Newsome

Church Lane, NewsomeSt John the Evangalist Church, NewsomeKing's Bridge and Newsome RoadCastle Hill above NewsomeNewsome is a large village district about 1 mile south of Huddersfield which has seen expansion into several neighbouring hamlets in recent years.

The village, reached from the town centre via King's Bridge and Newsome Road, lies at the crest of a hillside above the Holme Valley but beneath Castle Hill, which overlooks the area.

Newsome Mill with its distinctive clock tower was an iconic feature of the village and could be seen from across Huddersfield. While there had been calls for its refurbishment, the derelict grade II-listed four-storey building, sadly suffered a devastating fire on the morning of November 17, 2016 and only its clock tower, gateway and some ground floor walls now remain. It had been last used as a mill in 1983. Pictures of the mill appear on our Memories of the mill page.

The village centre is at Church Lane at the top of the steep Lockwood Scar.

St John the Evangalist Church, dating from 1872, is just across the busy Newsome Road from the village shops. The church has recently ceased holding regular services, but there are hopes that the church building can be transferred to community use.

The village offers an attractive calling or starting point for a variety of walking routes to Castle Hill.

Around Newsome

Newsome has a selection of village shops including a bakery, general stores, off-licence and butcher together with charity shops. The shops are mostly centred on Church Lane just off Newsome Road.

Newsome has takeaways serving fish and chips, Asian and Chinese cuisine.

There is a cafe in Newsome.

The Fountain and Clarence in Towngate, Newsome

While several pubs outside the village centre have closed there continues to be local places to drink at neighbouring pubs The Fountain and Clarence in Towngate. Outside the centre of Newsome there is now only the Victoria Hotel, a mock-Tudor building on the route to Castle Hill via Hall Bower.

Newsome has a chemist shop in Church Lane.

Newsome has a sub post-office at a general store in Newsome Road near its junction with Church Lane.

Newsome Academy (formerly High School) is accessed from Castle Avenue

Newsome Academy website

Newsome Junior School is off Castle Avenue

Newsome Junior School website

Castle Hill School is accessed from Newsome Road South

Castle Hill School website

Hillside Primary School is in Headfield Road, Newsome

Hillside Primary School website

St John the Evangalist Church, Newsome, is in Jackroyd Lane at the junction with Newsome Road South, but closed for services in March 2023.

The Emmanuel Team - St John's Church web page

Berry Brow Methodist Church is in the neighbouring district of Berry Brow.

Newsome FC are in the Huddersfield and District Association Football League and play at Cross Lane in nearby Primrose Hill.

Newsome FC social media page

Newsome Panthers Junior Amateur Rugby League Football Club play at nearby Hall Bower.

Newsome Panthers social media page

Places to visit

Castle Hill

Castle Hill Victoria Tower, Castle HillCastle Hill with its Victoria Tower is Huddersfield's most prominent landmark and offers stunning views in all directions from the paths around the hilltop. The hill is thought to have been occupied as long as 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic period while its earliest defensive earthworks were created in the early Iron Age around 2,700 years ago. The Victoria Tower was opened in 1899 commemorating the diamond jubilee year of Queen Victoria two years earlier. For a small fee its internal steps can be climbed on selected dates.

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

Newsome is in the Newsome ward of Kirklees Council.

Kirklees Council website

Travel

Bus services

306 Every day and evenings

Huddersfield Bus station - Newsome Newsome Road, Newsome Church, Newsome Road South - Berry Brow Station Penistone line - Taylor Hill Taylor Hill Road, Blue Bell Hill - Newsome Blagden Lane, Edale Avenue, Towngate, Church Lane, Newsome Road - Huddersfield Bus station

Timetable at

Metro Timetables at

First Bus

307 Monday to Saturday daytime

Huddersfield Bus station - Newsome Newsome Road, Newsome Road South - Berry Brow Waingate and Parkgate - - Honley Bridge - Honley village centre, Bradshaw Road

307 journeys operate via Newsome Road at Newsome and via Woodhead Road at Berry Brow.

308 Huddersfield - Holmfirth — most Monday to Saturday daytime journeys Huddersfield - Honley — evenings and Sundays and a few other journeys

Huddersfield Bus station - Primrose Hill Cross Lane - Newsome Lockwood Scar, Church Lane, Newsome Road South - Berry Brow Waingate, Parkgate, Hangingstone Road (outbound)* - Honley Bridge - Honley village centre, Bradshaw Road
- Oldfield - Netherthong - Holme Valley Memorial Hospital - Thongsbridge - Holmfirth Bus sta.

Evening and Sunday buses and a few Monday to Friday daytime buses operate only to/from Honley as 308 Honley.
308 operates via Cross Lane at Primrose Hill/Newsome and mostly via Hangingstone Road (outbound)* at Berry Brow.
*operates via Woodhead Road during daytime on Sundays and a weekday afternoon 308 Honley service.

Service at Ashenhurst and lower part of Newsome Road:

358 Every day

Huddersfield Bus station - Aspley - Lowerhouses - Longley - Newsome at Ashenhurst, Newsome Road (lower end only), King's Mill Lane - Aspley - Huddersfield Bus station

Timetable at

Metro Monday to Saturday service information at

First
Monday-Saturday evening and Sunday timetables and information at

Team Pennine

Road Travel

Newsome is on a minor road, Newsome Road/Newsome Road South between Huddersfield town centre and the A616 at Berry Brow.

Other places near Newsome: Berry Brow Hall Bower Lockwood Longley Primrose Hill Taylor Hill

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