the outskirts of the village and the other club based in the centre of the village. Each club have their own bowling green. Following a petition from local young people fundraising allowed the construction of a small skatepark which opened early 2006. Residents from the area complained about the noise and the skatepark has since been moved. It is now at the bottom of the football field. Parkgate Sports and Community Trust have won the right for a new sports complex to be built at Parkgate. Transport Railway For more than 100 years (from 1879 until 1986), Skelmanthorpe had a railway station on the Clayton West branch line that ran along the northern edge of the village. The line was closed to passengers in 1983 and the track was removed in 1986. The disused trackbed of the former branch line was later used for the Kirklees Light Railway, a minimum gauge railway designed as a tourist attraction, which opened as far as Skelmanthorpe in 1992. The nearest railway stations now are Denby Dale (2.2 miles) and Shepley (3.1 miles); both stations are on the Penistone Line with trains in both directions to Huddersfield, Barnsley and Sheffield Buses Skelmanthorpe is served by bus services to Holmfirth and Wakefield on the X1 service and Huddersfield and Denby Dale on the D1 Denby Darts service. Team Pennine is the bus company that runs these services through the village. Roads The main road through the village is the B6116, Which connects to the A629 and A636. Notable groups and Residents Male voice choir and brass band Skelmanthorpe Male Voice Choir began in 1934: To maintain and increase the love of and the interest in music in the village. To help charitable institutions. To increase the fame and renown of the village by winning competitions. Since 2009 its director is Jane Hobson. Formed in 1843, the Skelmanthorpe Brass Band is among the oldest ten of such bands in Britain. They rank in the First Section of The National Brass Band Championships. Residents & Ex-residents Actresses: Jodie Whittaker. She has appeared in films including Venus and St Trinian's and portrayed the Thirteenth Doctor in the television series Doctor Who she mentioned she was a "Shat lass" on Graham Norton's chat show. Lena Headey who starred in St Trinian's with Whittaker — Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones. Musicians: Biff Byford, lead of heavy-metal band Saxon. Academics: