Longley, Huddersfield

Longley is a small district in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England between Newsome and Lowerhouses. The area is mainly made up of woodland and a 9-hole golf course (Longley Park). Longley Old Hall, a listed building, is also in the area.

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Lowerhouses

Lowerhouses is a residential district in the town of Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Lowerhouses is a residential district situated in a wooded hillside, adjacent to Hall Bower, between Newsome and Almondbury, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) of Huddersfield town centre. It comprises multiple social housing estates, with a mixture of private housing throughout. It has a primary school, local corner shop, church and a take-away.

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Castle Hill, Huddersfield

Castle Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Almondbury overlooking Huddersfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. The hilltop has been settled for at least 4,000 years. The scheduled monument comprises the remains of a late-Bronze Age or early Iron Age univallate hillfort with a single raised bank, a later Iron Age multivallate hillfort, a 12th-century motte-and-bailey castle, and the site of a deserted medieval village. The grade II listed Victoria Tower on the summit of Castle Hill is by far the most conspicuous landmark in Huddersfield. The hill has been a place of recreation for hundreds of years and the easily discernible remains of past occupation have made it a subject for legend, speculation and scientific study. It is located on UK Maps at grid reference SE152140.

Newsome

Newsome is a village situated approximately 1 mile south of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. The village lies at the centre of Newsome Ward to which it gives its name.

Aspley, Huddersfield

Aspley is an area adjacent to the ring road around Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It comprises a mixture of independent shops, commercial units, a small retail park, houses, student accommodation and sections of the University of Huddersfield and Kirklees Council offices, pubs and fast food outlets. It is known locally as Aspley Wharf. There is a small narrowboat marina adjacent to the Huddersfield Broad Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. known as Aspley Basin.