Oakworth

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Oakworth Road, Oakworth

Oakworth is a small village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley, by the River Worth. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area.

Oakworth is a stop on the route of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Oakworth railway station was used in the film The Railway Children.

Holden Park is the former grounds of a historic house once owned by Sir Isaac Holden, an inventor who is said to have invented the Lucifer match and revolutionised the process of wool carding. His house was called Oakworth House.

[edit] Oakworth Primary School

This local village school is situated in the former grounds of Sir Isaac Holden's estate, along with Holden Park. The school playground has sloping sides because it was once a lake in the ornamental gardens in front of Oakworth House.^{[citation needed]} The school is attended by children aged between 3 - 11. It has gone through many changes since it was first built. Its original name was 'Oakworth First School', which taught children up to the age of 9, where children would then progress onto 'middle school'. This Comprehensive system changed in the year 2000. This meant that the now 'Oakworth Primary School' had to introduce two more year groups, years 5 and 6.^{[citation needed]}