Marsden

MarsdenMarsdenMarsdenMarsdenTunnel End, MarsdenBlakeley and Butterley ReservoirsMarsden is a large village near the head of the Colne Valley, just over 6 miles south-west of Huddersfield town centre (7.4 miles by road).

The village is surrounded by attractive moorland managed by the National Trust as the Marsden Moor Estate. The Peak District National Park begins about half-a-mile from the village centre.

Marsden is the starting point of many historic routes across and through the Pennines, including pack horse trails, roads, canal and railways.

The village has provided an attractive location for a number of TV series, including a principal location for the 1997 police series 'Wokenwell' and also scenes for 'Last Of The Summer Wine', 'Where The Heart Is' and 'Last Tango In Halifax', while Marsden Moor hosted the 'local shop' of the 1999-2002 comedy series 'The League Of Gentlemen'.
Imbolc fire festivalMarsden Cuckoo Day Festival
Village events in Marsden include a fire festival to mark Imbolc (pictured) which is held in February in some years, Marsden Cuckoo Festival each April, and Marsden Jazz Festival in October.

More information can be found at

Marsden Imbolc Fire Festival social media page.

Marsden Cuckoo Day Festival social media page.

Marsden Jazz Festival web page.

Around Marsden

Co-op, Peel Street, Marsden

The village has a Co-operative store and a large range of shops mostly centred around Peel Street.

Marsden post office is in Peel Street.

Marsden has a pharmacy in Peel Street.

The New Inn is in Manchester Road.

The Railway is in Station Road near the station.
The Riverhead Brewery Tap & Dining Rooms are at Peel Street.
The Shakespeare is in Peel Steet.

Marsden has a choice of cafes, pubs and restaurant dining.

Marsden has fish and chip and chinese takeaways and sandwich shops.

Marsden Mechanics Hall in Peel Street, with its distinctive clock tower, is the community hub of the village hosting all kinds of events, including gigs, fairs, meetings and festivals and regular meetings for tea dances, art classes, zumba, yoga, powerhooping, language and sewing. The hall is run by the charity Marsden Mechanics Hall Management Association.

Marsden Mechanics website

Marsden Community Association is a charity supporting community-led events. It was originally founded in 1980 to stop the demolition of Marsden Mechanics Hall and continue its community use.

Marsden Community Association website

Marsden History Group meets at the Marsden Mechanics Hall and has a website of historical information and photographs about the village.

Marsden History Group website

Marsden Parish Church Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society has been performing plays and musicals in the village since 1926.

Marsden Operatics social media page

Marsden Silver Prize Band has its bandroom at the Marsden Musical Institute in Marsden Lane.

Marsden Silver Prize Band website

Marsden Library is on the ground floor of the Marsden Mechanics Hall. Friends of Marsden Library are helping to keep the library open.

Friends of Marsden Library website

Marsden Football Club has open age, girls and boys football teams and is based at Fall Lane, Marsden.

Marsden Football Club website

Marsden Cricket Club, based at Hemplow, is a member of the Drakes Huddersfield League. It has two senior teams and runs junior teams from age 9 upwards.

Marsden Cricket Club web pages

Marsden Golf Club is at Mount Road, Hemplow, Marsden.

Marsden Golf Club website

Marsden Junior School is in Manchester Road, Marsden.

Marsden Junior School website

Marsden Infant & Nursery School is in Brougham Road, Marsden.

Marsden Infant & Nursery School website

Mellor Bridge and St Bartholemew's Church, Marsden

St Bartholemew's Church is at Church Lane in Marsden. Historically Marsden was split between the parishes of Huddersfield and Almondbury, but because of the distance involved in reaching either of these a Chapel of Ease was created in the village in the mid 15th century, being replaced by a second chapel in 1758 and the present church across Church Lane from the original site in 1895.

St Bartholemew's website

Marsden United Church is a partnership between Methodist and United Reformed Churches. The church is opposite the end of Peel Street at the junction with Station Road and Warehouse Hill Road.

Huddersfield Methodist Circuit - Marsden United Church web page

Marsden is on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal which goes north-east from the village to Huddersfield and south-west through the Standedge Tunnel to Diggle. The Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre at Tunnel End tells the history of the canal.

Marsden is on the River Colne.

