Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 162,949 at the 2011 census. It sits close to the Pennines, 14 miles south-west of Leeds, 12 miles west of Wakefield, 23 miles north-west of Sheffield and 24 miles north-east of Manchester. It is the main administrative centre of Kirklees. The south of the town has the discharge of the Holme into the similar-size River Colne,... Show more West Yorkshire. These were tapped for steam turbines and textile treatment in the large weaving sheds which are associated with an economic boom in the early part of the Industrial Revolution. The town is the birthplace of rugby league, two-time British Prime Minister Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson and film star James Mason. The current Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, was born in Skelmanthorpe. The town is home to: in rugby league Huddersfield...