Oakenshaw, West Yorkshire

Oakenshaw
Oakenshaw  Oakenshaw shown within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	City of Bradford, Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRADFORD
Postcode district	BD12
Dialling code	01274
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°45′29″N 1°44′20″W / 53.758°N 1.739°W / 53.758; -1.739

Oakenshaw is a village near Cleckheaton in the City of Bradford metropolitan district and Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

Oakenshaw Cross, in Wyke Lane, in August 2007.

It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Bradford, close to the M606 motorway and junction 26 of the M62.

The village is in both the Bradford and the Kirklees Metropolitan districts, but the whole village has a Bradford postcode, post town, and the 01274 phone number prefix. Victoria Park and the cricket ground, home of Woodlands Cricket Club, are in Bradford and St. Andrew's Church (with the M606 behind it) is in Kirklees.

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