Scholes, Holme Valley

Scholes
Scholes
	Scholes Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE159075
Civil parish	Holme Valley;
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOLMFIRTH
Postcode district	HD9
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Colne Valley;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°33′50″N 1°45′36″W / 53.564°N 1.760°W

Scholes is a Pennine hilltop village, situated 1 mile (2 km) to the southeast and above Holmfirth, 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Huddersfield, in the Holme Valley of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 1,990.^[1] The name Scholes may have originated from the Scandinavian language meaning 'the temporary huts or sheds'.

The village contains one non denominational primary school, originally built in 1908, modernised in 1976 and extended in 1986. The school caters for approximately 213 pupils aged four to eleven.^[2]

Scholes was the birthplace of the entertainer Roy Castle, well known as the presenter of the long-running BBC show Record Breakers.

Local sports

Scholes has a successful cricket team in the Drakes Huddersfield League and a football team, (Scholes FC) who sealed promotion to Division 1 of the Huddersfield & District FA competition as of the end of the 2018–19 season with a game to spare finishing 2nd in Division 2 on 59 points.

References

^ Kirklees Ward profile for Scholes 2008
^ "Scholes Junior and Infant School - Home". www.scholesji.org.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

External links

Scholes (Holmfirth) J&I School Ofsted Reports

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[1] Kirklees Ward profile for Scholes 2008

[2] "Scholes Junior and Infant School - Home". www.scholesji.org.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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