Heckmondwike - Geography

Geography

Located at the edge of the Pennine hills, the land rises both to the north, east and south of the town centre. The town covers an area of one square mile, the town boundary not being the same as the current "Ward" boundary. Roughly a walk round the boundary would be, Hollingbank Lane, White Lee Side then across the school playing field to the Half way House on the A62, down the A62 to ginnel below Lillybets, then a line from that to the right of the Crown (the Crown is not in Heckmondwike) down the back of the houses on Boundary Street to the beck, then down the back to where the railway used to cross Smithies Lane - the High one not the low one - (with the exception of the site of the old Beehive Mills on the south of the Beck, who lobbied to be included in Heckmondwike so the could get cheaper rates). It then goes across the fields to the bend in Walkley lane and up the back of the bungalows up Byron close to Bower Lane. It runs at the back of the houses on Boundary Street, this time excluding the houses. Sherwood close is in Heckmondwike. It then runs down Kilpin Hill Lane, straight across at the bottom, down a street (I have forgotten its name) to join Healy Lane then Hollingbank Lane.

Heckmondwike has its own telephone exchange, north of the High Street and is part of the Wakefield 01924 dialling area, with numbers beginning 40, 41 and 235. This exchange also covers neighbouring Liversedge, and small areas of Dewsbury and Batley namely parts of Dewsbury Moor and Staincliffe. Other telephone numbers in the area are from the cable supplier, where the number allocations 50, 51 and 52 are also used in neighbouring towns.