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Coat of arms of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Coat of arms of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council

Kirklees is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough. The largest town and administrative centre of Kirklees is Huddersfield, and the district also includes Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite.

Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011 and is therefore the most populous borough in England that is not a city; it is also the third largest metropolitan district by area behind Doncaster and Leeds.

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  • Kirklees Freedom Scroll P2026364

    Yorkshire Volunteers Freedom Scroll

  • Kirklees Mayor, Cllr Karam Hussain & Lt Col Andy Pullan Inspect Yorkshire Regiment Soldiers, 25 Oct, 2008

    Kirklees Mayor, Cllr Karam Hussain & Lt Col Andy Pullan inspect Yorkshire Regiment soldiers

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