Black Bull and Marsh Lane, Shepley
Shepley
Map view
Shepley is around 5 miles south east of Huddersfield town centre, but a journey of nearly 8 miles by road via the
A629
.
The village has a compact centre with most of the village essentials just off the main road around the end of Marsh Lane.
Shepley is mostly a residential area, having being expanded with new housing devolpment in recent decades. The area is mostly surrounded by agricultural land.
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 post office at Station Road.
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
Website
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
Website
The village church, St Paul's, Shepley, is just above the centre of the village in Marsh Lane.
Church of England - St Paul, Shepley
Web page
Shepley Methodist Church is in Lane Head Road.
Shepley is in the Kirkburton ward of the metropolitan district of Kirklees.
Kirklees Council
Website
Shepley is in the Shepley ward of the civil parish run by Kirkburton Parish Council.
Kirkburton Parish Council
Website
Travel
Shepley station
Shepley station on the Penistone Line
Shepley has a station on the
Penistone Line
.
The station is in Station Road and can also be accessed via Station Lane from the main
A629
Abbey Road near the Cask and Spindle public house.
Huddersfield > Shepley - 18 minutes. Sheffield > Shepley - 53 minutes.
Northern - Shepley
Station and departure information at Northern website.
Bus services
D3
Monday - Saturday daytime
Huddersfield
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
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
Holmfirth Explorer X1
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
No services via Kitchenroyd - see D1
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
Road travel
Shepley is reached by the
A629
from Huddersfield and by the
A635
from Holmfirth and Denby Dale.
Also in Huddersfield.guide
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Other places near Shepley:
Birds Edge
Upper Cumberworth
Shelley
Stocksmoor
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