Meltham

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Meltham Station Street and St Bartholemew Church, Meltham Old Town Hall and Huddersfield Road, Meltham Peak District National Park Meltham in winter Meltham is a large village or small town 4.5 miles south-west of Huddersfield (5.3 miles by road) and also a civil parish 'township', including several neighbouring hamlets, which is run as Meltham Town Council.

Meltham lies just below the Pennine moors and one of the highest points in the area, West Nab (501m). The Peak District National Park starts at the edge of Meltham.

Meltham Mills, just off Huddersfield Road at the edge of Meltham, was a centre of tractor making for more than 50 years. The David Brown company built the Meltham plant when it ventured into tractor manufacturing in 1936. It was eventually sold to the US owners of JI Case in 1972 but the plant was closed in 1988. The Meltham Mills site is now used by several businesses.

Meltham used to have its own station at the end of a 3.5 mile railway branch line which was opened in 1869 by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company. It linked Meltham to Huddersfield by joining the Huddersfield-Penistone-Sheffield line at Lockwood. The line closed to passengers in 1949, but freight traffic, principally tractors from the Meltham Mills David Brown factory, kept the line open until 1965.

Regular events in the town include a Beer Festival, a Scarecrow Festival and a Meltham Memories 1940s Wartime Weekend.

Meltham Memories website

Around Meltham

Huddersfield Road and Market Place, Meltham

Meltham has a range of village shops mostly clustered around Market Place.

There is a Morrisons supermarket at the site of Meltham's former railway station at The Cobbles, off Station Street.

Meltham has chemist shops at The Cobbles and Huddersfield Road.

Meltham Post Office is located in the Carlile Institute, Huddersfield Road, Meltham.

Meltham no longer has a bank, however Morrisons supermarket has 24-hour cash machines.

The Swan is in Market Place, Meltham. Victoria Park is in Station Street, Meltham.
The Waggon and Horses is in Huddersfield Road, Meltham.
The Travellers Rest is at Slaithwaite Road, Meltham.

There are cafes and several restaurants in Meltham including venues offering Tapas, Italian, Indian and Persian cuisine.

Meltham has several takeaways offering everything from fish and chips to Indian, balti, Chinese, Italian cuisine and burgers.

Carlisle Institute, Meltham

Meltham Library moved to the Community Hub at The Carlisle Institute in Huddersfield Road in 2016, supported by the Friends of Meltham Library.

Friends of Meltham Library social media page

Robert Ashton Memorial Park is situated at Huddersfield Road, Meltham.

Meltham Athletic have three senior teams, junior teams from under-7s upwards and a girls team and are based at Meltham Sports and Community Club, Mean Lane, Meltham.

Meltham Golf Club was founded in 1908 and is based at Thick Hollins Hall.

Meltham Golf Club website

Meltham CE Primary School is in Holmfirth Road, Meltham.

Meltham CE Primary School website

Meltham Moor Primary School is in Birmingham Lane, Meltham.

Meltham Moor Primary School

St Bartholemew, Meltham

St Bartholemew, Meltham, is in Green End Road in the centre of Meltham. The church was consecrated in 1651, though little remains of the church of that time. The present nave was built in 1786 and the tower was part of additions started in 1835. The church was completed with the addition of the chancel in 1876.

Parish of Christ the King - St Bartholemew's web page

St James, Meltham Mills, is in Huddersfield Road. The church was consecrated in 1845.

Parish of Christ the King - St James' web page

Meltham Baptist Church is in Mean Lane.

Meltham Baptist Church website

Meltham Methodist Church is in Mill Moor Road.

Meltham Methodist Church website

Meltham is in the Holme Valley North ward of Kirklees Council, the metropolitan district council.

Kirklees Council website

Meltham is also at the centre of the civil parish run by Meltham Town Council which has 12 members who annually elect a town mayor from the town councillors.

Meltham Town Council website.

Travel

Bus services

321 Every day late evening, after end of 324 service

Huddersfield - Lockwood - Netherton Meltham Road, Moor Lane, Coppice Drive, Netherton Moor Road, Falconers Ride, Hawkroyd Bank Road -
Meltham Market Place, Broadlands

Timetable at

Metro

324 Every day until mid-evening, then see 321

Huddersfield - Lockwood - Netherton Meltham Road - Meltham Market Place, Broadlands

Most early morning services withdrawn and Monday-Saturday daytime frequency cut from 15 to 20 minutes from July 2, 2023

Timetable at

Metro First service information at

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