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Properties and events in Kirklees 2019

Properties and events in Kirklees 2019

Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes.

Heritage Open Days 2019 will be 13-22 September.

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‘People Power’ Guided House Tour

Bagshaw Museum, Wilton Park, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 0AS

Join our volunteer guides for a fascinating tour focusing on 'People Power'; the men and women who have shaped the history of Wilton Park and…

Go behind the scenes of Bagshaw Museum and Wilton Park this Heritage Open Day!

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: 1:00 - 1:45 pm & 2:30 - 3:15 pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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All Saints Parish Church, Batley

All Saints Parish Church, Stocks Lane, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 5DL

Archived records of baptisms, marriages and funerals will be accessible in digital form. Light refreshments will be available. There are toilet…

All Saints is an ancient Parish Church and a Grade 1 listed building. Visitors will be able to look round the church with his history. There will also be accompanied trips up the bell tower for those able to access this.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 10am - 4pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Bagshaw Museum Heritage Crafts Day

Bagshaw Museum, Wilton Park, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 0AS

This Heritage Open Day, visit Bagshaw Museum to discover the world in one day! Explore exciting global collections, including the atmospheric…

Come and make vintage crafts including pomanders, zoetropes and embroidery samplers to celebrate our Victorian heritage.
All ages are welcome.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 12pm - 5pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Celebration of 900 years of St Peter’s Church

Kirkgate, Birstall, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 9PB

2020 marks 900 years of St Peter's church, and a year of celebration begins at the end of June 2019. The present Grade II* listed building, the…

Visits to the tower and ringing chamber.
Display of historical registers documents and artefacts
Demonstration of stone carving

Opening Times

  • Friday 20 September: 12 noon -4pm
  • Saturday 21 September: 10 am - 4pm
  • Sunday 22 September: 12 noon -4pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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From a Private House to Bagshaw Museum: the early garden phases

Bagshaw Museum, Wilton Park, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 0AS

Bagshaw Museum started life as a private house called the Woodlands, built for George Sheard, a Batley mill owner and eccentric in 1875. Due to…

Join Stephen Moorhouse on a free linked guided tour of the museum, lecture and tour of the garden remains.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: House tour: 1:00 - 1:45pm (needs to be booked at the venue on the day) / Lecture: 2:00 - 3:00pm / Garden Tour: 3:00 - 4:00pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Oakwell Hall Craft Afternoon

Oakwell Hall, Nova Lane, Birstall, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 9LG

Enjoy free entry to the Hall as part of Heritage Open Days 2019. Free entry

Come and see traditional crafts being demonstrated in the Hall this Heritage Open Days week.

Opening Times

  • Wednesday 18 September: 12pm -4pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Oakwell Hall Heritage Open Weekend

Oakwell Hall, Nova Lane, Birstall, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 9LG

Enjoy free entry into Oakwell Hall over this national celebration of Britain’s rich and diverse heritage. Free entry.

Over the Heritage Open Day's Weekend, the usual entry fee to see inside Oakwell Hall is waived!

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 12pm - 4pm
  • Sunday 15 September: 12pm - 4pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St Saviour’s Church, Brownhill, Batley

Brookroyd Lane, Batley, West Yorkshire, WF17 OBU

Grade II listed building 1871, has unique Victoria and Albert stained glass window (verified by V & A Museum) commemorating Queen Victoria's…

Leaflets and a file containing documents and photographs of items in the church will be displayed. DVDs featuring the church and other local churches will be shown during the day.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1100-1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Gomersal Moravian Church

Gomersal Moravian Church, Quarry Road, Gomersal, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 4JB

See the Grade II listed Church, first built in 1751 and altered in the 1860s. The building was extensively repaired between 2005 and 2009 with…

Grade II listed Church, built in 1751 and altered in the 1860s. Displays about the church history, Bronte links and Moravian traditions. Gomersal and the Great War display. Refreshments and children's activities.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: 1300-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Luddites at Cleckheaton Library

Kirklees Council, Cleckheaton Library, Whitcliffe Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 3DX

Cleckheaton is close to the scene of violent Luddite uprisings in 1812, an example of people power that had an unhappy ending. The Friends of…

Why did working men called croppers swear an oath of secrecy and take the law into their own hands in 1812? See our display, hear a short illustrated talk from Georgina Hutchison and meet a Luddite!