Places to visit

Colne Valley Museum

Colne Valley Museum, Golcar Cliffe Ash, Golcar

Cliffe Ash, Golcar

Colne Valley Museum is situated in the village of Golcar and tells the story of the early textile industry and life in the Colne Valley from a row of traditional weavers' cottages, featuring a loom chamber, spinning and cropping rooms. The museum also has a period living room and wash kitchen of around 1850 and a clog-makers' workshop. The museum, run by volunteers, often has demonstrations of the crafts. The museum also has an exhibition room, children's corner, arranges school and group visits and has occasional themed events. The museum is generally open to the public on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday afternoons.

Details can be found on the Colne Valley Museum website

Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre

Standedge Tunnel at Tunnel End, Marsden

Tunnel End, Marsden

Situated along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal at the head of the Colne Valley, the Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre at Tunnel End, Marsden, tells the history of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the building of the three-and-a-quarter mile long Standedge Tunnel, which is Britain's longest canal tunnel and also the one with deepest and highest elevation.

Find out more on our Tunnel End page.

Marsden Moor

Near Marsden

Stretching high above the end of the Colne Valley, the Marsden Moor Estate is a vast and beautiful expanse of more than 5,500 acres of moorland managed by The National Trust. It surrounds the village of Marsden and is partly within the Peak District National Park. Its unenclosed moors are crossed by more than 100 miles of footpaths and historic trails.

Find out more on our Marsden Moor page.

Local government

Civil parish council

There is no civil parish council for this area, which prior to 1974 was in the Colne Valley Urban District.

Metropolitan district council

Marsden is in the Colne Valley ward of Kirklees Council.

Kirklees Council website

Travel

Marsden station Station Road

Trans-Pennine Express operate rail services to Slaithwaite and Huddersfield and stations along the Huddersfield Line to Manchester Piccadilly.

Typical journey time:
Huddersfield — Marsden by train : 8 mins

Northern - Marsden Station and departure information at Northern website.

Bus services

184 Every day until early evening

184 at MarsdenHuddersfield Bus station - Longroyd Bridge - Thornton Lodge Manchester Road - Milnsbridge Manchester Road - Cowlersley Cowlersley Lane - Linthwaite Broad Oak - Linthwaite Church - Causeway Side - Hoyle House Fold - Manchester Road - Slaithwaite Manchester Road - Marsden Manchester Road - Fall Lane - Mount Road (including Hard End) - Uppermill - Oldham

Typical journey time: Huddersfield - Oldham 1hour 22min

Timetable at

Metro
Attempt to find timetable at

Stagecoach, operator for Greater Manchester Bee Network

383 Every day until late

383 at Marsden stationHuddersfield Bus station - Longroyd Bridge - Thornton Lodge Manchester Road - Milnsbridge Manchester Road - Cowlersley Cowlersley Lane - Broad Oak Linthwaite Church - Linthwaite Hoyle House Fold - Slaithwaite Manchester Road - Marsden Village centre, Marsden station Huddersfield line to Manchester and Dirker

Typical journey time: Huddersfield - Marsden Dirker 39min

Timetable at

Metro Timetables at

First Bus

936 Infrequent service, Monday to Friday.

Marsden Station - Hey Green - Marsden Station - Marsden Junior School
Marsden Infant School - Marsden Station - Hey Green - Marsden Station

Timetable at

Metro Timetables (.pdf format) at

South Pennine Community Transport

937 Monday to Saturday (one journey each way Honley - Marsden), Saturday (also 2 each way Marsden - Meltham Morrisons)

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

Timetable at

Metro Timetables at

South Pennine Community Transport

938 Monday to Saturday daytime (6 journeys each way Marsden - Blackmoorfoot, 5 on Saturday)

938 at MarsdenMarsden Marsden station Huddersfield line to Manchester, village centre, *, Meltham Road - Woods Mount - Meltham Road - Lingards Road - Slaithwaite Village centre, Holme Lane, Leisure Centre - Linthwaite Hoyle House Fold, Clough, Upper Clough - Blackmoorfoot
* Visits High Lea, Clough Lea, Wood Top, Carrs Street, Gate Head, Netherley Drive on demand
First weekday bus from Marsden omits Holme Lane at Slaithwaite.
Additional weekday journeys Marsden - Woods Mount.

Timetable at

Metro Timetables at

South Pennine Community Transport

Road travel

Marsden is on the A62 Manchester Road which is signposted towards Oldham from the Huddersfield ring road.

Other places near Marsden: Marsden Moor Standedge Tunnel Holt Head Meltham Scammonden Slaithwaite Wilberlee

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