Hinchliffe Mill

Hinchliffe MillHinchliffe Mill is a village in the upper Holme Valley, about 6 miles south-south-west of Huddersfield town centre (7.5 miles by road) and 1.5 miles south-west of Holmfirth.

Much of the village is arranged around Woodhead Road, leading between Holmfirth and Holmbridge, and around Dobb Lane, leading to the hamlet of Dobb, where the village school is situated.

Part of the village was extensively used during the filming of TV's longest-run comedy series "Last Of The Summer Wine" when for many years it was the location of the home of characters Wesley and Edie Pegden.

Yew Tree Mills, Hinchliffe MillDobb Lane, Hinchliffe MillWoodhead Road, Hinchliffe MillThe village grew during the industrial revolution when many mills were built along the floor of the Holme Valley, drawing people from cottage weaving in farming communities in small hamlets on the valley's hillsides. A four-storey mill powered by a water wheel was established in Hinchliffe Mill in 1832, but later became a larger mill with steam power.

Hinchliffe Mill was badly hit by the flood of 1852 when the dam of Bilberry Reservoir burst. Cottages in Water Street were swept away and 41 people in the village lost their lives, representing around half the total death toll from the flood in the Holme Valley.

Around Hinchliffe Mill

Hinchliffe Mill has a convenience store in Woodhead Road. The village also has a hair salon.

The Stumble Inn is in Woodhead Road.

Corn Loft Tea Rooms are in Woodhead Road.

A guest house at the tea rooms offers bed and breakfast.

Dobb Lane bridges the River Holme in Hinchliffe Mill.

Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School is at the corner of Water Side Lane and Hollin Brigg Lane in the hamlet of Dobb, between Holmbridge and Hinchliffe Mill.

Hinchliffe Mill Junior and Infant School website

Places to visit

Peak District National Park

Butterley Reservoir, Wessenden Valley, MarsdenThe splendid scenery and wild moorland of the Peak District National Park, the first of Britain's national parks, starts just over five miles from Huddersfield town centre above the villages of Holme, Meltham and Marsden.

Find out more on our Peak District page.

Local government

Civil parish council

Hinchliffe Mill is in the civil parish run by Holme Valley Parish Council.

Holme Valley Parish Council website

Metropolitan district council

Hinchliffe Mill is in the Holme Valley South ward of the metropolitan district of Kirklees.

Kirklees Council website

Travel

Bus services

314

314 at HolmeHuddersfield Bus station - Lockwood - Berry Brow Parkgate - Honley Bridge - Brockholes - New Mill - Wooldale New Mill Road - Holmfirth Bus station - Hinchliffe Mill Woodhead Road - Holmbridge - Holme

Service changes from May 18, 2025

Timetable at

Metro Timetables at

First Bus

351 Friday only (3 journeys each way)

351 at HolmfirthHolmfirth Bus station - Hinchliffe Mill - Holmbridge - Holme - Holme Moss - Torside Visitor centre - Glossop

Timetable at

Metro Timetables at

South Pennine Community Transport

H5 Monday to Saturday daytime

H5 at HolmfirthHolmfirth Bus station - Greenfield Road - Burnlee Burnlee Road - Woodside View, Shawfield Avenue, Shaw Lane -
Hinchliffe Mill -
↓ Woodhead Road, Co-op Lane, Dobb Lane, Dobb Top Road
↑ Woodhead Road, Fairfields Road
Holmbridge Smithy Lane, Woodhead Road, Broadfield Park, Field End Lane, Holmclose

Timetable at

Metro Timetables (.pdf format) at

Stotts Coach Travel

Road travel

The A6024 links Hinchliffe Mill to Holmfirth and towards Huddersfield. In the opposite direction the road goes to Holmbridge where it climbs to the village of Holme and then to a height of a height of 524m (1,719ft) on the route over Holme Moss into Derbyshire. The road is sometimes closed by heavy snow in winter.

Other places near Hinchliffe Mill: Holmbridge Holme Holmfirth Upperthong

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