Lower Cumberworth

Lower CumberworthLower CumberworthLower Cumberworth Methodist ChapelLower Cumberworth is a rural village 7 miles south-east of Huddersfield town centre and just under 1 mile north-north-west of Denby Dale.

The village is a small farming community, although there has been an increase in other housing in recent years.

It has a pub, chapel and cricket field and used to have its own post office, although this is now closed.

Cumberworth Lane leads to Upper Cumberworth about a mile away to the west-south-west.

Around Lower Cumberworth

The Foresters Arms is in Shelley Woodhouse Lane at the junction with Cumberworth Lane.

Cumberworth United Cricket Club plays at its ground at Cumberworth Lane, Lower Cumberworth. The team is in the Huddersfield Drakes League and has junior teams ranging from under-9s to under-17s.

Cumberworth United CC web pages

Lower Cumberworth Methodist Church and Community Rooms are between Cumberworth Lane and Top Road. The church was built in 1851 as the Primitive Methodist Chapel and enlarged in 1877.

Lower Cumberworth Methodist Church web page

Cumberworth Community Association was formed in 1977 and serves Lower Cumberworth and the village of Upper Cumberworth a mile away.

Cumberworth Community Association social media page

Local government

Civil parish council

Lower Cumberworth is in the Denby and Cumberworth ward of the civil parish run by Denby Dale Parish Council.

Denby Dale Parish Council website

Metropolitan district council

Lower Cumberworth is in the Denby Dale ward of the metropolitan district of Kirklees.

Kirklees Council website

Travel

Bus services

D2 Monday - Saturday daytime

Huddersfield - Aspley - Moldgreen - Dalton Wakefield Road - Waterloo - Fenay Bridge Penistone Road - Kirkburton Penistone Road - Shelley Penistone Road - Shepley Abbey Road South, Marsh Lane - Upper Cumberworth - Lower Cumberworth - Denby Dale Village centre and station Penistone line

Timetable at

Metro Timetables and information at

Team Pennine

X1 Holmfirth Explorer Daily (until mid-evening Mon-Sat, late afternoon on Sunday)

Holmfirth - Wooldale New Mill Road - New Mill - Shepley Marsh Lane, Lane Head Lane - Upper Cumberworth -
Denby Dale station Penistone Line - Denby Dale - Lower Cumberworth - Skelmanthorpe - Scissett - Clayton West Chapel Hill, Church Lane, High Street, The Green* , Scott Hill, Long Lane - Calder Grove - Wakefield

Schooltime journeys additionally visit Shelley College and/or Scissett Middle School.
*High Street and The Green at Clayton West served from mid-morning to mid-afternoon only.

Timetable at

Metro Timetables and information at

Team Pennine

99 Saturday only (3 journeys). Route includes circular section at Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale.

Barnsley Interchange - Wilthorpe - Darton - Kexborough - High Hoyland - Clayton West - Scissett - Skelmanthorpe - Lower Cumberworth - Upper Cumberworth - Denby Dale Station Penistone line
Denby Dale Wakefield Road - Scissett - Clayton West - High Hoyland - Kexborough - Darton - Wilthorpe - Barnsley Interchange Penistone line

Timetable (.pdf format) at

Travel South Yorkshire Timetables at

South Pennine Community Transport

Other places near Lower Cumberworth: Denby Dale Skelmanthorpe Upper Cumberworth

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