Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.6712°N -1.8285°W |
Official Name: | Ainley Top |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Calderdale |
Map Type: | West Yorkshire |
Population: | 649 |
Population Ref: | (inc. Blackley) [1] |
Metropolitan Borough: | Calderdale |
Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Constituency Westminster: | Calder Valley |
Post Town: | HUDDERSFIELD |
Postcode District1: | HD2 |
Postcode District2: | HD3 |
Postcode Area1: | HD |
Postcode Area2: | HD |
Dial Code: | 01422 |
Os Grid Reference: | SE115195 |
Static Image: | Ainley Top Sign 2016 01.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 200px |
Static Image Caption: | Village sign |
Ainley Top is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire in England. It is situated approximately north west of Huddersfield on the A629 to Elland and Halifax. It is situated on a hill (the Ainleys) with the M62 motorway to the north, and junction 24 of the motorway adjacent to the village. It is in the Elland ward of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council with 419 registered electors in 248 properties in 2013.[2]
Ainley Top is also the name of the roundabout just south of the village. This is the junction of the A643 and the A629 and also gives access to junction 24 of the M62 motorway.
The M62 section, of 1.5 miles, from Outlane to Ainley Top opened on lunchtime Wednesday 20 December 1972.[3] [4]