Shepley
The area is mostly surrounded by agricultural land but the area also has stone quarries.
Shepley is a long-established village, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It remained of compact size, surrounded by its farmland, and centred around Shepley Hall until the 19th century.
Even then it had only modest growth compared to the village we see today. A new turnpike road was built around the edge of the village in 1825, a new parish church was opened in 1848, a railway station was opened in 1850 and the village had some growth during the textile boom, when Shepley had a reputation for its tailoring businesses.
The greatest expansion in Shepley has been in recent decades, however, when much former agricultural land around the village has been swallowed up for new housing development to satisfy commuters.
The village continues to have its original compact centre with most of the village essentials just off the main road around the end of Marsh Lane. However, like many other villages, local services have diminished despite the expanding population. The bank in Shepley is long-gone and Post Offices services have become no more than a rare stop for a visiting van.
The village continues to have a library which is based in a former school house. A curious claim to fame is that the Rev Ben Swift Chambers once lived here when his father was the village schoolmaster. The Rev Chambers was later a Methodist minister at a chapel in Liverpool where he formed St Domingo FC in 1878. The following year the club's name was changed to Everton FC.
Around Shepley
The village centre offers a Co-operative shop and newsagent near the junction of Station Road and Marsh Lane. There is also a Co-operative shop at the fuel filling station at the Sovereign crossroads at Lane Head.
Shepley has a visit from a mobile Post Office.
The village has a library and information centre in Marsh Lane.
Pubs are scattered around the Shepley area, including The Black Bull in the village centre at 1 Marsh Lane, The Farmer's Boy in Marsh Lane and The Sovereign at the junction of the A629 Lane Head Road with the A635 Holmfirth Road/Barnsley Road, near the hamlet of Lane Head. The Cask and Spindle near to the station has had a long period of closure.
The village pubs all offer meals.
Shepley has a chinese takeaway at Abbey Road South.
Shepley First School is in Firth Street. 
Shepley First School
Shepley Cricket Club, founded in 1871, is based at its Marsh Lane ground. The club plays in the Huddersfield Cricket League and has a thriving junior section. Shepley Cricket Club
The village church, St Paul's, Shepley, is just above the centre of the village in Marsh Lane. Church of England - St Paul, ShepleyShepley Methodist Church is in Lane Head Road.
Local government
Civil parish council
Shepley is in the Shepley ward of the civil parish run by Kirkburton Parish Council. Kirkburton Parish Council Website
Kirkburton Parish CouncilMetropolitan district council
Shepley is in the Kirkburton ward of Kirklees Council Kirklees Council Website
Kirklees Council
Travel
Shepley station
The station is in Station Road and can also be accessed via Station Lane from the main A629 Abbey Road.
Huddersfield > Shepley - 18 minutes. Sheffield > Shepley - 53 minutes.
Northern - Shepley
Bus services
D2 Monday - Saturday daytime
Timetable at
Metro Team Pennine D3 Monday - Saturday daytime
Timetable at
Metro Team Pennine X1 Holmfirth Explorer Daily (until mid-evening Mon-Sat, late afternoon on Sunday)
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 Team Pennine
Road travel
Shepley is reached by the Other places near Shepley: