Principal town of North Kirklees . Home to two new College buildings in the Dewsbury Learning Quarter and now investing £60 million pounds in our Town Investment Plan.
A historic market town, 19th century manufacturing centre of the Yorkshire Heavy Woollen District distributing woollen textiles to all corners of the British Empire. First recycling centre in the world where 'mungo' and 'shoddy' cloths were developed, one of 14 founding members of the National Chamber of Trade in 1897, home to Dewsbury Minster, mother church of much of Yorkshire since the 13th century, and the Dewsbury Rams Rugby League team since 1898.
FOR WORK: A central location and high frequency rail services mean
you can reach Leeds in 20 minutes and Manchester in 40 minutes - faster than you can drive there.
FOR PLEASURE: with the Yorkshire Dales to the north and Peak District to the south
there is endless beautiful countryside within easy reach.
In an attempt to communicate the depth of feeling by the community about the failure of the Board to engage with the their concerns, six members of the public presented a deputation at the meeting of 7th August 2025. Their particular concern is that Questions from the Public are being censored and/or distorted so that
Read MoreOutcry Grows as Public Demand Reopening of Dewsbury Sports CentreMore than 75 residents braved torrential rain on Sunday, 20 July, to attend a packed public meeting demanding the reopening of Dewsbury Sports Centre. The powerful show of support demonstrated the strength of local feeling — and mounting anger at what many see as years of
Read MoreSimple evidence of the failure of Keith Ramsay as the Chair of Dewsbury Town Board to deliver effective communication with the community.
Read MoreActive Travel by walking or cycling from the Dewsbury Riverside development to the town centre has been the subject of earlier posts as we sought to bring attention to the disconnected nature of the existing footpaths and cycleways. Click here for the earlier post on Dewsbury Riverside and a second on Dewsbury Riverside to the
Read MoreInformation about progress on the nine projects included in the Dewsbury Town Investment Plan has been hard to come by given all the changes occasioned by cost inflation and other problems. However, the Town Board who took over in May 2024 from the Town Deal Board has now published a Monitoring Report with the Agenda for
Read MoreA new art installation using recycled materials was unveiled in the town centre in April 2023. The installation features recycled letters that spell out the town’s name to welcome visitors to the town centre. This artwork was commissioned as part of the Dewsbury Creative Town Arts Programme, which is aimed at breathing new life into
Read MoreIn June 2021 the Dewsbury Town Deal Board was cock-a-hoop with Dewsbury’s success in receiving government approval in principle to the Town Board bid for £25 million of Towns Fund money. This was to be matched by a similar amount from Kirklees Council making up a total with some private development money of close to
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