Primrose Hill

Cross Lane, Primrose HillPrimrose HillPrimrose Hill, sometimes known locally as Pip Hill, is a hillside village district of Huddersfield just under one mile south of the town centre in the general direction of Newsome.

The village grew in the Victorian era, at that time providing housing for workers at the many nearby local woollen mills in Huddersfield and Lockwood and the colliery at Damside Road.

Although some of it remains, much of the housing from that time has been demolished and replaced and housing has been extended along the hillside towards Stile Common and Newsome Cross.

Despite the area growing, facilities in the village have greatly diminished. Primrose Hill used to have Anglican, Methodist and Baptist Churches, a Co-op, post office, up to four pubs and a Primrose Hill Conservative Club. A school was adjacent to the village at Stile Common. None of those facilities remain, although the Methodist church building was put to new use by the Church of God of Prophecy.

The village had a proud cricket team, Primrose Hill Cricket Club, which was formed in 1875 and which played at a ground at Cross Lane next to what was then The Crimea pub. The club came to an end in 2008 and the former cricket ground is now a football ground for Newsome FC.

Primrose Hill has a recreation ground near the end of Greenwood Street and Orchard Terrace. A path crosses the recreation ground to a long flight of steps to the river footbridge at Damside Road, providing the quickest route between Primrose Hill and the town centre on foot.

Around Primrose Hill

Primrose Hill has a general store and off licence at Primrose Hill Road.

Primrose Hill Liberal Club is at Stile Common Road and has a bowling green.

A pizza takeaway is in Stile Common Road.

The Church of God of Prophecy is at the corner of Stile Common Road and Plane Street.

Church of God of Prophecy Huddersfield social media 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

Primrose Hill is in the Newsome ward of Kirklees Council.

Kirklees Council website

Travel

Bus services

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.

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