Kirklees

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Kirklees is a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire. It has a population of 390,000 and includes Batley, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury Holmfirth, Huddersfield and Meltham.

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The borough is the most populated borough or district in England not to have city status. One of its towns, Huddersfield, is one of the largest towns in England, along with other large settlements with no official city status as Northampton and Reading. In an unofficial referendum by the local media a significant majority of the town population did not support city status.

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One attraction in Kirklees is Kirklees light railway. The border of Kirklees borough with Derbyshire runs across the summit of the significant hill named Black Hill.

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Most of Kirklees consists of old mill towns, although there are a few country villages, such as Denby Dale and Emley. One of the last remaining Collieries in West Yorkshire is at Scissett (the other at Kellingley) ; the mine was so small that it was never nationalised and has always been in private hands.

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Some parts of Kirklees suffer from high levels of deprivation, such as the east end of Huddersfield, around Dalton and Deighton, and also large areas of Dewsbury and Batley – two towns which have been made into a special E.U. transformation area to address their problems.

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Metropolitan borough: A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within Metropolitan Counties....

West Yorkshire: West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. It borders on Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire and South Yorkshire....

Batley: Batley is a small town in Kirklees Metropolitan Borough, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, north of Dewsbury, just off the M62....