facts about Huddersfield

 

where to stay where to eat where to visit facts and figures	Facts about Huddersfield Huddersfield is in Pennine Yorkshire within the administrative area of Kirklees. Kirklees is the third largest local authority in England by area covering 254 square miles (621.6 sq. km), 11.3% of which is in the Peak District National Park and 71.1% is classified as Green Belt. The Kirklees name comes from Kirklees Priory (which ironically now lies in neighbouring Calderdale).
	More Facts & Figures The population of Huddersfield is 146,234. There are more than 30,000 full and part time students in Huddersfield. There are over 200 listed buildings in Huddersfield town centre. Huddersfield has the third largest amount of listed buildings in the country after Westminster and Bristol. Twinned with: Bielsko-Biala in Poland, Besancon in France, Kreis Unna in Germany, Kostanai in Kazakstan. Huddersfield has strong traditions in the textile and engineering industries, and media and creative industries represent a growth sector.
	Fascinating Facts Britain's rarest car, the three wheel 'LSD' was built in Huddersfield after the First World War and is now in the Tolson Museum. Castle Hill has a New Zealand wine named after it, featuring the Victoria Tower on the label, the happy result of an Almondbury man's reminiscences. The Lawrence Batley Theatre was formerly the largest Wesleyan Mission in the world. The Galpharm Stadium won the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Building of the Year Award in 1995.