BIRDSEDGE, West Yorkshire

Drawing by Fred Heinzel

Birdsedge in 1982. Drawing by Birdsedge artist, Ivo (Fred) Heinzel, included here by permission of his widow, Shirley.

Birdsedge and District
Opposition to Large
Turbines

NEWSFLASH: Birdsedge is currently under a double threat of large wind turbines being planted within half a km of the village and a proposal in Kirklees' LDF (Local Development Framework) to allow extensions to the quarry at the Sovereign which will bring quarrying down towards the village and possibly to within 100m of housing at Park Head. Please see the pages for the Quarry and the Windmill proposals for details or go directly to the BOLT page

NEWSFLASH: Maddy Prior to appear at Birdsedge Village hall on Sunday 2nd May! Tickets £12 from 01484 606230

Birdsedge Live! Concerts
Birdsedge Village Festival
Opposition to Windmills - BOLT
Opposition to Quarry
Birdsedge What's On
Birdsedge Village Hall
Local History Postcards For Sale
Accommodation near Birdsedge
Links to Local Businesses
Denby Parish Community Action Group

Birdsedge is a tiny rural village, coupled with the adjacent hamlet of High Flatts. The villages are set high on the edge of the Yorkshire Pennines, almost a thousand feet above sea level, in England's rugged north. There are 150 or so houses, about 350 people, a school, a village hall, a Wesleyan Reform Church, a Friends Meeting House, a mill (Hinchliffe's) which is a small part of a bigger complex in nearby Denby Dale, one farm shop and (sadly) no pub in either village. The good news is that Birdsedge Village Hall now has a bar licence andthe new refurbished hall is open.

There's an active community offering a varied season of events from quiz night socials to top-name folk concerts, and an annual community and arts festival. Birdsedge even has its own newsletter, Village Voice, produced six times a year. Contact the editor Alison Tribe for details 01484 606618.

Birdsedge and High Flatts are right on the outer edge of Kirklees local authority (Huddersfield). The nearest towns are Huddersfield and Barnsley and the nearest cities are Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield and (just over the Pennines) Manchester.

Find out what's happening in the villages by clicking on the links to the left.

This page was created by Jacey Bedford on 1st January 1999 and last updated on 1st March 2010.