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Slaithwaite (/ ˈ s l æ θ. w eɪ t / SLATH-wayt, ; Old Norse for "timber-fell thwaite/clearing") [1] is a town in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , it is in the Colne Valley and on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal , 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Huddersfield .
Slaithwaite Town Hall, also known as Empire House is a former municipal building in Lewisham Road in the town of Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England. The building, which served as the offices of Colne Valley Urban District Council, is now a business centre.
Slaithwaite railway station serves the town of Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England. The station is 4 miles (6 km) west of Huddersfield railway station on the Huddersfield Line between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria. The station is situated between the centre of the town and the "Hill Top" residential area.
The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council . Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by area , behind Doncaster and Leeds .
Colne Valley is an unparished area in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Colne Valley ward contains over 480 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, twelve are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. This list contains the listed buildings in the central ...
Slaithwaite Urban District — 1,284 hectares (3,170 acres), population 5,183; Colne Valley UD was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees on 1 April 1974. No successor parish was created for the area, but its boundaries remain reflected in a ward of the same name on Kirklees Council.
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Pages in category "City and town halls in West Yorkshire" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .