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{{infobox UK place|
|country =                 England
|latitude=                 53.570
|longitude=                -1.787
|map_type=                 West Yorkshire
|scale=                    10000
|official_name=             Holmfirth
|population =       17,970 (for Holme Valley South ward)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ward Profiles: Holme Valley South|publisher=[[Kirklees Metropolitan Council]]| month=February |year=2007| url=http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/statistics/ward-profiles/wards2004/HolmeValleySouth.pdf}}</ref>
|civil_parish =           [[Holme Valley]]
|metropolitan_borough=          [[Kirklees]]
|metropolitan_county=            [[West Yorkshire]]
|region=                  Yorkshire and the Humber
|constituency_westminster=      [[Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Colne Valley]]
|post_town=        HOLMFIRTH
|postcode_district =       HD9
|postcode_area=            HD   
|dial_code=      01484 
|os_grid_reference=     SE142081
}}
'''Holmfirth''' is a small town located in the [[Holme Valley]] parish, in the [[Kirklees]] district of [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]]. Centered upon the the confluence of the [[River Holme]] and the [[River Ribble]], Holmfirth is three&nbsp;miles (4.8&nbsp;km) south of [[Huddersfield]], and broadly consists of stone-built cottages nestled in the [[Pennines|Pennine hills]].

The [[Peak District]] National Park around [[Holme Moss]] borders the south of the town. The Holme and Ribble feed from the Holme Styes Reservoir at Cartworth Moor, just off the road to [[Dunford Bridge]]. 

==Description==
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During the early 1900s Holmfirth was well known for film making. Interestingly ancient documents have the town's name spelt 'Holm Frith' which can be translated as 'Holly Wood' but less excitingly the word "Firth" is just the old 
eEnglish name for 'wood and woodland' so the name just means Holme woods. 

The present church dates from the 1470s. 

===Flooding===
{{main|Holmfirth Flood}}
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[[Category:Holme Valley]]
[[Category:Kirklees]]
[[Category:Towns in West Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District]]

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