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 10.30am to 12.30pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Spen Valley Luddite Walk

D & M Middleton Ltd, Cartwright Street, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 5LY

A 5 mile circular walk suitable for any reasonably fit person - there are stiles and slopes to negotiate and off-road paths that may be muddy and…

A 5-mile walk following the Luddites on the night of 11th April 1812, when they attacked a mill to try & smash machinery that was destroying their livelihoods as croppers. We'll point out Luddite-connected sites & local heritage features en route.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 22 September: 13.00 start

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St John the Evangelist Church, Cleckheaton

Church Street, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 3RN

Our building is built in the Gothic style and as beautiful Victorian stained glass windows on all sides. Restoration work was carried out in…

St John’s Church, Cleckheaton has been a place of worship since 1832 and is celebrating our 186th Anniversary. We are a town centre parish, endeavouring to meet the needs of the town’s people.

Opening Times

  • Friday 20 September: 1000 - 1500
  • Saturday 21 September: 0900 - 1700
  • Sunday 22 September: Church Service 1100 - 1230

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Whitechapel Church, Cleckheaton

Whitechapel Church, Whitechapel Road, Cleckheaton, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 6HR

Whitechapel is the historic site of the area and has been a place of worship since Norman times. The present church was built in 1821 and replaced…

Whitechapel Church has a Norman font, an Ellacombe system of bells, a Hatchment, the only Bronte grave in Kirklees, three WW1 graves including one for two brothers and stained glass window memorials .

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
  • Sunday 15 September: 1400 pm to 1630 pm
  • Wednesday 18 September: 14.00 pm to 16.30 pm
  • Saturday 21 September: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
  • Sunday 22 September: 2.00 pm to 4.30 pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Crow Nest Park

Heckmondwike Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 2SG

This local landmark was bought by the Dewsbury Corporation in 1893 for 'the pleasure and enjoyment of the people of Dewsbury'. The guided walk…

Not just a walk round a Grade II listed Park but a guided tour with information and context of the artefacts located there which were shaped by people of the town.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: 10.30 and 15.30
  • Friday 20 September: 10.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Dewsbury Friendship Event - Dewsbury Minster

Dewsbury Minster Church of All Saints, Vicarage Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 8DD

This is an opportunity to connect different communities so everyone feels a sense of belonging in the area. Two local faith centres are…

Two faith centres will open their doors so local people can learn about the heritage of the buildings and local history of the surrounding area.

Opening Times

  • Wednesday 18 September: 10am to 12noon

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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Dewsbury Minster Tower Tours

Dewsbury Minster, Vicarage Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 8DD

Tower Tours. See the 1000 year old stonework. Ascend the stone spiral staircase. Visit the Ringing Chamber. Hear the story of The Devil's Knell.…

Tower Tours. See the 1000 year old stonework. Ascend the stone spiral staircase. Visit the Ringing Chamber. Hear the story of The Devil's Knell.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: Tours at 10am and 1pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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Dewsbury Town Hall / Pioneer House (limited) Tour

Dewsbury Town Hall, Wakefield Old Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 8DG

A walking tour hosted by the Dewsbury Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) starting at Dewsbury Town Hall, ft.: the historic Stained Glass windows…

A walking tour partly of Dewsbury Town Hall, continuing through the town centre taking in key buildings of the Dewsbury Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI), with a limited tour of Pioneer House.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1130 & 1430

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Dewsbury’s newest and smallest local history museum

John Greenwood Clothing & Jewellery, 3 Church Street, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 1JJ

