Kirkburton is located at latitude 53.610260 and longitude -1.703116 The dialing code is 01484 and postcode area is HD8.
Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and local government ward in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, lying five miles southeast of Huddersfield, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees. The township comprises the two villages of Kirkburton and Highburton together with several hamlets, including Thunderbridge, Thorncliffe, Storthes Hall, Burton Royd, Riley, Dogley, Common Side, Causeway Foot, Lane Head and Linfit. According to the 2001 census the entire parish had a population of 23,986.== History== The origins of the village date back to the Iron Age when a settlement was believed to have been built on the site of the present church. Full Wikipedia entry.
