Honley
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Honley
Church Street, Honley
Westgate, Honley
Honley is a large village in the Holme Valley 3 miles south of Huddersfield town centre (4.5 miles by road) and 2 miles north of
Holmfirth
(3 miles by road).
The village centre is perched above the western side of the Holme Valley, but Honley also extends to the eastern side of the River Holme, where Station Road leads to Honley station and Honley High School. Between is Honley Bridge, the area around the crossing point of the River Holme, which today has two bridges.
For more than 100 years the village of Honley has been behind a major agricultural show, the Honley Show. In 2000, the show moved a couple of miles from Honley to a location between the villages of
Farnley Tyas
and
Thurstonland
. In 2021, however, it returned to its 1921 roots for a centenary celebration at Honley Cricket Club and Recreation Ground. In 2022 a showground at
Wilshaw
was used. In 2023, it is going back to the large showground site at Farnley Tyas for a show to be held on July 1, 2023.
Honley Show
website.
Some of the old routes of Honley can still be explored, including the cobbled Church Street, once the main street of the village, with some houses bearing a late 17th century date on the stone frontage.
The present day main street, Westgate, is a stark contrast. The village expanded massively in the latter part of the 20th century on to the agricultural moorland above the village and there is now a seemingly incessant flow of vehicles on Westgate, making the minor road almost seem like an A-road, particularly at around the end of the school day.
For those stopping in one of the small parking areas or even arriving in the village centre on foot or by bus, Honley has an excellent range of shops and local services, covering just about every need.
Around Honley
Shops in Honley village centre are mostly around Westgate, but extend to the roundabout at Moor Bottom. They include convenience stores, a butcher, florist, a shoe shop, ladieswear and accessories, flooring and rugs, an art gallery, hair and beauty salons and charity shops. Insurance, legal and funeral services are also covered. There are also a few shops outside the village centre, including a food store in Meltham Road.
Honley post office is closed.
(As at January 2023)
Honley has a building society office at Market Place.
Jacobs Well is in Woodhead Road. The Allied is in Church Street. The Foresters Arms is in Bradshaw Road.
Honley has a range of restaurants covering most tastes, including traditional, Indian, Chinese and a tapas bar, and there is a cafe at the art gallery.
The village has a selection of outlets offering takeaways. Fish and chips, pizzas, kebabs, curries and burgers, Chinese and Indian are all available.
Honley has a library in West Avenue. The library is supported by the Friends of Honley Library.
Friends of Honley Library
website
Southgate Theatre, Honley
The village has its own theatre, Southgate Theatre, the home of Honley Players.
Southgate Theatre
website
Honley Village Hall
Honley Village Hall is at Moorbottom. The hall is maintained by the Honley Village Community Trust.
Honley Village Community Trust
website
Honley Football Club has two teams in the Huddersfield and District Association Football League and is based at Neiley Playing Fields, New Mill Road, Honley.
Honley Football Club
social media page
Honley Junior Football Club is a community club with groups from under-6s to under-18s and play in the Huddersfield and District Junior Football League.
Honley Junior Football Club
website
Honley Cricket Club is based at Far End Lane, Honley.
Honley Cricket Club
website
Honley High School is at Station Road.
Honley High School
website
Honley CE (VC) Junior, Infant and Nursery School combines the junior school at Jagger Lane and infant school at School Street.
Honley CE (VC) JI&N School
website
The Honley Village Community Trust is a local charity aiming for the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the village and its surroundings. The Trust owns Magdale Fields, a local beauty spot which was saved from development, together with Magdale Dam. Volunteers help maintain them as open spaces accessible to the public.
Honley Village Community Trust
website
Woodhead Road and Eastgate bridge the River Holme at Honley Bridge.
St Mary's Church, Honley
St Mary's Church, Honley, is in Church Street.
Parish of Honley with Brockholes
website
Trinity Church Honley, a combined Methodist / United Reformed Church, is at Moor Bottom.
Trinity Church Honley
website
Honley is in the Holme Valley North ward of Kirklees Council, the metropolitan district council.
Kirklees Council
website
Honley is also in the civil parish run by Holme Valley Parish Council.
Holme Valley Parish Council
website
Travel
Honley station
Honley Station
Station Road
The station is about 15 minutes walk from the centre of the village and near to Honley High School. It is served by trains on the
Penistone Line
operating to the villages and towns between Huddersfield and Sheffield.
Northern - Honley
Station and departure information at Northern website.
Bus services
308
Huddersfield
Bus station
-
Primrose Hill
Cross Lane
* -
Newsome
-
Berry Brow
Waingate and Parkgate -
Hangingstone Road
* -
Honley
Bridge -
Honley
village centre, Bradshaw Road
-
Oldfield
-
Netherthong
-
Holme Valley Memorial Hosp.
-
Thongsbridge
-
Holmfirth
Bus sta.