Greenwoods is situated in Church St in the historic town of Dewsbury and close to Dewsbury Minster. This is Dewsbury’s smallest and newest…

Visitors are able to interact with historical artefacts from Greenwoods, Dewsbury’s oldest shop, which has been trading continually since 1860. Come and see the history in its original setting including meeting Bolenium Bill.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 10am to 4pm
  • Wednesday 18 September: 10am to 4pm
  • Saturday 21 September: 10am to 4pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Handbell Ringing in the Dewsbury Area

Dewsbury Minster Church of All Saints, Vicarage Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 8DD

The event will start with a short talk on Handbell Ringing. A little history, the bands and Community in Dewsbury. Then demonstration of…

Handbells in Dewsbury, History, Community, and a have a go workshop.

Opening Times

  • Friday 20 September: 7pm to 9pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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Thornhill Parish Church

Church Lane, Thornhill, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 0JZ

This gem of a building is Grade 1 listed and is set in the heart of the Thornhill Conservation area next to the Pub in the well maintained…

An English Heritage Angels Award runner up shows this is an important church to see. Monuments, Stained glass dating from C15th.

Opening Times

  • Friday 13 September: 1900-2030 Talk
  • Saturday 14 September: 1900 event Out of the Ashes Jazz, R&B and Gospel
  • Sunday 15 September: 1030-1130 + 1430-1600
  • Wednesday 18 September: 1030-1400
  • Sunday 22 September: 1030-1130 + 1430-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Holmfirth Blue Plaque Walk

Holmfirth Methodist Church, School Street, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 7EQ

On an event that takes up to two hours,local historian, David Cockman, will lead a tour around Holmfirth, starting at School Street, of the twelve…

Join local historian David Cockman on a guided tour of the twelve Blue Plaques in and around Holmfirth town centre. Learn more than the basic information on the plaques themselves and gain an insight into the history of this small Yorkshiret town.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 1200

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Honley Cemetery Tour

Honley cemetery, Green Cliff, Honley, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 6JN

Guided walk around Honley cemetery by Peter Marshall, the historian of Honley Civic Society. Peter will lead visitors around the cemetery,…

A tour of the recently cleared Honley cemetery identifying the notable people who are interred there and their contribution to public life.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: Tour 1030-1200

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Lydgate Unitarian Chapel

Holmfirth Road, New Mill, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD7 7LF

Chapel built 1694 as the Presbyterian Church at Fulstone in the county of York by survivors of the civil war (one of the first trustees, Humphrey…

Old chapel with original 17th & 18th Century features. Interesting graveyard.
Family history archives available for study.
Photography in the chapel and grounds is free and encouraged.

Opening Times

  • Friday 20 September: 10.00-16.00
  • Saturday 21 September: 10.00-16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Th’Owd Towser

Daisy Lane, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 1HS

Perhaps the oldest building in Holmfirth dating from around 1595. In its long history it has served as a jail (for which it was built), a fire…

Visit this old jail and hear the story of its most famous occupant.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1600
  • Sunday 15 September: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Wooldale Quaker Meeting House

Religious Society of Friends Quakers, Friends Meeting House, Pell Lane, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 1QL

The Quaker [Friends] Meeting House at Wooldale is primary a building of 1783 but incorporating late 17th century parts being partially remodelled…

A chance to visit this early Quaker Meeting House.
View an exhibition of 'Quaker Faith & Practice'.
Felt making demonstrations/workshops.

