Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large town within the Metropolitan
Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, 190
miles (306km) north of London, and 10.3 miles (16.48km)
south of Bradford, the nearest city.
Huddersfield
is near the confluence of the River Colne and the River
Holme. Located within the historic county boundaries
of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a total resident
population of 146,234. It is the largest urban area
in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees and the administrative
centre of the borough. The town is well known for its
important role in the Industrial Revolution, the birthplace
of Rugby League and for being the birthplace of the
late British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Huddersfield
today is a town of higher education, the media and sports,
being home to the Football League One football team
Huddersfield Town F.C., founded in 1908, and the Rugby
League team, currently titled Huddersfield Giants, founded
in 1895. The town is home to the University of Huddersfield
and one of the most critically acclaimed non-fee paying
sixth form colleges in the whole of the UK, Greenhead
College.
Huddersfield
is a town of victorian architecture. Huddersfield railway
station is a Grade I listed building and was described
by John Betjeman as 'the most splendid station facade
in England' second only to St Pancras, London. The station
stands in St George's Square, and has been given a £1
million make over and subsequently won the Europa Nostra
award for European architecture.
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