Lower Denby is a small village within the civil parish of Denby Dale, and the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England.

Location Lying 5 miles north-west of Barnsley and 12 miles to the south-east of Huddersfield and 2 miles south of Denby Dale, on an east facing slope of the Pennines, it occupies a position above sea level.

The southern edge of the village is bordered by the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley within the county of South Yorkshire.

Name The name Denby derives from the Old English Dene meaning 'the Danes', and the Old Norse bȳ meaning 'village'.

See also Listed buildings in Denby Dale

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