Almondbury and Castle Hill
Almondbury
Map view
Almondbury is a village district of Huddersfield two miles south-east of the town centre.
Almondbury has a fascinating history as it was once a more important centre than Huddersfield. It was granted a market charter in 1294 and its parish once extended as far as
Marsden
and
Meltham
and beyond
Holmfirth
.
Although the parish is smaller today, Almondbury village itself has grown substantially with the building of new housing and schools in the mid to late 20th century, including social housing such as the estate built at Fernside. This also led to a new church being built. St Michael and St Helen's Church opened in 1955 for the newly-built estate. It also replaced one closed at nearby Fenay Bridge and supplemented All Hallows Church in the village centre about a mile away.
Northgate, Almondbury
Historic buildings remain in Almondbury. Wormald's Hall in Westgate was built in the 16th century. Its 1631 date stone reflects a stone frontage added to the ground floor about 100 years after it was first built. The building is today used by the Almondbury Conservative Club.
All Hallows Church is a grade I listed building with a chancel dating from the 13th century, although much of the church is the result of renovations of the late 15th and early 16th century. In 1990 an interconnecting parish hall with lounge was added.
About a mile to the south west of Almondbury is
Castle Hill
, an ancient monument including the earthwork remains of a hill fort dating from at least the early iron age and of a motte and bailey castle of the 12th century. The Victoria Tower has stood at the top of the hill for more than 100 years.
Wormald's Hall, Westgate, Almondbury
Police 'tardis', Northgate, Almondbury
One of the schools in Almondbury can trace its history back to beginnings as a chantry school in 1547. King James's School owes its name to a royal charter granted in 1608. The school in St Helen's Gate is today an academy catering for 11 to 16-year-olds.
A smaller but notable historic feature of Almondbury is its 'tardis', the old police box, in Northgate. The police box is similar to that made famous and named the tardis by the BBC TV series Dr Who.
The landscape around Almondbury varies from adjoining other districts of Huddersfield, including Dalton and Waterloo, to the north to a more rural and agricultural landscape to the west and south on the approaches to Castle Hill and around the valley of Rushfield Dike.
Around Almondbury
Northgate, Almondbury
While there are local shops in various places around Almondbury, the village centre is along Northgate, with some shops around the corner at the end of the village in Westgate.
There is a pharmacy in Northgate, Almondbury.
Almondbury has a Post Office branch at Town End.
The Woolpack and The Radcliffe Arms are in Westgate, Almondbury.
Almondbury has a selection of cafes and restaurants.
Almondbury Library moved to Farfield Road in 2019. The library replaced the village's historic original library in Stocks Walk, which was a Carnegie building, one of the libraries funded around the country by Scottish-born philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who made great wealth in the USA through investments and the building of the Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh, USA.
Fernside Park is at the corner of Southfield Road and Hurst Knowle.
King James's School, an academy for 11 to 16-year-olds is in St Helen's Gate.
King James's School
website
Hill View Academy, for 3 to 11-year-olds, is in Fernside Avenue.
Hill View Academy
website
All Hallows CE (VA) Primary School is in Longcroft.
All Hallows CE (VA) Primary School
website
All Hallows Church is at the corner of Northgate and Westgate, Almondbury. St Michael and St Helen's Church is in Fleminghouse Lane, Almondbury.
Almondbury with Farnley Tyas
parish website
Almondbury Methodist Church is in Westgate, Almondbury. The church also runs The Wesley Centre for the community, which is situated between the church and Stocks Walk.
Almondbury Methodist Church
website
Almondbury is in the Almondbury ward of Kirklees Council, the metropolitan district council.
Kirklees council
website
There is no civil parish council for this area, which prior to 1974 was in the Huddersfield County Borough.
Travel
Bus services
317
Monday to Saturday, morning and early afternoon,
Almondbury
-
Castle Hill
at Ashes Lane / High Lane
-
Hall Bower
High Lane
-
Newsome
Jackroyd Lane, Church Lane
-
Lockwood
Bridge Street, Swan Lane, Lockwood station
Penistone line
-
Crosland Moor
-
Milnsbridge
-
Paddock
Longwood Road
-
Quarmby
- Huddersfield Royal Infirmary -
Lindley
Timetable at
Metro
Timetables
(.pdf format)
at
Stotts Coach Travel
341
Huddersfield
Bus station
-
Aspley
-
Almondbury Bank
-
Almondbury
-
Castle Hill
at Ashes Lane
-
Farnley Tyas
-
Thurstonland
-
Stocksmoor
Station
Penistone line
A service running only between Almondbury and Huddersfield via Somerset Road operates as 342.
Timetable at
Metro
Timetables at
CT Plus
342
Monday to Saturday daytime
Huddersfield
Bus station
-
Aspley
-
Almondbury
Circular -
via Somerset Road, Southfield Road, De Lacy Avenue, Fernside Avenue, Aldonley, Hurst Knowle, Southfield Road, Ings Road, Dartmouth Avenue, Fenay Lane, Northgate, Somerset Road
-
Aspley
-
Huddersfield
Bus station
Timetable for First services at
Metro
and for CT Plus journey at
Metro
Service information at
First
Timetables at
CT Plus
372
Almondbury
Northgate, Southfield Road, Aldonley, Fernside Avenue
-
Waterloo
-
Dalton
Wakefield Road
-
Moldgreen
-
Aspley
-
Huddersfield
Westgate
-
Marsh
- Huddersfield Royal Infirmary -
Lindley
Timetable at
Metro
Service information at
First
Drive time to nearest A&E hospitals:
15 min Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
30 min Dewsbury and District Hospital ~
32 min Barnsley Hospital
34 min Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax
34 min Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield
43 min Tameside Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne
46 min Royal Oldham Hospital
55 min Bradford Royal Infirmary
51 min Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
62 min Leeds General Infirmary
Random point in time survey (Almondbury: Mon Jan 25, 2016, 08.02). Times may considerably vary according to traffic, particularly at peak commuter hours, and trans-Pennine weather conditions. PLEASE ALWAYS CHECK CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. See different results in eg.
Bradley
,
Denby Dale
,
Honley
,
Holme
,
Holmfirth
,
Kirkburton
,
Marsden
,
Meltham
,
New Mill
,
Slaithwaite
. Note: ~ While A&E exists at Dewsbury and District Hospital it is planned to be downgraded starting autumn 2016 to spring 2017 such that if you attend the A&E department at Dewsbury but you need to be admitted for specialist treatment then you will be transferred to Pinderfields.
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Other places near Almondbury:
Aspley
Dalton
Fenay Bridge
Longley
Lowerhouses
Moldgreen
Newsome
Waterloo
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