Shelley

Near Bank, ShelleyHuddersfield Road, ShelleyHuddersfield Road, ShelleyShelley Methodist Church at Far BankTop of Near Bank, ShelleyShelley is a village 5 miles south-east of Huddersfield town centre (about 7 miles by road).

Housing development of recent decades now occupies much of the hillside high above Shepley Beck with many of the older parts of this scattered village being at the top of the hill and around Far Bank.

Among the older premises around the village are a number of listed buildings. Shelley Methodist Church, at Far Bank, is one of the oldest surviving buildings, dating from 1785, although with later additions from the mid 19th century. Methodism founder John Wesley preached there in 1788.

Brook House, at the foot of Near Bank, ShelleyMuch of the village is surrounded by agricultural land with some wooded areas separating Shelley from the neighbouring villages of Kirkburton and Shepley.

Around Shelley

Shelley's Co-op at the top of Near Bank closed many years ago, but there is still a convenience store in the village at Westerley Way. By far the largest retailer in Shelley is the Pennine Garden Centre at Huddersfield Road.

The Flying Ferret is in Huddersfield Road, Shelley.
The Rising Sun is in Penistone Road, Shelley.
Shelley Sports and Social Club is in Far Bank.

Shelley has a farmhouse tea room and ice cream parlour.

There is a restaurant and coffee shop at the garden centre.

Shelley Village Hall

Shelley Village Hall, is in Huddersfield Road at the top of Far Bank where a range of community events and entertainment is organised by the Shelley Community Association.

Shelley Village Hall social media page

Shelley Cricket Club, founded in 1871, is in Westerley Lane and plays in the Drakes Huddersfield Cricket League.

Shelley Cricket Club social media page

Shelley Community Football Club, which has teams in West Yorkshire, Northern and Huddersfield leagues and also caters for juniors from under 7 upwards, is based at Storthes Hall Park in Kirkburton.

Shelley Community Football Club website

Shelley First School is in School Terrace at Far Bank.

Shelley First School website

Shelley College is in Huddersfield Road, Shelley, not far from the neighbouring village of Skelmanthorpe.

Shelley College website

Emmanuel Church, Shelley

Shelley Methodist Church, at Far Bank, dates from 1785. John Wesley preached there in 1788.

Emmanuel Church, Shelley, is in Huddersfield Road, and was consecrated in 1868.

Emmanuel Church, Shelley website

Local government

Civil parish council

Shelley is in the Shelley ward of the civil parish run by Kirkburton Parish Council.

Kirkburton Parish Council website

Metropolitan district council

Shelley is in the Kirkburton ward of the metropolitan district of Kirklees.

Kirklees Council website

Travel

Shelley station

Shelley has a station, off Copley Lane, on the Kirklees Light Railway. The railway runs via Skelmanthorpe to Clayton West along the route of an old branch from the Huddersfield-Penistone-Sheffield line at Shelley which survived the Beeching axe of the 1960s but eventually closed to passengers in 1983. Although the KLR station is adjacent to the main railway, there is no station for the Penistone line. Shepley station is about 20 minutes walk away.

Bus services

Via Huddersfield Road (Bank Top):

D1 Daily including evenings

D1 at Kirkgate, HuddersfieldHuddersfield - Aspley - Moldgreen - Dalton Wakefield Road - Waterloo - Fenay Bridge Penistone Road - Highburton Far Dene, Town Gate, Moor Lane - Kirkburton Paddock Road, Turnshaw Road, George Street - Shelley Huddersfield Road - Skelmanthorpe Commercial Road - Scissett Highbridge Lane, Wakefield Road - Clayton West Long Lane, Scott Hill, Church Lane, Chapel Hill - Scissett Spring Grove, Barnsley Road, Wakefield Road - Kitchenroyd - Denby Dale Gilthwaites Lane, Pingle Rise, Gilthwaites Crescent, Wakefield Road, Village Centre and Denby Dale Station Penistone Line

Timetable at

Metro Timetables and information at

Team Pennine

Via Penistone Road (Bank Bottom):

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

D3 Monday - Saturday daytime

D3 at Upper DenbyHuddersfield Bus station - Aspley - Moldgreen - Dalton Wakefield Road - Waterloo Morrisons - Fenay Bridge Penistone Road - Lepton Highgate Crescent, Rowley Lane - Kirkburton North Road, Riley Lane - Shelley Penistone Road - Shepley Marsh Lane, The Sovereign crossroads - Birds Edge - High Flatts - Upper Denby - Lower Denby - Denby Dale Village centre and station Penistone line.

Timetable at

Metro Timetables and information at

Team Pennine

Road travel

The A629 Penistone Road and B6116 Huddersfield Road pass through Shelley.

Other places near Shelley: Emley Kirkburton Shepley Skelmanthorpe Stocksmoor Thunderbridge

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