Birkenshaw is a village in the borough of Kirklees in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

At the 2011 census, the village was located in the ward of Birstall and Birkenshaw, which had a population 16,298.

[1] Birkenshaw forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.

It is the site of the headquarters of the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.

[2] The name of the village derives from Old English and means "Birch Wood".