Ainley Top is a village in

Calderdale Calderdale () is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...

in England. It is situated approximately north west of

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...

on the A629 to

Elland Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Elland was recorded as ''Elant'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. It ha ...

and Halifax. It is situated on a hill (the Ainleys) with the

M62 motorway The M62 is a west–east Pennines, trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Kingston upon Hull, Hull via Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield; of the route Concurrency (road), is shared with the M60 motorway, ...

to the north, and junction 24 of the motorway adjacent to the village. It is in the Elland ward of

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Calderdale Council, is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local gove ...

with 419 registered electors in 248 properties in 2013.Calderdale Council (2013)
Elland Ward. Retrieved 13 October 2016 File:Ainley Top Nags Head 2016 01.jpg, Nag's Head Inn File:Ainley Top Hill Top Avenue 2016.jpg, Hill Top Avenue File:Ainley Top Cedar Court Hotel 2016 01.jpg, Cedar Court Hotel, Lindley Moor Road File:Ainley Top Rbt Sign 2016.jpg, Ainley Top Roundabout

Transport

Ainley Top is also the name of the roundabout just south of the village. This is the junction of the A643 and the A629 and also gives access to junction 24 of the

. The M62 section, of 1.5 miles, from Outlane to Ainley Top opened on lunchtime Wednesday 20 December 1972.''Huddersfield Examiner'' Thursday 21 December 1972, page 5

References

Geography of Calderdale Geography of Huddersfield {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub