Golcar
Sign in to saveGolcar (pronounced ) is a village on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
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Vinony's link graph records 64 inbound references to Golcar, and connects out to Huddersfield, England and list of sovereign states.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Areas of Huddersfield, Colne Valley and Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Kirklees
- Population
- 6900
- Image
- United Methodist Free Chapel, Parkwood Road, Golcar - geograph.org.uk - 467802.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- SE1020015735
- postal code
- HD7
- Commons category
- Golcar
- historic county
- Yorkshire
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Colne Valley Museum
- Community facilities
- Schools
- See also
- References
- Image gallery
Golcar (pronounced ) is a village on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
The 2021 population census lists the village as having 18,725 permanent residents. The main transport access is from the A62 (Manchester Road), through Milnsbridge in the valley bottom or via Scapegoat Hill from the A640 (New Hey Road) at the top of the hill.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Golcar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations