Marsh
The area is centred on the busy A640 Westbourne Road leading to the M62 motorway.
Marsh is today one of the busiest local shopping areas outside Huddersfield town centre together with nearby housing stretching into neighbouring districts including Paddock and Lindley. A few old woollen mill buildings have been put to new light industrial uses.
Marsh only started to develop as a residential area in the mid 19th century. Before that it was only a tiny hamlet with its Marsh House Inn, a small number of large houses and a few rows of cottages which would be seen across the fields from the New Hey Road, as would the developing woollen mills at Marsh Mill and Luck Lane End Mill. Marsh Quarry was a large sandstone quarry in the direction of Gledholt.
Around Marsh
A wide range of shops are mostly along the main Westbourne Road and include everything from a grocer, off-licence, butcher, baker and florist to DIY, carpets, travel agent, sports equipment, bookmaker, estate agent, clothes and charity shops, laundrette, optician and hairdressers.Supermarkets are represented by a large Co-operative Food supermarket and a Tesco Express.
There are two chemist shops in Westbourne Road in Marsh.
Marsh post office is in Westbourne Road.
Marsh has a high proportion of takeaway food outlets among its many shops offering a great variety in most cuisines.
Marsh has a number of coffee shops and cafes, including one in what used to be the Marsh House pub, and eating-in facilities at some of the many takeaways.
The Croppers Arms pub in Westbourne Road near the centre of Marsh also offers food and accommodation. The Junction Inn at 1 Westbourne Road, Marsh, near the Gledholt roundabout, offers entertainment and a variety of themed evenings.Marsh Liberal Club is in New Hey Road.
Marsh is a short walk from the upper gates of Greenhead Park, Huddersfield's largest park. The park is supported by Friends of Greenhead Park. 
Friends of Greenhead Park
Gledholt Methodist Church is at the roundabout junction of Westbourne Road and Edgerton Grove Road at the edge of Marsh. Gledholt Methodist ChurchMarsh does not have an Anglican church. It falls between the Anglican parishes of Holy Trinity, Huddersfield, and St Stephen, Lindley, with a small part of the area within the expanded parish of St Thomas, Huddersfield, at Longroyd Bridge.
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
Marsh is in the Greenhead ward of Kirklees Council. Kirklees Council website
Kirklees Council
Travel
Bus services
At Westbourne Road:
343 Monday to Saturday, daytime
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Metro Team Pennine 360 Monday to Saturday (until mid-evening). Route includes circular sections.
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Metro Team Pennine370
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Metro First Bus371
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Metro First Bus 373 Service operating when Huddersfield New College is open
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Metro First 501
Journeys Huddersfield - Halifax typically take around 58 minutes.
TRAVEL TIP: For journeys from Huddersfield to Elland, Calderdale Royal Hospital or Halifax the new
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Metro First Bus 536 Monday-Saturday evenings, Sunday daytime to early evening
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Metro Team Pennine 537 Daily
Sowood - Stainland - Holywell Green
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Metro First Bus Team Pennine 900 Monday to Saturday (Infrequent service)
See also 901, 902
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Metro 901 902 901 Daily (902 Monday-Friday)
* One journey per day each way operates as
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Metro via Dudley Road, Jim Lane, Heatherfield Road, Luck Lane and Carr Street:
377 Monday to Saturday daytime
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Metro 378 Monday to Saturday daytime
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Metro
Road travel
Marsh is on the A640 New Hey Road / Westbourne Road.Other places near Marsh: