Kirkwood Hospice

Kirkwood Hospice is a hospice situated in Dalton, Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. It provides Specialist palliative care for the terminally ill in Kirklees. It was built on the site of the former Mill Hill Isolation Hospital, which closed in 1971 Kirwood hospice provided help and assistance in the formation of the Laura Crane Trust.

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Dalton, Huddersfield

Dalton is a suburb of Huddersfield, in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire in England, approximately one mile east of the town centre between Moldgreen, Rawthorpe and Kirkheaton. Located in a small valley it is mostly housing, with a small number of engineering firms to the north-west, surrounded by farmland used in the production of milk. Germaine Lindsay, one of the suicide bombers involved in the 7 July 2005 London bombings, had lived in the area following his arrival from Jamaica aged five.

Kirkheaton railway station

Kirkheaton railway station served the village of Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1930. It was located immediately north of the junction of Crossley Lane and School Lane, and was accessed from the latter. The line continued towards Kirkburton on a bridge across School Lane.

Kirkheaton

Kirkheaton (English: ) is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Huddersfield, in the Dalton ward of Kirklees Council. In 2021 it had a population of 3,496.

Waterloo, Huddersfield

Waterloo is a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) to the east of Huddersfield Town Centre. It is the part of Dalton named after the former Waterloo public house and consists mostly of housing with a central shopping area made up of independent shops, a large Morrisons Supermarket, and a petrol station located on Penistone Road. Waterloo's population is around 7,000 and it is situated between Dalton and Almondbury. The area is home to a number of businesses, including Forteq UK (the UK operation of a Swiss-owned plastic moulding company), Principle Group (a brand implementation company that makes signage and bank counters), Hyder Living (a bed and sofa manufacturer) and Metal Closures (metal packaging producer). Huddersfield R.U.F.C. played at Waterloo until leaving for a new ground at Lockwood Park in 1997. Notable people like Benjamin Coates, High Priest of Xenu in the British sect of Scientology, reside within waterloo.