Oxenhope is a small Pennine valley community, centred on a Victorian mill village, but including many smaller settlements, and rising to the surrounding moorlands. It is an area of great diversity and natural beauty with a distinctive character, and has close links to the Worth, Aire and Calder valleys.
The village is the terminus for the Keighley and Worth Valley Steam Railway and the centre of a network of routes in the surrounding countryside.
From a community dominated by mills and chapels, the village has evolved to provide homes for a modern community where the majority of the working population travel outside the parish for employment. However, there are also a number of employers and key enterprises based in the village, including the Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice, several pubs, local shops and businesses.
The current population is approximately 2,423 (census 2001).