The satellite town has its roots in the mill trade and its historic buildings are increasingly accompanied by new ones, with ongoing multi-million regeneration projects taking shape in the form of brand new commercial, residential, transport and leisure facilities.
There is a huge variety of schooling options available at primary, secondary and sixth form/college level, with Heckmondwike Grammar and Whitcliffe Mount High School notable highlights.
Calls to 0843 numbers will be charged at 4p/min from BT landlines. Calls from other networks may vary, and calls from mobiles and outside the UK will be higher.
Calls to local numbers beginning with 01, 02 and 03 numbers will incur standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles.