Birchencliffe
In the last 100 years the area has grown massively from a small hamlet of houses around the junction of Birchencliffe Hill Road and Halifax Road, near to which St Philip the Apostle Church, was built in 1877.
The area had become important in the 1820s when the Huddersfield to Halifax turnpike road was given a more direct route between Huddersfield town centre and Ainley Top than the 1770s route which ran through Grimescar Woods. One of the toll points on the new road was at Birchencliffe.
The area is mostly a residential district, but a number of small businesses are also now based in the area. There are pockets of woodland helping to divide Birchencliffe from
For many years the area had its own pub, The Grey Horse, alongside Halifax Road, but this was demolished to make way for a supermarket's local store and a bakery chain shop.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is at Halifax Road, Birchencliffe, near the junction with Birkby Road.

Local government
Civil parish council
There is no civil parish council for this area, which prior to 1974 was in the Huddersfield County Borough.Metropolitan district council
Birchencliffe is in the Lindley ward of Kirklees Council, the metropolitan district council.
Kirklees Council website

Travel
Bus services
via Halifax Road :
503 Daily until early evening (until late afternoon Sundays)
Operated by


via Weatherhill Road and Yew Tree Road:
343 Monday to Saturday, daytime
Timetable at


via Weatherhill Road:
501 Daily, evening service (from late afternoon Sundays)
Timetable at


Road travel
Birchencliffe is on the Other places near Birchencliffe: