Emley

EmleyMarket cross, EmleyEmley Millennium GreenSt Michael the Archangel Church, EmleyEmley is a village 7 miles east-south-east of Huddersfield town centre (nearly 8 miles by road).

At the centre of Emley is the stump of its medieval market cross, the village having gained a market charter in 1253.

The village existed before the Domesday Book and in recent centuries thrived from its agriculture and the mining of iron ore and coal. Mining came to an end in 1985 with closure of the Emley Moor colliery. Emley Moor Business Park is now at the colliery site.

A conspicuous feature of the village is the TV transmitter station about 1.5 miles away at Emley Moor. The TV mast is the UK's tallest free-standing structure and listed building and at 330m (1,084ft) is taller than The Shard in London, which claimed fame when built as Western Europe's tallest inhabited building.

Emley Moor is also the location of the annual Emley Show, one of the area's top one-day agricultural shows, typically attracting over 10,000 visitors. The show is usually held on the first Saturday in August each year and will be held on Saturday August 5 in 2023.

Around Emley

Emley has a newsagent and convenience store and hairdressers.

Emley Post Office is at the convenience store at Beaumont Street.

The White Horse is in Chapel Lane.
The Wentworth Bar is off Upper Lane.

Emley AFC continue a proud footballing tradition in the village with a team in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division. The club is based at The Welfare Ground, Emley.

Emley AFC website.

Emley Clarence Cricket Club, also based at The Welfare Ground, have a long history in the village. The club plays in the Huddersfield Cricket League and also has junior teams.

Emley Clarence Cricket Club social media page.

Emley Millennium Green was created as part of millenium celebrations of 2000 after the green was bought from the Savile family landowners to benefit the residents of Emley.

Emley First School is in School Lane.

Emley First School website

Emley Playschool is in the Community Hall of Emley Methodist Church in Church Street.

Emley Playschool website

St Michael the Archangel Church, Emley, is in Church Street. Emley has had a church since Norman times, but the present building, including its tower owes much to reconstruction in the 15th and 16th centuries with later additions from the 17th and 18th centuries.

St Michael the Archangel website

Emley Methodist Church is in Church Street. It has a community hall which also houses Emley Playschool.

Emley Methodist Church web page

Places to visit

National Coal Mining Museum for England

National Coal Mining Museum for EnglandThe National Coal Mining Museum for England is situated on the main A642 at Overton mid-way between Huddersfield and Wakefield. The museum is in the former Caphouse Colliery and has a wide range of exhibits reflecting the coal mining history of the Yorkshire coalfield and beyond and also offers an underground tour down the mine.

Find out more on our Mining Museum page.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yorkshire Sculpture ParkThe Yorkshire Sculpture Park is around nine miles east of Huddersfield at West Bretton. The park is set in around 200 hectares of beautiful parkland within the Bretton Estate adjoining Bretton Hall and offers what is probably the finest outdoor exhibition space in the country for modern sculpture, attracting regional, national and international exhibits.

Find out more on our Sculpture Park page.

Local government

Civil parish council

Emley is in the Emley ward of the civil parish run by Denby Dale Parish Council.

Denby Dale Parish Council website

Metropolitan district council

Emley is in the Denby Dale ward of the metropolitan district of Kirklees.

Kirklees Council website

Travel

Bus service

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232 at FlocktonHuddersfield Bus station - Aspley - Moldgreen - Dalton Wakefield Road - Waterloo - Tandem - Lepton Greave House Terrace, Highgate Lane, Rowley Lane - Flockton Moor - Emley Moor - Emley - Flockton - Overton - Middlestown - Horbury Bridge - Horbury - Wakefield

Timetable at

Metro Timetables and information at

Arriva Yorkshire

Road travel

Emley is reached by minor roads about 1.5 miles from the A637 Barnsley Road at Flockton to the north of the village and a similar distance from the A636 Denby Dale Road to the east.

Other places near Emley: Clayton West Flockton Kirkburton Shelley Skelmanthorpe

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