers in 1959, with goods traffic lasting until 1965. Holmfirth's station building and platform still remain as a private house. Other sections of the line further down the valley have been sold off for private housing and the viaduct, crossing the valley from the A616 (New Mill Road), at Brockholes, over Spring Wood, has been demolished.

The station was presided over and maintained by a groundskeeper, Cecil Walker, between the years 1850 and 1879, when he retired and maintenance responsibilities were transferred to the council.

===Buses===
[[File:Holmbs 777.JPG|thumb|Holmfirth bus station]]

Holmfirth bus station is located in the centre of the town, from which regular services take varying routes around the outlying villages and to Huddersfield's bus and railway stations. Additional routes connect the town with [[Barnsley]], [[Sheffield]], [[Wakefield]], [[Denby Dale]], [[Penistone]], [[Slaithwaite]] and [[Honley]]. Limited services operate to [[Glossop]] in north [[Derbyshire]], and [[Ashton-under-Lyne]] and [[Uppermill]] in [[Greater Manchester]]. Services are operated by [[First Calderdale & Huddersfield]], [[Team Pennine]], Stott's Coaches and South Pennine Community Transport.<ref>{{cite web |title=Holmfirth Bus Services |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=28 October 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/holmfirth |quote=}}</ref>

==Culture==
===Holmfirth Choral Society===
[[File:Holmfirth Civic Hall - Huddersfield Road - geograph.org.uk - 500191.jpg|thumb|[[Holmfirth Civic Hall]]]]
Holmfirth Choral Society hold regular classical choral music concerts in [[Holmfirth Civic Hall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holmfirth.org.uk/|title=Holmfirth Choral Society – official home page|website=Holmfirth.org.uk|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> and the Holme Valley Orchestra plays throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/whats-on/music/holme-valley-orchestras-weekend-concert-6329134|title=Holme Valley Orchestra's weekend concert|first=Val|last=Javin|date=22 November 2013|work=Huddersfield Examiner|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

The town is particularly associated with an unusual choral [[folk song]], known as the [[Holmfirth Anthem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Traditional-music-in-England/025M-C1002X0094XX-0600V0|publisher=British Library|title=Pratty flowers (Holmfirth anthem)
|access-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>

Holmfirth's Film Festival and Festival of Folk are held every May, and its Arts Festival takes place over two weeks in June.

===Film festival===
The town's cinema, the Picturedrome, which opened in 1912 as the Valley Theatre,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/big-plans-for-picturedrome-5025961|title=Big plans for Picturedrome|first=Dave|last=Himelfield|date=10 January 2009|work=Huddersield Examiner|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref> is now a live music venue and has been nominated for the NME Best Small Venue. It hosts various music events. Acts such as [[Adam Ant]], [[Bad Manners]], [[Buzzcocks]], [[Evile]], [[Fish (singer)|Fish]], [[Half Man Half Biscuit]], [[Hawkwind]], [[John Martyn]], [[Ocean Colour Scene]], the [[Red Hot Chilli Pipers]], [[Ron Sexsmith]], [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]], [[Suzi Quatro]] and [[The Beat (British band)|the Beat]] have performed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cackblabbath.co.uk/2011/10/08/evile-live-at-holmfirth-picturedrome/|title=Evile Live at Holmfirth Picturedrome|website=Cackblabbath.co.uk|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118020942/http://www.cackblabbath.co.uk/2011/10/08/evile-live-at-holmfirth-picturedrome/|archive-date=18 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/event/343186+Bad+Manners+at+PictureDrome+on+28+December+2007|title=Bad Manners at PictureDrome (Holmfirth, West Yorkshire) on 28 Dec 2007
|website=Last.fm|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Z_lLOOTKQjU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140613003730/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_lLOOTKQjU&feature=related Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_lLOOTKQjU|title=Bad Manners Walking in the Sunshine Huddersfield Holmfirth Picturedrome|date=15 June 2009|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=13 January 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/HRCozb8Ui9U Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140613004034/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRCozb8Ui9U Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRCozb8Ui9U|title=Adam Ant Holmfirth Picturedrome 03/062011 Part 1|author=Chris Thompson|date=4 June 2011|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=13 January 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/hfx1moZ3X6Y Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140613004146/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfx1moZ3X6Y Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfx1moZ3X6Y|title=Hawkwind – Holmfirth Picturedrome – 03/12/10|date=5 December 2010|access-date=13 January 2018|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Art week===
Holmfirth Art Week, with its July exhibition in the Civic Hall, raises money for [[Macmillan Cancer Support|Macmillan Cancer Relief]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holmfirthartweek.org.uk/ |title=Holmfirth Art Week – Official website |access-date=13 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219043412/http://holmfirthartweek.org.uk/ |archive-date=19 December 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Holmfirth Festival of Folk===
The Holmfirth Festival of Folk takes place in May of each year, featuring a wide selection of [[folk music]] and [[folk dance]] acts from around the UK. Performances take place in a variety of indoor and outdoor venues throughout the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk/|title=Holmfirth Festival of Folk|website=Holmfirth Festival of Folk|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/tenth-holmfirth-festival-folk-hit-9079435|title=Tenth Holmfirth Festival of Folk to hit town on May 8 to 10|first=Chloe|last=Glover|date=20 April 2015|work=Huddersfield Examiner|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

