Oakenshaw, West Yorkshire Explained

Official Name:Oakenshaw
Static Image Name:Cross Street, Oakenshaw - geograph.org.uk - 504114.jpg
Static Image Caption:Cross Street, Oakenshaw (2007)
Metropolitan Borough:City of Bradford
Metropolitan County:West Yorkshire
Country:England
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Shire District:Kirklees
Coordinates:53.7463°N -1.7368°W
Os Grid Reference:SE174278
London Distance Mi:169.33
Post Town:BRADFORD
Postcode Area:BD
Postcode District:BD12
Dial Code:01274
Constituency Westminster:Batley and Spen
Website:kirklees.gov.uk

Oakenshaw is a village located in both the City of Bradford and Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between the town of Cleckheaton in Kirklees and the suburb of Wyke in Bradford.[1] The village is close to the M606 motorway. The village's main shopping centre is on Bradford Road and its main church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a grade II listed building.[2]

Transport

The village is served by Low Moor railway station on the Calder Valley line with services to Leeds, Bradford Interchange and Manchester Victoria. Another line serving the village was the Spen Valley Line which ran from Low Moor to Mirfield via Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. Another branch of the line connected to Dewsbury but this line closed in 1965 to all traffic. It is now the Spen Valley Greenway.

Gallery

Sport and leisure

Cricket

Woodlands Cricket Club, established in 1894, is an amateur cricket club based on Albert Terrace.[3] They have two Senior XI teams in the Bradford Premier League[4] and an established junior section that play competitave cricket in the Bradford Junior Cricket League.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oakenshaw in Bradford . www.landscapebritain.co.uk . 17 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Oakenshaw-cum-Woodlands: St Andrew - CHR Church . facultyonline.churchofengland.org . 17 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Woodlands CC Home . woodlands.play-cricket.com . Woodlands Cricket Club . 2022-11-04.
  4. Web site: Bradford Premier League . bradfordcl.play-cricket.com . BPL . 2022-11-04 .
  5. Web site: Bradford Junior Cricket League . bjcl.play-cricket.com . BJCL . 2022-11-04.