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Huddersfield hosts the University of Huddersfield and three colleges: Greenhead College, Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College. The town is the birthplace of rugby league with the local team, Huddersfield Giants, playing in the Super League.
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite.
Kirklees Council was established on 1 April 1974, when Kirklees and West Yorkshire were created under the Local Government Act 1972. The eleven former district councils within the area were abolished at the same time. [3] [4] Kirklees was awarded borough status, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. [5]
Kirklees College as seen from Lockwood Road. The main site is a new campus off Manchester Road, [10] adjacent to the River Colne, just outside the Huddersfield town centre, at a cost of £74 million, in 2013 it replaced the New North Road Campus . [clarification needed] [11] [12] There are 4 additional satellite sites in Huddersfield:
The HD postcode area, also known as the Huddersfield postcode area, [2] is a group of nine postcode districts in England, within three post towns.These cover southern West Yorkshire, including Huddersfield and Holmfirth in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, and Brighouse in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale.
Parking charges have been introduced at 15 Kirklees car parks which were previously free to use. The charges come into effect following a decision made by the district council in October.
Kirklees Stadium, currently known as the John Smith's Stadium for sponsorship reasons, [4] [5] [6] is a multi-purpose stadium in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.Since 1994, it has been the home ground of Huddersfield Town Association Football Club and Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Football Club, both of whom moved from Leeds Road.
Oak CE Primary School, Huddersfield; Old Bank Academy, Mirfield; Orchard Primary Academy, Chickenley; Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary Academy, Huddersfield; Overthorpe CE Academy, Thornhill; Paddock Junior and Infant School, Huddersfield; Park Road Junior and Infant School, Batley; Pentland Infant and Nursery School, Dewsbury; Purlwell Infant ...