Barkisland is a village in Calderdale

Calderdale

The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

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. It is 1 miles (1.6 km) east of Ripponden

Ripponden

Ripponden is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, near Halifax, on the River Ryburn. It is the site of a Roman settlement, and there is a Roman Road over nearby Blackstone Edge, a rocky ridge of Millstone Grit...

, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby Bridge is a market town that lies within the Upper Calder Valley in the district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, in northern England.-Geography:Sowerby Bridge is situated on the edge of Halifax, about three miles from its centre...

 and 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Halifax town centre

Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a minster town, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It has an urban area population of 82,056 in the 2001 Census. It is well-known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, originally dealing through the Halifax Piece...

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Location

Barkisland is situated on a hilltop that gently rises from Greetland

Greetland

Greetland is a village in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is located west of nearby Elland and south of Halifax.-Local history:The village may have been the site of a Roman settlement named Cambodunum...

 in the north-east and declines westwards to Ripponden and eastwards to Stainland

Stainland

Stainland is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, some south of Halifax, north-west of Huddersfield and west of Elland.-History:...

. The hill continues to climb southwards towards Scammonden

Scammonden

Scammonden was a village close to Huddersfield, in the Colne Valley, England, before it was flooded in the 1960s to create the Scammonden Reservoir. The M62 motorway crosses the dam wall and then passes through a cutting to the west over which Scammonden Bridge carries a B-road. The Chapel of St...

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Barkisland has one school, a village church, a post office and a local Cricket Club which play in the Huddersfield league. There are two pubs in Barkisland, The Fleece and The Griffin.

Local school

Barkisland's school is a high-performing junior and infant school; many of its pupils end up at one of the two high-performing grammar schools, North Halifax Grammar School

North Halifax Grammar School

The North Halifax Grammar School is a grammar school, specialist science college and specialist languages college in Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the east of Illingworth, towards Holmfield and Holdsworth...

 and Crossley Heath Grammar School

Crossley Heath Grammar School

The Crossley Heath School is a selective grammar school located in Savile Park, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.- Entrance exam :Admission to The Crossley Heath School, is by an entrance examination of prospective pupils' academic ability andattainment...

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The Barkisland School Association (BSA) is a parent-teacher organisation supporting the school by organising events and fundraising.

Both the school and the BSA have Facebook Groups to encourage members, improve community spirit and encourage fundraising support and ideas.