===Holmfirth Arts Festival===
Holmfirth Arts Festival is a multi-arts festival which celebrates Creativity, Ideas, People and Landscape in the Holme Valley. Its ticketed, community engagement, outdoor arts and arts in the landscape programmes take place throughout the year, culminating in an annual four-day festival on the second weekend in June.

===Brass bands===
The Holme Valley [[Brass Band]] Contest takes place each year at the civic hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://communitydirectory.kirklees.gov.uk/communityDirectory/organisationdetails.aspx?orgid=997|title=Holme Valley Brass Band Contest|website=communitydirectory.kirklees.gov.uk|access-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
Actress [[Jessica Gunning]], who won an [[Emmy Award]] for her role in ''[[Baby Reindeer]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2024/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie |title=76th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners – OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE – 2024 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> was born in Holmfirth in 1986.<ref name="RadioTimes">{{cite news |last=Cormack |first=Morgan |date=15 April 2024 |title=Who is Jessica Gunning? Baby Reindeer star who plays Martha in Netflix series |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/jessica-gunning-baby-reindeer-age-instagram/ |access-date=19 September 2024 |work=[[Radio Times]]}}</ref>

==Surrounding villages==
Holmfirth is a town almost seven&nbsp;miles (11&nbsp;km) south of the larger town of Huddersfield. While the town of Holmfirth itself is comparatively small, it is surrounded by several [[Hamlet (place)|hamlets]] and villages. These neighbouring settlements are often collectively referred to as "Holmfirth", and include: [[Austonley]], Arrunden, Burnlee, Cinderhills, Cliff, Deanhouse, Netherthong, Gully, Flushhouse, [[Hade Edge]], [[Thongsbridge]], [[Upperthong]] and Washpit. Many of these are located on Cartworth Moor.

Other villages and hamlets within the Holmfirth [[post town]] include: [[Brockholes]], [[Fulstone]], [[Jackson Bridge]], [[Hepworth, West Yorkshire|Hepworth]], [[Holme, West Yorkshire|Holme]], [[Holmbridge]], [[Honley]], [[Meltham]], [[Netherthong]], [[New Mill, West Yorkshire|New Mill]], [[Scholes, Holme Valley|Scholes]], [[Totties, Holmfirth|Totties]], [[Thongsbridge]], [[Upperthong]], [[Longley, Huddersfield|Longley]], [[Hade Edge]], Underbank and [[Wooldale]].

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Holmfirth}}
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*[http://www.holmfirthartsfestival.co.uk Holmfirth Arts Festival]
*[http://www.holmfirthartweek.org.uk/ Holmfirth Art Week]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180810000357/http://holmfirthcricketclub.org.uk/ Holmfirth Cricket Club]
*[http://www.holmfirth.org.uk/ Holmfirth Choral Society]
*[http://www.holmevalleyorchestra.co.uk/ Holme Valley Orchestra]
*[http://holmfirthfilmfestival.co.uk/ Holmfirth Film Festival]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050413221113/http://www.virtualhuddersfield.com/homair.htm An aerial photo of the town centre]
*[http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/visitors/holmfirth.aspx Holmfirth Official Tourist Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112005638/http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/visitors/holmfirth.aspx |date=12 January 2016 }}
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3438849/ Holmfirth Choral Society at imdb.com]
*[http://www.holmfirthcc.com/ Holmfirth Cycling Club]
*[http://www.thongsbridgecricketclub.co.uk/ Thongsbridge Cricket Club]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160201134735/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/holmfirthtownfc/ Homfirth Town FC]
*[http://www.holytrinityholmfirth.org.uk/ Holmfirth Parish Church]
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