| Country: | England |
| Static Image: | Brandy Carr Road, Kirkhamgate - geograph.org.uk - 1760501.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Brandy Carr Road, the main street in Kirkhamgate |
| Coordinates: | 53.6971°N -1.5471°W |
| Official Name: | Kirkhamgate |
| Metropolitan Borough: | City of Wakefield |
| Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituency Westminster: | Morley and Outwood |
| Post Town: | WAKEFIELD |
| Postcode District: | WF2 |
| Postcode Area: | WF |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE300224 |
Kirkhamgate is a village in the Wakefield district, in West Yorkshire, England. It originated as a hamlet in the Alverthorpe township in the parish of Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Kirkhamgate is situated on rising ground at a junction on the Wakefield to Batley road to the east of the M1 motorway. It is primarily a residential village surrounded by farmland that is part of the Rhubarb Triangle.
Kirkhamgate holds an annual scarecrow festival in September.[1]
Alverthorpe civil parish was formed on 31 December 1894 from part of Alverthorpe with Thornes in Wakefield Rural District. On 1 April 1916 the parish was renamed Kirkhamgate. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1,320.[2] On 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Stanley.[3] [4]