Opening Times

  • Friday 20 September: 1100-1600
  • Saturday 21 September: 1100-1600
  • Sunday 22 September: 1300-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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All Hallows’ Church, Kirkburton

Shelley Lane, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 0SJ

Open 10am – 4.00pm Saturday 14th September. Celebrate the Centenary of the Bells, take an historic village walk, view displays by the Burton…

An opportunity to learn more about the history of this medieval significant medieval building

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 10.00- 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Briarcourt, Lindley, Huddersfield

Briarcourt, 28 Occupation Road, Lindley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3EE

Built as a wedding present for Herbert Higginson Sykes and his bride Annie Eliza Thompson in 1895, Briarcourt was the first of a number of local…

Guided tours of a fine Jacobean style Arts and Crafts house designed by the Manchester architect Edgar Wood in 1895, the first of many commissions that he carried out in the Huddersfield area. The grounds will be open without booking from 1000-1445.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000, 1100, 1200, 1400

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Christ Church, Linthwaite, Huddersfield

4 Church Lane, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5TA

Our church is the first of the six Waterloo churches built in Huddersfield between 1828 and 1832. The beautiful Chancel was added in 1895. It…

Have a look around the first 'Waterloo church' built in Huddersfield in the early 19th century. The church is rich in local history.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Cliffe House Shepley - Open for Tours

Cliffe House Outdoor Centre, 140 Lane Head Road, Shepley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8DB

Cliffe House is a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building in ten acres of land built in 1889 for James Senior son of local brewer Seth…

Cliffe House is a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building in ten acres of land built in 1889 for James Senior son of local brewer Seth Senior. The house will be open throughout the event for people to come and look round along with the grounds.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 10am - 2pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Dugdale Bros & Co.

5 Northumberland Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 1RL

Dugdale Bros & Co. is a cloth merchant, based on Northumberland Street in the heart of Huddersfield. For over 120 years, the company has been…

Are you interested in Huddersfield’s rich textile heritage? Step through the doors of the town's last independent cloth merchant, Dugdale Bros & Co, and discover its illustrious history on an exclusive tour of the cutting rooms and cloth stores.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 22 September: Tours at 0930-1030, 1100-1200, 1230-1330 & 1400-1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Emmanuel Church Shelley

Huddersfield Road, Shelley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8LH

A nature inspired day full of fun and activities for all the family . A talk and flying demonstration from the Scisset Owl Sanctuary 10.30 am A…

A lovely grade II listed Church, with beautiful windows where everyone will be welcome at our fun filled day "We love Nature"
Learn more about Peregrines and Owls. Take part in nature themed craft activities.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 10.30 am - 3.30 pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Greenhead Park: Thomas Denham’s vision

Greenhead Park, Trinity Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4DN

Greenhead Park is an attractive Grade II listed Victorian town park which has been restored to its former glory thanks to a multi-million pound…

Huddersfield’s premier public park opened in 1884, but Alderman Thomas Denham had come up with a detailed vision for it back in 1869. 150 years later, 'Thomas Denham' returns to escort visitors round the park and set out his dream in person.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 22 September: Walk 14.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Hall of Science

Ramsay Clay, 9 Bath Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 5BQ

This is probably the last remaining Hall of Science in the country. It was used by local Chartists and saw many famous visiting speakers until,…

The Hall of Science was built in 1839 by local followers of the early socialist Robert Owen as a home for meetings and educational events. The present owners are hosting a talk about its history by local historian of the working class Alan Brooke.

Opening Times

  • Wednesday 18 September: Talk, 1900 (building open at 1830)

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Heath House Mill

Green Building Store, Unit 6, Heath House Mill, Heath House Lane, Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 4JW

View a display, photos and presentation featuring key dates and events in Heath House Mill's history and a chance to explore a part of the…

Visit the former woollen mill and meet local company Green Building Store, its current inhabitants. Learn about the history of the mill, as well as finding out how to improve the energy efficiency of older and heritage buildings at a series of talks.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 10.30 to 16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Heritage Open Days ‘People Power’ Tour

Tolson Memorial Museum, Ravensknowle Park, Wakefield Road, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 8DJ

Tours last for approximately 45 minutes.

Join our volunteer guides for a fascinating tour focusing on ‘People Power’; the men and women who have shaped the history of Ravensknowle Park and Tolson Museum.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: 1-1.45pm & 2.30-3.15pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Book on day

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High Flatts Quaker Meeting House

Firth Lane, High Flatts, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8XU

Very early Quaker meeting house, c. 1653. Situated in a hamlet which was, until recently, exclusively Quaker owned. The building is built in local…

Appreciate the history and setting of the 365 year old High Flatts Quaker Meeting House which is a grade 2 listed building along with its surroundings and panoramic views to the East.