Route variations occur without there being distinguishing route numbers.
• Services continuing beyond Honley to
Holmfirth
are generally alternate buses Monday to Saturday daytime.
• Services terminating at
Honley
are alternate buses Monday to Saturday daytime, Monday to Saturday evening buses and Sunday buses.
• Services operate either via Stile Common Road,
via Cross Lane
at Primrose Hill and Lockwood Scar or directly via Newsome Road to Newsome. Buses operating via Cross Lane are mainly those to and from Holmfirth during Monday to Saturday daytime and Honley services only during the evening and all Sunday.
• Some outbound buses operate
via Hanging Stone Road
between Berry Brow and Honley. These are generally the same as those operating via Cross Lane, except on Sundays when only evening buses operate via Hanging Stone Road.
Timetable at
Metro
Search for operator's information at
First
309
Monday to Friday, one journey each way. Saturday, two journeys each way
Honley
Station
Penistone Line
, Honley Bridge, Westgate (village centre), Moor Bottom, Roundway, Stony Lane, Springfield Avenue, Long Lane, Oldfield Road, Upper Hagg Road
-
Deanhouse
Dean Brook Road
-
Netherthong
Dean Avenue, Denham Drive, West End, Town Gate, New Road
-
Holmfirth
Bus station
Hail and ride service on some sections of route.
Timetable at
Metro
Timetables
(.pdf format)
at
South Pennine Community Transport
310
Huddersfield
Bus station
-
Lockwood
-
Berry Brow
Parkgate
-
Honley
Bridge -
Woodhead Road
-
Thongsbridge
-
at Woodhead Road/Huddersfield Road
-
Holmfirth
Bus station
-
Scholes
-
Jackson Bridge
-
Hepworth
Timetable at
Metro
Search for operator's information at
First
314
Huddersfield
Bus station
-
Lockwood
-
Berry Brow
Parkgate
-
Honley
Bridge -
Brockholes
-
New Mill
-
Wooldale
New Mill Road
-
Holmfirth
Bus station
-
Hinchliffe Mill
Woodhead Road
-
Holmbridge
-
Holme
Timetable at
Metro
Search for operator's information at
First
315
Monday to Fridays, two journeys each way. Saturday one early morning journey to Huddersfield
Honley
at Honley Bridge
-
Berry Brow
Golden Fleece
-
Huddersfield
Timetable at
Metro
Timetables
(.pdf format)
at
South Pennine Community Transport
316
Huddersfield
Bus station
-
Lockwood
-
Berry Brow
Parkgate
-
Honley
Bridge -
Brockholes
-
New Mill
-
Holmfirth Road
-
Wooldale
New Mill Road
-
Holmfirth
Bus station
- Parkhead
No longer operates via Royds Avenue. Runs from New Mill to Holmfirth via Holmfirth Road/New Mill Road.
Timetable at
Metro
Search for operator's information at
First
911
Monday to Saturday
Meltham
Morrisons and village turning circle
-
Wilshaw
-
Honley
Village centre, Honley Bridge and station
Penistone Line
-
then alternating route
-
Farnley Tyas
-
Thurstonland
-
Brockholes
-
or
-
Brockholes
-
Thurstonland
-
Farnley Tyas
-
-
Honley
Station
Penistone Line
, Honley Bridge and village centre
-
Wilshaw
-
Meltham
Village turning circle and Morrisons
Timetable at
Metro
Timetables
(.pdf format)
at
Stotts Coach Travel
937
Infrequent service. Monday to Friday: Marsden - Honley. Saturday: Marsden - Meltham Morrisons only
Marsden
Dirker, Marsden station
Huddersfield line to Manchester
, village centre, Meltham Road
-
Holt Head
-
Meltham
Morrisons*, village centre
- Meltham Mills -
Honley
village centre, Honley Bridge
* Terminates at Meltham Morrisons on Saturdays
Timetable at
Metro
Timetables
(.pdf format)
at
South Pennine Community Transport
X49
Monday to Fridays (and Saturday, one journey)
Huddersfield
Bus station
-
Fartown
Bradford Road
- Bradley Bar - Brighouse
Monday to Friday: Two early morning journeys to Brighouse. Two afternoon/early evening journeys to Huddersfield.
Saturday: One morning journey to Brighouse.
Timetable at
Metro
Timetables
(.pdf format)
at
South Pennine Community Transport
Honley has HD9 postcode addresses for which Holmfirth is the postal town. Unless you place total dependance on a fully correct postcode, a line with the Honley village name on is still an essential part of the address as there are many duplicate street names within the postal area, eg Station Road, Station Lane, School Street and Huddersfield Road.
Also in Huddersfield.guide
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Other places near Honley:
Berry Brow
Brockholes
Farnley Tyas
Meltham
Netherton
Netherthong
South Crosland
Wilshaw
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