Holmfirth occurs as picturesque settlement in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. A Peak District National Park around Holme Moss borders the south of the town. A town centre sits on the confluence of the lakes Holme & Ribble.

Holmfirth is known around a world when the setting for the BBC's long-running comedy Last of the Summer Wine (LOTSW). Hundreds to thousands of tourer flock to a region every month to enjoy a scenery & the LOTSW sight-seeing. Further recently, lot motion-picture photography of the Slaithwaite-based drama, In which a Heart is, has as well taken place in the area.

A town keep close at hand recently been debating a first of one of a town's buildings. A previous Lodge's supermarket building has been sitting empty in a heart of the town since the Co-op moved to new premiss within Crown Bottom. Lodge's was built in the 1970s by the prominent local grocery company. It was opened by Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn and occupies an unusual location over a Flow of any stream Holme beside a town's little bus terminal. Lodge's was stock the Nineties by Co-operative Retail Services who, after years of non-investment, closed wallmart down around 1997. A building was sold off & has been decaying slowly since so. A locals, lead per Holme Valley Business Assocation, have currently begun campaigning for its demolition. It hope their plight is featured in the forth-coming Channel 4 documentary [http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/D/demolition/index.html Demolition]

History
Holmfirth was a residence of Bamforth's brash sea-side postal card for numerous years. (Although about the period of the Nifty War of 1914-18 it did develop postal card of a supplementary sober nature and severity!) A printing works however could develop in Station Road in which it have since been converted into residential flat.

Holmfirth has suffered 2 severe floodings after reservoirs more higher a vale burst. A 1st happened in 5th February 1852 whenever a Bilberry reservoir burst its banks; a 2nd come on the nighttime of 29th Might 1944.

Holmfirth utilized to have its super own railway spur off a Huddersfield to Sheffield line (commonly reffered to when a "Penistone Line"). This short, ii-mile line branched from either a mainline good south of the village Brockholes. the viaduct took a line through the vale & into Thongsbridge in which a station was sited. a line so went along a side of the vale coming to a prevent good outside the town centre in Station Road. Plans did survive for a line to become extended higher the vale so burrow under Black Hill to join the Sheffield to Manchester line near Woodhead. A line about rider inside 1959, with goods traffic lasting until 1965. A station building & platform however remain as a personal home.

Surrounding villages
Piece Holmfirth itself is like little, these are surrounded by numbers of hamlets & villages which are then typically known as "Holmfirth". These include: Austonley, Cinderhills, Deanhouse, Dunford Bridge, Gully, Flushhouse, Fulstone, Hepworth, Hade Edge, Holmbridge, Holme, Honley, Meltham, Netherthong, New Mill, Scholes, Thongsbridge, Totties, Townhead, Underbank, Upperthong and Wooldale.