Basic Info
 

Location:
Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Detailed Info
 

Website:
http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/
Public Transit:
I HUDDERSFIELD I LOVE HUDDERSFIELD

SITUATED IN BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT CITIES OF THE NORTH; LEEDS AND MANCHESTER.

A POPULATION OF 208,036 PEOPLE.

BIRTH PLACE OF RUGBY LEAGUE.

HUDDERSFIELD IS THE LARGEST TOWN IN EUROPE.

FROM CASTLE HILL, THE NEXT HIGHEST GROUND GOING EAST ARE THE URAL MOUNTAINS IN RUSSIA.

EMLEY MOOR MAST AT 330M IS 6 METERS HIGHER THAN THE EIFFEL TOWER AND 95 METRES TALLER THAN CANARY WHARF, BRITAIN'S TALLEST BUILDING.
IT IS THE TALLEST FREESTANDING STRUCTURE IN THE BRITISH ISLES AND ON A CLEAR DAY IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE BOTH COASTS FROM THE TOP.

HUDDERSFIELD HAS THE THIRD LARGEST AMOUNT OF LISTED BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTRY.

IN 1921-22 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN WON THE FA CUP AND BETWEEN 1923-26 THEY BECAME THE FIRST CLUB TO WIN THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP THREE TIMES IN A ROW, AN ACHIEVEMENT MATCHED ONLY BY THREE OTHER TEAMS.

JUST WEST OF HUDDERSFIELD, ON THE M62, IS THE HIGHEST POINT OF ANY MOTORWAY IN THE UK AT 1,221 FEET (372M).

THERE IS A TOWN CALLED HUDDERSFIELD IN JAMAICA NAMED AFTER HUDDERSFIELD.

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USEFUL INFORMATION
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West Yorkshire Police
http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/section-item.asp?sid=16&iid=138

Kirklees Council
http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/

University of Huddersfield
http://www.hud.ac.uk

Kirklees College
http://www.kirkleescollege.ac.uk

Huddersfield Town AFC
http://www.htafc.premiumtv.co.uk

Huddersfield Giants
http://www.giantsrl.com