Huddersfield
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Huddersfield is a city in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The city is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne is to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the city.
| Huddersfield | |
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| City | |
 .jpg) .jpg) .jpg)   The railway station and statue of Harold Wilson, the university's Queensgate campus, Kirklees Stadium, St Peter’s church, Folly Hall Mills and the town hall | |
  Huddersfield Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Population | 141,692 (2021 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE 145 165 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Areas of the town | |
| Post town | Huddersfield |
| Postcode district | HD1-5, HD7-8 |
| Dialling code | 01484 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| 53°38′42″N 1°46′47″W | |
The rivers around the city provided soft water required for textile treatment in large weaving sheds; this made it a prominent mill town with an economic boom in the early part of the Victorian era Industrial Revolution. The city centre has much neoclassical Victorian architecture. An example is its railway station, which is a Grade I listed building described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid station façade in England".[2] It won the Europa Nostra award for architecture.
Huddersfield hosts the University of Huddersfield and three colleges: Greenhead College, Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College. The city is the birthplace of rugby league with the local team, Huddersfield Giants, playing in the Super League. It also has a professional football team called Huddersfield Town, that currently competes in the Championship, as well as two Rugby Union clubs Huddersfield R.U.F.C. and Huddersfield YM RUFC. Notable people from the city include two-time British Prime Minister Harold Wilson (for Labour), film star James Mason born in the city and Jodie Whittaker, the 13th actor to play Doctor Who, was born in Skelmanthorpe.
The city has been classed under Yorkshire, the West Riding of Yorkshire and West Yorkshire for statistics throughout its history. The city's population in 1961 was 130,652 with an increase to 162,949 at the 2011 census; it is in the West Yorkshire Built-up Area.[3][4] The town is 14 miles (23 km) south-west of Leeds, 12 miles (19 km) west of Wakefield, 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Sheffield and 24 miles (39 km) north-east of Manchester.