Bed and Breakfast Dewsbury

Bed and Breakfast Dewsbury West Yorkshire

Approximate Population: 54,341

Dewsbury is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Wakefield, and lies by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, after undergoing a period of major growth in the 19th century as a mill town, Dewsbury went through a period of decline. More recently there has been rapid and ongoing redevelopment of derelict mills into apartments, and other projects concerned with regenerating run-down or deprived areas.

The Domesday Book of 1086 records the name of the town as Deusberia and Deusberie. The name is believed to mean “fortified place by a stream”, from Old English deaw “dew” (in the sense stream) and burg “fort”.

Dewsbury had two grammar schools – The Wheelwright Grammar School for Boys and, further up the hill, the Wheelwright Grammar School for Girls. The 1970s education reforms downgraded these two establishments to high schools. They are now used by Dewsbury College. In the 2005 School League Tables, Dewsbury’s Eastborough Junior, Infants and Nursery schools were reported to have the most consistently improved results over the past four years. However, the headteacher of the school, Nicola Roth, has been highly critical of School League Tables in the UK and has been reported to have said “It would be better if league tables did not exist”.

Batley College of Art and Design, which is part of Dewsbury College, has a strong reputation for print and textile-based art work.