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Local heritage opens up with 10 days of special events
Many heritage properties not normally open to the public are made free to explore during the national festival and there are also guided tours of heritage areas and special free events and behind-the-scenes tours at some of the heritage sites which normally open their doors, including historic houses, churches and museums. Some events have limited numbers and require pre-booking.
Tours of Huddersfield Town Hall are available at three pre-bookable times on Sunday September 8.
The 16th century Huddersfield Parish Church, the third on the site, is also offering pre-bookable tours. These are being held each morning from Monday to Friday September 9-13.
Already fully booked is a last-chance tour of the perimeter of the Huddersfield Gasworks site, where its iconic gas-holder structure is soon to be demolished.
Huddersfield University is offering a pre-bookable tour of the Jo Cox More in Common building on its Queensgate campus on Thursday September 12.
At the John Smith's Stadium, recently discovered original plans for Town's previous Leeds Road ground will be on display on Wednesday September 11.
A display of Greenhead Park in pictures will be on display at its conservatory this Saturday (September 7), the day after an early evening guided walk around the park on Friday.
Other pre-bookable walks include one from Marsden on Sunday September 15 to explore the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and railway, while the rivers and canal near Huddersfield town centre will be explored on a short pre-bookable walk this Sunday (September 8).
Find more events and properties open at the Heritage Open Days website at
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Market demolition under way in Holmfirth conservation area
It will create a more open space amid the tightly-packed buildings which are part of the character of the town.
Previously a car showroom, the stone building with a decaying rear extension, is being cleared in its entirety to make way for a pedestrian area at Hollowgate and car park alterations involving the creation of two additional car spaces and three cycle spaces.
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No trains to Halifax and Bradford this weekend
There will be disruptions to services on the Calder Valley routes via Brighouse or Halifax across the Pennines every day from this Friday (September 6) to Tuesday September 24. The line will be fully closed every day between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria with some bigger closures at weekends. During that period train services at Huddersfield may be busier than usual. The Huddersfield - Brighouse - Halifax - Low Moor - Bradford train service will be back in action and also, to cover other missing services, it will be extended on a daily basis to its usual Sunday route, continuing from Bradford via New Pudsey and Bramley to Leeds.
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Town have week of preparation for next match at Bolton
Next match League One
Bolton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town
Saturday September 14, 3.00pm — Toughsheet Community Stadium, Bolton
After an international break weekend, Town have a week of preparation to meet Bolton away in League One after their three recent defeats in league and cup matches. Tuesday’s result EFL Trophy
Doncaster Rovers 2 - Huddersfield Town 1
Tuesday September 3, 7.00pm — The Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster
Huddersfield Town suffered a 2-1 defeat by League Two Doncaster Rovers in the EFL Trophy. Danny Ward was the scorer of a Town equaliser early in the second half. Town are in Northern Group F of the competition in which they will also have games at home to Barnsley (October 8, 7.45pm) and at home to Manchester United (November 12, 7.45pm). Find out more at the Huddersfield Town official website.
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Overnight closures on M62 until end of October
Carriageway resurfacing will be taking place on the four-mile stretch of motorway between Junction 25 at Clifton, the junction for Brighouse and north Huddersfield, and junction 24 at Ainley Top, the junction for Huddersfield and Elland. There are also plans to replace joints on part of the bridge at Junction 25.
The work will involve closing one carriageway or slip road at a time with work beginning with the westbound carriageway at Junction 25. Overnight closures will be between 8pm and 6am, involving traffic being diverted off the motorway when work on the carriageway is taking place.
There will also be a complete closure of the M62 over two weekends in September at the far side of the Pennines as a rail bridge over the M62 near Castleton, Greater Manchester, is replaced. The M62 will be closed near Rochdale from 9pm on Friday September 6 to 6am on Monday September 9 and between the same times from Friday September 20 to Monday September 23.
A schedule of which carriageways are involved in the M62 closures near Huddersfield can be found on this page at National HIghways
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High standards in Huddersfield parks
Near 100 parks and green spaces across Yorkshire have the awards which reflect their high standards.
Beaumont Park and Greenhead Park in Huddersfield are both among them and Castle Hill has also gained the accolade. Elsewhere in Kirklees, Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury, Wilton Park in Batley and the Oakwell Hall Country Park at Birstall have also gained Green Flags.
Both the Huddersfield parks have friends groups which work with Kirklees Council to help ensure the parks are kept attractive.
The Green Flag Awards scheme is managed in England by the Keep Britain Tidy group under licence from the Government.
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Green Flag AwardDetails of the park friends groups can be found at the
Friends of Beaumont Park Friends of Greenhead Park Farewell to the Piazza
It's farewell to the Piazza as we know it.
The area around the Piazza, or Princess Alexandra Walk, has now been fenced off to allow the start of demolition work.
Kirklees Council plans to redevelop the area around the Market Hall. The plans include demolition of part of the Market building to form a new public square in front of the library and beside the Town Hall.
The listed part of the Market building with its unique airy roof design and sculptured panels will be retained as a Food Hall, social dining area and part of a new library which will extend from it. A town park will stretch from the public square to the corner of King Street and Queen Street. The old library building is due to be retained as a museum.
The work means that bus stops in Peel Street have been taken out of use with the bus station now the only stop for the routes which used them
New landmark health building takes shape
Foundations have also been started for a second building on the new campus.
The new campus aims to lead healthcare innovation across the North of England and will feature a health and wellbeing academy, research and specialist clinical teaching facilities and public-facing features including a podiatry clinic, sports and phisiotherapy clinic and health coaching by video link.
The site had been vacant since the demolition of Ibbotson and Lonsbrough Flats and the former Huddersfield Sports Centre while an earlier plan for a new Tesco store on the site was abandoned.
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