Chickenley is a suburban village in the Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

An old story is that when a maypole was built in the Gawthorpe area of Ossett in 1840, men from Chickenley came to tear it down.

[citation needed] After the Second World War a council estate was built in the area.

Until recently the estate was linked with the Gawthorpe area of Ossett as part of a Church of England parish.

However, it is now part of the large parish of Dewsbury, which has several churches within its area.