The Huddersfield Broad Canal runs for 3 3/4 miles (6 km) between Cooper Bridge where it meets the Calder and Hebble Navigation, and Huddersfield where it meets the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. The Calder and Hebble Navigation just before it joins the Rochdale Canal The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a canal system in West Yorkshire, England. ... Huddersfield is a large town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees within the county of West Yorkshire in England. ... The Huddersfield Narrow Canal runs just under 20 miles (35 km) between Huddersfield and Ashton under Lyne through 74 locks. ...
It was originally called the Ramsden Canal as it was built by the Ramsden family of Huddersfield. It was completed by 1780. 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Huddersfield is a large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees within the County of West Yorkshire in England.
According to the 2001 census the population of the Huddersfield urban sub-area of the West Yorkshire Urban Area was 146,234, and the population of the former county borough of Huddersfield was 121,620.
Huddersfield is still a focus for rugby league, being represented by the Huddersfield Giants in the Superleague, and the Huddersfield Underbank Rangers in National League 3, as well as many amateur teams.
Huddersfield is a university town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Bradford, on the River Colne, the HuddersfieldBroadCanal, the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the Calder and Hebble Navigation.
Huddersfield is the home to two sixth form colleges (Huddersfield New College and Greenhead College), Huddersfield Technical College and the University of Huddersfield.
On 29th August 1895, the George Hotel in the centre of Huddersfield was the meeting place for 22 rugby clubs from across the North of England who voted to secede from the Rugby Football Union and set up their own Northern Rugby Football Union, which became the Rugby Football League in 1922.