Huddersfield was once a mill town. It has a large amount of Victorian architecture having the highest number of listed buildings than any other city or town in the country.
On Castle Hill stands a Victorian tower that was erected to mark Queen Victoria’s 60th Jubilee Year.
Huddersfield Railway Station is a lovely old building with colonnades. It has been described as a stately home with trains in it. Outside the station is a statue of Huddersfield born former Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.
Market Hall at Queensgate was built in the 1970’s to replace the Shamble Market Hall.
The town hall is impressive and was built in the Victorian times, the library another lovely building dates back to the 1930’s.
The art nouveau clock tower that stands in Lindley Village was put up by the local mill owner in 1902 so his employees had no excuse to be late for work.
Behind the YMCA in the Turnbridge Section is an electronically operated road bridge that is in operation today. It raises the road to let boats on the Huddersfield Broad Canal pass through.
The Pack Horse Centre shopping area was built over the cobbled street named Pack Horse Walk called this after the pack animals that carried goods over the Pennines before the Standedge tunnels were built. This shopping centre is one of three shopping areas in Huddersfield the others being the Piazza which is an outdoor mall and the covered Market Hall.
There are a great many shops in Huddersfield some stores that can be found there include Beatties, Next, Primark and Peters Fashions and the smaller shops include Pure, Internacionale Ltd, Kevan John, PCH, Monsoon, Zohm, Cuba, Hudz, Doms, Burtons, Pink or Blue Designer Childrens Wear, The Pied Piper and Adams.
The Lawrence Batley theatre is house in what was the larges Wesleyan Chapel in the world it holds exhibitions and performances is dance, comedy, drama and music.
There are plenty of properties for rent in Huddersfield and average prices are for a l bed flat £440pcm, for a 2 bed flat £510pcm, for a 2 bed house £470pcm and for a 3 bed house £535.
Huddersfield lies close to both the M1 and M62. A ring road was built in 1970 and inside this the town’s central business district operates.
Huddersfield has an abundance of restaurants in and around the town with many of the public houses also serving food.
The Revolution is in the town centre where it is possible to eat and drink. It has live music nightly with special guests and live acts. There is a terrace, dance floor, restaurant and bars, great for a night out.
Another great restaurant in the area is the Watermill this is still a working water mill. It has great food throughout the day and the average cost of a two-course dinner would be around £19.00 and for a three-course meal about £24.00.
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