West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east,South Yorkshire and Derbyshire to the south,Greater Manchester to the south-west,and Lancashire to the west. The city of Leeds is the largest settlement.
Golcar is a village on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire,England,3 miles (5 km) west of Huddersfield,and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire,England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley,Birstall,Cleckheaton,Dewsbury,Heckmondwike,Holmfirth,Huddersfield,Meltham,Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011;it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by area size,behind Doncaster and Leeds.
Slaithwaite is a town and former civil parish in the Colne Valley area of the metropolitan borough of Kirklees,in West Yorkshire,England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire,it lies in the Colne Valley,lying across the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal,approximately 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Huddersfield.
Huddersfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire,England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town 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 town.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping. It was incorporated in 1847 from an amalgamation of several existing railways. It was the third-largest railway system based in northern England.
The Huddersfield Broad Canal or Sir John Ramsden's Canal,is a wide-locked navigable canal in West Yorkshire in northern England. The waterway is 3.75 miles (6 km) long and has 9 wide locks. It follows the valley of the River Colne and connects the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Cooper Bridge junction with the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Aspley Basin in Huddersfield.
The Calder Valley line is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool. It is the slower of the two main rail routes between Leeds and Manchester,and the northernmost of the three main trans-Pennine routes.
The Huddersfield line is the main railway line between the English cities of Leeds and Manchester,via Huddersfield. It is one of the busiest MetroTrain lines. The route travels south-south-west from Leeds through Dewsbury. After a short westward stretch through Mirfield,where it runs on the ex-L&YR section,it continues south-west through Huddersfield,using the Colne Valley to its headwaters. The long Standedge Tunnel,just after Marsden,crosses under the watershed;the majority of the run down to Manchester is in the Tame Valley. From Manchester,some services continue to Manchester Airport and others to Liverpool.
Blackburn railway station serves the town of Blackburn in Lancashire,England. It is 12 miles (19 km) east of Preston and is managed and served by Northern Trains.
The Ribble Valley line is a railway line that runs from Manchester Victoria through Blackburn to Hellifield in Lancashire. Regular passenger services normally run as far as Clitheroe,but occasional passenger services run the whole line through north Lancashire towards the Yorkshire village of Hellifield,where it joins the Settle–Carlisle line. The line passes over the distinctive 48-span Whalley Viaduct.
Colne Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Jason McCartney of the Conservative Party.
Colne railway station serves the town of Colne,in Lancashire,England,which is situated close to Pendle Hill. The station,which is managed by Northern,is the eastern terminus of the East Lancashire Line. Trains from Blackpool South run through Preston and Blackburn to Burnley and Colne.
The East Lancashire line is a railway line in the Lancashire region of England,which runs between Preston and Colne,through Blackburn,Accrington,Burnley and Nelson. The line formerly ran onto Skipton but this closed in 1970.
Milnsbridge is a district of Huddersfield,West Yorkshire,England,situated 2 miles (3 km) west of the town centre,and in the Colne Valley. The name is said to have derived from the water-powered mill and the bridge that stood alongside it in the 13th century.
Cowlersley is a district 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Huddersfield,West Yorkshire,England. It is situated between Milnsbridge and Linthwaite and south of the A62 and the River Colne. The name Cowlersley means 'a charcoal burner's wood' and was first recorded in 1226.
The Skipton East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership (SELRAP) is a campaign that is looking to reopen the Skipton to Colne railway line,as part of connecting the Lancashire town of Colne to the North Yorkshire town of Skipton. The line between them had been closed in 1970.
Royds Hall Academy is a mixed secondary school for pupils aged 11 –16. It is located in Huddersfield,West Yorkshire,England,and on the north side of the Colne Valley towards Milnsbridge.
Jason Alexander McCartney is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire since 2019,and from 2010 to 2017. He is a former TV sports reporter.
Socialism with a Northern Accent:Radical Traditions for Modern Times is a book by Paul Salveson,at that time a Labour Party and trade union activist,which re-asserts the strength and distinctiveness of the socialism which emerged in the mills,mines and railway yards of the North of England. It also makes the case for the renewal of popular socialism through devolution to the North of England.
