Get a slice of the action at Denby Dale – Yorkshire’s ‘Pie Village’!
Denby Dale is famous as Yorkshire’s ‘Pie Village’ - locals have been earning a crust (!) from its reputation ever since 1788 when legend has it that the first ‘Denby Dale Game Pie’ was baked to celebrate the recovery of King George III from a bout of mental illness.
The second pie was baked in 1815 to celebrate Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, while pie number 3 in 1846 marked the repeal of the Corn Laws which governed the price of wheat, driving up bread prices when it was a staple food for many.
The most recent pie in the series, number ten, was baked in 2000 for the Millennium and was served up to an estimated 25,000 people – imagine the washing up afterwards!
Today, a giant pie dish from the 1964 bake is in use as a flower container outside the Denby Dale Pie Hall on Wakefield Road – hop off the bus at the White Hart inn, turn back and the Pie Hall is a short walk away – while inside a display of pie memorabilia includes the huge 1887 Denby Dale Pie Wooden Spoon!
Denby Dale Pie Hall is easily reached by Team Pennine bus, using the Denby Darts route D1 from Huddersfield which stops right outside, or Holmfirth Explorer X1from Wakefield, Clayton West and Holmfirth – just a short walk from the Wesley Terrace or War Memorial stops.
