Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district, in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne is to the south of the town centre, which then flows into the Calder in the north-eastern outskirts of the town.

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Huddersfield is a town in West Yorkshire, England, located in the foothills of the Pennines and serving as the administrative center and largest settlement of the Kirklees district. The town is situated near the confluence of the River Holme and Colne, which flow into the Calder nearby.

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UK place.p13: Longley
UK place.official_name: Huddersfield
UK place.type: Town
UK place.static_image_caption: The railway station and statue of Harold Wilson, the university's Queensgate campus, Kirklees Stadium, St Peter’s church, Folly Hall Mills and the town hall.
UK place.population: 141,692
UK place.population_ref: (2021 Census)
UK place.metropolitan_borough: Kirklees
UK place.metropolitan_county: West Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.country: England
UK place.constituency_westminster1: Huddersfield
UK place.constituency_westminster2: Colne Valley
UK place.post_town: HUDDERSFIELD
UK place.postcode_district: HD1-5, HD7-8
UK place.postcode_area: HD
UK place.dial_code: 01484
UK place.os_grid_reference: SE145165
UK place.parts_type: Areas of the town

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Population: 162949
Image: Huddersfield Station.jpg
Dialing code: 01484

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Commons category: Huddersfield
Commons gallery: Huddersfield
OS grid reference: SE145165
postal code: HD7-8
inception: 1086-00-00
P12749: list of Danish monarchs

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Contents

History
Iron age and Roman
Toponymy
Market town and manor
Industrial Revolution
H. H. Asquith and H. Wilson
Aristocratic interest discharged
Governance
Demographic change
Geography
Climate
Divisions and suburbs
Green belt
Demography
Ethnicity
Religion
Economy
Industry
Health
Entertainment
Shopping
Community and culture
Music
Art
Festivals
Landmarks and architecture
Filmography and media
Transport
Roads
Buses
Railway
Canal
Education
Sport
Association Football
Rugby
League
Union
Aussie rules
Other
List of civic honours and freedoms
Notable people
Notable people born in and near to Huddersfield
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

The rivers around the town provided soft water required for textile treatment in large weaving sheds; this made it a prominent mill town with an economic boom in the early part of the Victorian era Industrial Revolution. The town centre has much neoclassical Victorian architecture; an example is , a Grade I listed building described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid station façade in England." It won the Europa Nostra award for architecture.