Barkisland

Barkisland
Barkisland Mill
Barkisland Show map of Calderdale Barkisland Location within West Yorkshire Show map of West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE054200
Civil parish	Ripponden
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX4
Dialling code	01422
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Calder Valley
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°40′38″N 1°55′08″W / 53.677141°N 1.918973°W / 53.677141; -1.918973

Barkisland (/ˈbɑːkɪslənd/) is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Ripponden, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Sowerby Bridge and 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Halifax town centre.

The village is in the Ryburn ward of Calderdale. Barkisland has a school, a church, a post office and a cricket club that plays in the Huddersfield Cricket League.^[1] There are two pubs in Barkisland, The Fleece Countryside Inn and The Griffin Inn.