Opening Times

  • Thursday 19 September: 10:00-17:00
  • Friday 20 September: 10:00-17:00
  • Saturday 21 September: 10:00-17:00
  • Sunday 22 September: 12:30-17:00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4DT

Holy Trinity Church was built by Benjamin Haigh Allen, of nearby Greenhead Hall. Allen was the founder of the Huddersfield Bank and a local JP. He…

Holy Trinity celebrates its 200th birthday in 2019.
New for this year - tower tours! The church will be open to view with displays and refreshments available.

Opening Times

  • Friday 20 September: 1900-2100 [Tower tours at 1915 & 2015, crypt tours by request]
  • Saturday 21 September: 1030-1700 [Tower tours on the hour 1100 - 1600, crypt tours by request]
  • Sunday 22 September: 0900-1730 [Services at 0900 and 1045. Tower tours at 1245 & 1345, crypt tours by request, 'Come & Sing' Evensong Workshop - 1500, Evensong Service 1630 ]

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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Huddersfield Library - behind the scenes

Kirklees Council, Huddersfield Library, Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 2SU

Huddersfield Library was designed by Edward H. Ashburner and opened to the public on 15 April 1940. This tour will allow visitors to see parts of…

90 minute tours of the Library, including West Yorkshire Archives and areas (and material) usually closed to the public.

Opening Times

  • Thursday 19 September: Tours 1100 and 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Huddersfield Parish Church of St Peter

Huddersfield Parish Church, Byram Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 1BU

The Church will be open for 8 days (15-22 Sept) and hosted on those days between 10am and 2pm. There are several interesting features including an…

A Grade 2* Church building with several interesting features. Hosted by parishioners with some areas open that are not usually seen.
Also a Teddy Bear trail for children.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: 08.00-16.00
  • Monday 16 September: 10.00-14.00
  • Tuesday 17 September: 10.00-14.00
  • Wednesday 18 September: 10.00-14.00
  • Thursday 19 September: 10.00-14.00
  • Friday 20 September: 10.00-14.00
  • Saturday 21 September: 10.00-14.00
  • Sunday 22 September: 08.00-16.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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Huddersfield’s Radical Heritage

Harold Wilson statue, St George's Square, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 1JB

Cyril Pearce follows the steps of those involved in Huddersfield’s most dramatic, turbulant and radical moments of local and national history,…

From the 1790s to the present day there hasn't been a radical, social or political movement in Britain which has not been reflected in Huddersfield.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 22 September: 14.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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King James’s School

St. Helen's Gate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6SG

The school will be open for visitors with school students acting as guides. It is hoped, once again, to have the Royal Charter of 1608 on view in…

King James's School is one of the oldest schools in West Yorkshire. Opened in 1547 it was granted a charter by King James in 1608 to become a Grammar School. The oldest parts date to around 1750.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 10.00 to 2.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Kirklees Recycling Centre & Energy-from-Waste Facility Open Day

Suez Recycling & Recovery Kirklees Ltd, Diamond Street, Hillhouse, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 6BZ

Booking essential. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the visit.

Come and explore what happens to recyclable material at the Kirklees Recycling Centre in Huddersfield, followed by a tour of the adjacent energy-from-waste facility, where residual (black bag) waste is put to good use to create electricity.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: Tour 11.30 & 12.30 & 13.30. Please arrive 15 minutes earlier and book before attending.

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Lindley Clock Tower

Lindley Clock Tower, Lidget Street, Lindley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3EQ

The Lindley Clock Tower is the most prominent landmark in Lindley, standing at the junction between Lidget Street and Daisy Lea Lane. This Art…

Lindley Clock Tower was erected in 1902. The tower's viewing platform, which is accessed via a stone spiral staircase inside the tower, will opened to the public for the heritage day.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000 and 1400

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Lindley Methodist Church open morning

Lindley Methodist Church, East Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3ND

Church members will show visitors around or give the choice of looking round independently. The church building celebrated its 150th birthday…

Open from 10am-1pm on Saturday 14 September, with short guided tours and the chance to look round independently. Notable features include the chancel and altar table designed by Edgar Wood and Victorian stained glass . Light refreshments

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1300

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Mikron Theatre ‘All Hands on Deck’ at Tolson Museum

Tolson Memorial Museum, Ravensknowle Park, Wakefield Road, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 8DJ

New WRNS recruits Ginger and Lily, are looking for wartime adventure. Lily wants to serve on dry land but Ginger is desperate to serve at sea and…

Come and enjoy the Mikron Theatre's production, All Hands on Deck, at Toslon Museum on Saturday 14 September for Heritage Open Days!

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 12pm start.

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Mindfulness meditation

Greenhead College, Greenhead Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4ES

17-year-old Emily Brierley is a second year A Level student at Greenhead College. In this session she will be talking about her experience of the…

How mindfulness and meditation can help your own mental health and well-being. A presentation and workshop by 17-year-old Emily Brierley, National Youth Ambassador for the Mindfulness in Schools project, and 2nd-year student at Greenhead College.

Opening Times

  • Thursday 19 September: 5.00-6.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Roebuck Memorial Homes site (Grounds and Chapel only) Wakefield Road, Huddersfield

1 Roebucks Homes, Wakefield Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 9XL

The buildings are fronted by terraced Italianate-style gardens

Grade 2 Listed - View the site with 8 almshouse/cottages and a small chapel constructed 1932. Although the homes are of modest scale the whole site has grandeur resulting from the classical detailing.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 10.30am to 1.00pm

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Shred Mission Church

Bradshaw Lane, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5UZ

Built in 1836 on a shred of land donated by Lord Dartmouth. Diamond glassed windows with fragments of stained glass and some wall decorations.…

A Victorian Mission Church with gallery and adjoining later meeting room

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Skelmanthorpe Textile Heritage Centre

6 Queen Street, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 9DU

This small textile heritage centre comprises a "one-up-one down" former weaver's cottage. The downstairs family living-quarters have been…

Guided visits of a "one-up-one-down" former weaver's cottage - a Skelmanthorpe jewel!
Daily loom demonstrations.

Opening Times

  • Thursday 19 September: 1200-1700; Loom demonstration 1300-1600
  • Friday 20 September: 1200-1700; Loom demonstration 1300-1600
  • Saturday 21 September: 1000-1600; Loom demonstration 1300-1600
  • Sunday 22 September: 1000-1600; Loom demonstration 1300-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St Bartholomew’s Church, Marsden, Huddersfield

Church Lane, Marsden, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 6DJ

Church tours available throughout the day. Normally archived material on display, including some graveyard records for our family historians!…

A large church built in the Victorian Gothic Revival style, with fine stained glass windows and mosaic floors. This year we include Marsden History Group's Exhibition showing aspects of the history of the village, including its textile heritage.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1600
  • Sunday 15 September: 1100-1600
  • Saturday 21 September: 1000-1600
  • Sunday 22 September: 1100-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St James Church Slaithwaite

Bankgate , Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Built 1789 with tower and galleries added in early Victorian times to provide seating for 1000. Venetian window dedicated to Lord Dartmouth and…

A Grade II listed Georgian Church with later additions. Stunning interior.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1500
  • Wednesday 18 September: 1000-1200
  • Saturday 21 September: 1000 -1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St John the Evangelist Church, Birkby

75 St. Johns Road, Birkby, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 5EA

Look at our beautiful stained glass windows, hear our wonderful pipe organ. Join us for a cup of tea or coffee with biscuits and/or cake. Take…

Have a look round our Grade II* listed building. See photographs of restoration work done. Listen to some organ music. Join in with a community group session in craft work.

Opening Times

  • Friday 13 September: 1030- 1530
  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1330
  • Thursday 19 September: 1000-1430
  • Friday 20 September: 1030-1400
  • Sunday 22 September: 1400-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St John the Evangelist Golcar

St John the Evangelist Church, Church Street, Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 4PX

We are opening the doors to our "Waterloo" or "Million" Church from 10 am to 4 pm on Saturday 14th September. To close the event at 4.00 pm we…

As a community minded church, we would like to people who may not typically attend our church to feel they can visit us. As we approach our bicentenary, we invite visitors to share in our history.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St Josephs’ Catholic Church

St. Joseph RC Church, Somerset Road, Aspley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 9AU

The interior has an elaborate roof construction, beautiful stain glass windows and a side chapel dedicated to ‘Our Lady’. When it was opened…

Originally a 1915 Anglican church designed by Oswald White. It was bought by St Joseph's Parish in 1953 replacing the original St Joseph's Church on Commercial Street.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: 1300-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St Stephen’s Church, Lindley

St Stephen's Church, Lidget Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 3JB

Built in 1829 through Commissioners' funds to bring religion to the expanding urban population, then expanded in the later 19th century, St…

St Stephen's is a Grade II listed building designed by renowned local architect, John Oates, and built in 1829 by Joseph Kaye, known as the 'Builder of Huddersfield'. Discover the heritage of St Stephen's and the community it serves.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1600
  • Sunday 15 September: 1300-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St Thomas’s Church

St. Thomas's Church & Community Centre, Manchester Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 3HU

Grade II* Victorian Gothic Revival church designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and consecrated in 1859 as a memorial to the Starkey family, local…

St Thomas's Church was built by famous Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-78) for the Starkey family, one of the largest employers in Huddersfield at the time, whose mill once stood opposite on the Manchester Road.

Opening Times

  • Friday 13 September: 0900-1900
  • Saturday 14 September: 0900-1900
  • Sunday 15 September: 0900-1900
  • Monday 16 September: 0900-1900
  • Tuesday 17 September: 0900-1900
  • Wednesday 18 September: 0900-1900
  • Thursday 19 September: 0900-1900
  • Friday 20 September: 0900-1900
  • Saturday 21 September: 0900-1900
  • Sunday 22 September: 0900-1900

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Surpising Lockwood – From a Beautiful Spa Village to an Industrial Hub

Meet at Water Street Car Park, Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6EJ

Join Dave Pattern and Ian Stevenson on a circular walk covering approx 1.5 miles. See some of the early 19th century buildings which were to be…

Lockwood - From early 19th century Spa village to Textile and Engineering Hub

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 14.30

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Tea for Two or More!

Colne Valley Museum, Cliffe Ash, Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 4PY

The newly restored row of weavers' cottages which houses the Colne Valley Museum is now fully open, with a complete weaver's cottage, a new…

Step back in time to see how a Colne Valley handloom weaver and his family lived and worked in the 1850s. Taste a freshly baked scone made in our Victorian kitchen, see the exhibition Childhood Revisited and explore the well hidden beneath you feet!

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1400-1700
  • Sunday 15 September: 1400-1700

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre

The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre, The University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 3DH

Join us on Sunday 15th September to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre. Spend some…

Join us to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of The Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre.

Opening Times

  • Friday 13 September: 1000-1300
  • Sunday 15 September: 1100-1600
  • Monday 16 September: 1000-1700
  • Tuesday 17 September: 1000-1700
  • Wednesday 18 September: 1000-1700
  • Thursday 19 September: 1000-1700
  • Friday 20 September: 1000-1300

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Tours of Huddersfield Town Hall

Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 2TA

Highlights of the tour will include the Concert Hall and Father Willis organ, the Old Court Room and the basement cells. Tours will last for…

Guided tours of Huddersfield Town Hall, including an opportunity to see areas of the building not normally open to members of the public

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: Tours at 0930, 1100, 1330, 1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre

Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Wheathouse Terrace, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD2 2UY

We wish to welcome anyone who would like to see inside this historic Grade II listed building, one of only two Baptist churches built in the Arts…

Curious about meditation? Then join us this Open Day!

