Longley with Lowerhouses
The area also includes Lowerhouses. Because of the way the area evolved neither Longley or Lowerhouses appear today to have any distinct boundary and the names sometimes become interchanged beyond the area of their historic origins.
Longley includes what was once the estate of the Ramsden family, who bought the Manor of Huddersfield in 1599 and later the Manor of Almondbury. The family owned and built much of Huddersfield before selling the land to Huddersfield Corporation in 1920.
Longley Old Hall, a grade II listed building faces towards Castle Hill from Longley. Originally dating from the 14th century, it has stone walls from the late 16th century and Victorian alterations. It became the Ramsden family home through marriage in the mid-16th century and remained within the Ramsden family until 1976.
A new Longley Hall was completed in 1870 on a lower part of the estate, off Dog Kennel Bank. This was part of the sale to the Corporation and became a girls' school in 1924. In 1959 a special school was established there. New buildings have been added to the site while the school still uses the old hall as part of its premises.
Maps from the 19th century show that a little down the hill from Longley Old Hall and surrounding houses at Longley was the hamlet of Lower Houses, effectively Longley's lower houses. Later the new Longley Hall was built on part of the estate below these lower houses while the largest growth in new housing came around the Lower Houses hamlet, including, in the early 20th century, a social housing estate which took the Lowerhouses name. Lowerhouses Lane passes through the area, sandwiched between Longley Road and Longley Lane. As such there is little distinction in the boundaries of Longley and Lowerhouses.
Around Longley and Lowerhouses
The area has a convenience store in Lowerhouses Lane.
There is a varied menu takeaway in Lowerhouses Lane.
Longley Community Sports Club is in Longley Road and offers junior, social and league tennis and fitness programmes. 
Longley Community Sports Club
Longley Park Golf Club has its clubhouse at Maple Street, Aspley. Longley Park Golf Club
A group of woods which were once part of the Longley Estate are a local beauty spot with public access. Since 2008 they have been designated the Longley Woods Nature Reserve after being tidied by a local friends group. 
Friends of Longley Woods
Woodley School and College is a local authority special school for pupils aged 4 to 19 at the former Longley Hall off Dog Kennel Bank. The school was previously known as Longley School. Woodley School and CollegeLowerhouses CE (VC) JI & EY School is in Lowerhouses Lane.
Lowerhouses CE (VC) JI & EY School
The Ark Church is in Lowerhouses Lane. The Ark Church Places to visit
Castle Hill
Find out more on our Castle Hill page.
Local government
Civil parish council
There is no civil parish council for this area, which prior to 1974 was in the Huddersfield County Borough.Metropolitan district council
Longley and Lowerhouses are in the Newsome ward of Kirklees Council. Kirklees Council website
Kirklees Council
Travel
Bus services
354 Monday to Saturday daytime (4 journeys each way). See also 355
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