Honley is in the Holme Valley, roughly 3.5 miles south of Huddersfield. After Holmfirth, it is the 2nd largest village in the valley and has three schools (infant, junior and secondary), a doctor's surgery and a library as well as several good shops and restaurants, including the well known (nice but pricey) Mustard and Punch.

Honley has a picturesque centre around Westgate and Church Street. The latter is cobbled and looks like an alternative location for the Hovis advert. There are plenty of traditional weaver's cottages in the centre, but as you leave this area the architecture becomes more commonplace, the majority of modern day Honley having been built during the 1960s and 1970s. The village continues to expand to this day, with several new developments having been completed in the last few years.

There are three traditional festivals which take place in the village: the Honley Feast in the autumn; the Christmas Fair and Market in early December; and the biggest and best of all, the Honley Show in June, which actually takes place at Farnley Tyas these days since the show outgrew its field in Honley a few years ago.