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: 1200 - 1630 Tours 1300, 1400 & 1500, Meditation Sessions 1230, 1330, 1430 & 1530

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Victoria Tower, Castle Hill

Victoria Tower, Lumb Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6TA

The history of human activity on the Castle Hill goes back over 4000 years. The site was developed as an iron age hill fort, surrounded by…

Perched on Castle Hill, Victoria Tower was completed in 1899 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. The corner-stone of the tower was laid on 25 June 1898 and was officially opened in 1899.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 21 September: 1200-1630
  • Sunday 22 September: 1200-1630

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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Walking with Women’s Suffrage in the Colne Valley

Canal towpath below Red & Green Club, Bankwell Road, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4LU

Join suffrage historian Jill Liddington for a 3.5 mile walk in footsteps of local Suffragists & Suffragettes. The linear route passes homes and…

Suffrage historian Jill Liddington walks in the footsteps of local Suffragists & Suffragettes along the Colne Valley.

Opening Times

  • Sunday 15 September: 12.00 noon

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required

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Mirfield Maonic Lodge 1102

Masonic Lodge, 14 King Street, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 8AW

Excerpt from the booklet created for the sesquicentennial (150 years) celebration held on June 10 2016 Although there was no Mirfield Masonic…

A unique opportunity to have a look around Mirfield Masonic Lodge, formed in 1866 steeped in history, you will be able to have a look around, see the temple, the past masters room with the roll of honour of all the past Masters, ask questions,

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 0900 -1300
  • Sunday 15 September: 1300 -1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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Salvation Army in Mirfield

The Salvation Army, 106 Huddersfield Road, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 8AF

For one weekend only there will be a display reminiscing about the previous uses of the Salvation Army building in Mirfield. See photos of what it…

Explore the past lives of one of Mirfield's local buildings. Built as the town hall before becoming a picture house then dance halls and clubs, 106 Huddersfield Road is now a church, charity shop, community centre and coffee shop.

Opening Times

  • Friday 20 September: 10.00 Film Screening, 13.30 Film Screening, Display open from 9.30 - 15.00
  • Saturday 21 September: Display open from 9.30 - 15.00
  • Sunday 22 September: Display open from 9.30 - 15.00

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred

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St Mary’s Community Heritage Site Mirfield

38 Church Lane, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 9HX

Grade ll* listed church (architect - Sir George Gilbert Scott) Tours to the top of the tower and bell ringing room Nature trail walks around the…

St Mary's Grade II* listed church. Tours to the top of church tower and bell ringing room. Archaeological pottery finds on show. Family History Day on 14th. Nine acre heritage site - remains of Castle Hall Hill, a medieval motte and bailey castle.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1500; Organ recital at 1500
  • Sunday 22 September: 1100-1600

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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The Engine Room’s C19th Piggery - Mirfield

The Engine Room, York Mills, York Road, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 9RR

Following months of hard graft, a six-figure financial investment and what feels like hundreds of hours of finishing touches, The Engine Room is…

The Engine Room welcomes visitors to enjoy its very special, bespoke office space in York Mills - a former 19th Century piggery once owned by the employer of Anne Brontë. Make sure you come and say hello, and see our 4,000 sqft transformation!

Opening Times

  • Tuesday 17 September: 1000-1500
  • Thursday 19 September: 1000-1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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St James’ Church, Flockton

Barnsley Road, Flockton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 4DH

Please join us to see the exhibition as well as our collection of late 19th and early 20th century stained glass windows, including those by…

The Parish Church of St. James the Great was consecrated in September 1869. To celebrate our 150th Anniversary we will have an exhibition of archive material from down the years.

Opening Times

  • Saturday 14 September: 1000-1600
  • Sunday 15 September: 1000-1500

Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable

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