Road transport links are the A629 and B6116 roads. Within the village is Shelley Hall, which dates to the 17th century, and is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
The village has three public houses, The Rising Sun, The Flying Ferret (formerly Oddfellows) and Shelley Sports and Social Club. The Emley Moor TV mast is northeast from the village.
The village has a community association which meets in its Village Hall.
Barncliffe Mill at Brookhouse, former home to Shelley Textiles, became the headquarters for Whitley Willows Ltd after the closure of the Lepton mill.[5]
Governance
Shelley was a chapelry in the parish of Kirkburton,[6] and from 1866 it was a civil parish, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Kirkburton.[7] In 1931 the parish had a population of 1566.[8]
Shelley had a population of 3,059 according to the 2001 census.[9]
It is part of the Kirkburton ward of Kirklees Council.
Religion
Shelley Methodist Church, off Far Bank at the west of the village, is a Grade II listed building dating to 1785–6, originally a Methodist New Connexion chapel.[10][11] The Church of England's Gothic RevivalChurch of Emmanuel is on Huddersfield Road at the east of the village.[12] Built in 1868, it is a Grade II listed building.[13] A United Reformed Church on Water Lane is closed.
Education
Shelley has a primary school for children from Reception to Year 5. Next to the school in a prefabricated building is a pre-school and out-of-school club.
Shelley College at the east end of the parish near the border with the parish of Denby Dale is for pupils from Kirkburton, Denby Dale and Scissett. Shelley High School, changed to Shelley College when it attained specialist status in science. The actress Lena Headey attended Shelley College.[14]