West Yorkshire
The town is bustling with smart shops, boutiques, pubs and restaurants, while stone-built cottages and houses seem to cling to the steep sides of the valley, some reached by cobbled streets.
Holmfirth was the principal location of TV's longest-run comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine and tourists visiting the town still head for Sid's Cafe, Nora Batty's steps or take a scenic trip around some of the other famous locations.
Holmfirth was first famous for film-making much earlier than this. Back in the early 1900s, even before Hollywood, Bamforth & Co were behind pioneering film-making work, but later became better known for their saucy seaside postcards.
The town hosts a Folk Festival in May and also a two-week Arts Festival in June, featuring art, music, theatre and performance from local and national talent.
The edge of the
The tremendous scenery of the area continues to be placed under pressure with an increase in house-building, often providing homes for people who wish to commute to other towns and cities to work.
For more than 100 years, Holmfirth had a railway station, hence the Station Road in the town. It was at the end of a branch stretching for nearly two miles from the Huddersfield-Penistone-Sheffield line at Brockholes. It was opened in 1850 but closed to passengers in 1959 and freight in 1965. Buses now provide connections to neighbouring towns, including Huddersfield , through traffic which is often congested at peak times.
Town features
A wide range of shops and boutiques and an artist's gallery complement Holmfirth's status as a bustling tourist town. There's also a wide range of local shopping and services including, hardware, bakery, groceries, antiques, clothing and estate agents. A former car showroom with access from Huddersfield Road and Hollowgate was the location of Holmfirth's indoor market but this recently closed and stalls have been relocated outdoors at a temporary location at School Street, Crown Bottom, on Thursday and Saturday mornings.
Supermarkets are represented by a large Co-operative, Lidl and a Sainsbury's Local.
Holmfirth post office is at Station Road near to the bus station.
Holmfirth has chemists at Huddersfield Road and at the Elmwood Health Centre.
A variety of pubs and bars can be found around the town centre.
Places to eat around the town include pubs, restaurants, tea and coffee shops, some of these at famous TV locations, and an ice cream and coffee shop run by a local dairy.
The town has fish and chip shops and a selection of takeaway food outlets.
The town has a library in Huddersfield Road.
Holmfirth has a Tourist Information Centre at the library. 
There are public toilets at Town Gate near to the bus station.
The River Holme flows through Holmfirth, where it is joined by the River Ribble.
Holy Trinity Church is the parish church of Holmfirth and is in the heart of the town. The present church dates from 1788. 
Website 
Entertainment
The PicturedromeMarket Walk
Built as a cinema more than a century ago and first named the Holme Valley Theatre, The Picturedrome now offers an exciting live music venue.
Holmfirth Civic HallHuddersfield Road
Holmfirth Civic Hall offers a popular traditional venue for shows, choral concerts and exhibitions.
Museum
Last of the Summer Wine ExhibitionScarfold
The exhibition is situated at the famous steps of TV's longest run comedy series Last of Summer Wine on which Compo had many a hilarious battle with Nora Batty. Inside is a Compo-style treasure trove of show memorabilia, photographs and videos and the tour starts and ends in a souvenir gift shop.
Places to Visit
Peak District National Park
The vast area of the Peak District National Park starts at Holme, around 3 miles south-west of Holmfirth. Buses run from Holmfirth into the National Park, which stretches from Yorkshire into Derbyshire and beyond. For more details see our 
Whistlestop Valley formerly Kirklees Light Railway
Whistelstop Valley is a rebranding of the Kirklees Light Railway, a 15-inch-gauge light railway on the trackbed of the former Clayton West branch line from the Huddersfield-Penistone-Sheffield line. The branch had survived the Beeching axe of the 1960s but eventually closed to coal traffic in 1979 and passengers from the large commuter villages of Skelmanthorpe and
More information at the
Whistlestop Valley 
Travel
Holmfirth bus station is in Towngate. There are regular services to Huddersfield , the quickest journey in around 25 minutes. There are also services to Wakefield via Denby Dale, Penistone and to many other surrounding villages. A Friday service operates into the 
Huddersfield.guide - Holmfirth 
Holmfirth is the crossing point of the 
Emergency services
West Yorkshire Police West Yorkshire Police West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 
Local government
Civil parish council
Holme Valley Parish CouncilHolme Valley Parish Council, based at the Council Offices in Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth, is a civil parish council of 23 councillors and provides a limited range of services in the Holme Valley, grants and local input into the planning function of the district authority. The council elects a chairman annually.
Link to council website Holme Valley Parish Council
Holme Valley Parish Council Metropolitan district council
Kirklees Council covers a large metropolitan district based in Huddersfield but also covering well over 100 towns and villages.
They include those in the former county borough of Huddersfield , the former boroughs of Dewsbury , Batley and Spenborough (based in Cleckheaton ), the former urban districts of Heckmondwike and Colne Valley (based in Slaithwaite and also including Marsden ) and the five large civil parishes created from former urban districts in Holme Valley (around Holmfirth ),
Kirklees Council is made up of 69 councillors with three councillors per ward in 23 wards. Councillors are elected for four-year terms with one-third involved in elections in three out of four years. Councillors elect a Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Kirklees each year.
Link to Kirklees Council website.
Kirklees Council Political composition after May 2024 election:
69 members
See our Yorkshire.guide Gazetteer for more about the 
Kirklees metropolitan district and places within it.County strategic authority
West Yorkshire Combined AuthorityCovers some combined services of the five metropolitan district councils of
Bradford , 
Calderdale , 
Leeds , Kirklees and 
Wakefield — which were at one time provided by a West Yorkshire metropolitan county council, with the addition of the non-contiguous unitary authority area of the City of 
York council as well as the unelected Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership. Since 2021 it has operated with an elected mayor as chairman and decision-maker for some responsibilities. These include transport, housing and planning and finance powers. The responsibilities also include those of Police and Crime Commissioner, a role substantially delegated to an appointee deputy mayor. Elected mayor:
West Yorkshire Combined Authority Police and Crime Commissioner
The Police and Crime Commissioner for West YorkshireThis role has become one of the many responsibilities of the West Yorkshire elected mayor since May 2021.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority Fire Authority
West Yorkshire Fire AuthorityThe fire authority is made up of elected members of each of the five metropolitan district councils of West Yorkshire - Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds, Kirklees and Wakefield.
West Yorkshire Fire Authority Parliamentary constituency
Colne ValleyElected MP:
National government region
Yorkshire and the HumberCeremonial county
West YorkshireHistoric
Holmfirth Urban District Council (formed 1894, expanded 1938, abolished 1974).
Other websites
Huddersfield.guide/Holmfirth Holmfirth and its surrounding villages in more detail at Huddersfield.guide