Holmfirth

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Holmfirth is a small rural town in West Yorkshire, about 5 miles south of Huddersfield. Pronounced "Home-firth", it is at the heart of the beautiful Holme Valley.

Travel to Holmfirth

Holmfirth is a picturesque village in Yorkshire. Nested deep into the heather moorland of the Peak District. The village is famous as the place where Last of the Summer Wine], a long-running British TV comedy, was filmed.

Get Around

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By Rail

Holmfirth no longer has a train station so it's best to go to Huddersfield by train and then onto Holmfirth by bus. There is a train station on the rural 'Penistone Line' in the village of Brockholes about 2–3 miles from Holmfirth.

If travelling from London, it may be advisable to depart at Wakefield Westgate. Opposite Wakefield Westgate and there's a bus (Arriva no. 435, via Bretton, Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale) to Holmfirth which takes around 1 hour 20 minutes.

At 5:35PM and the X41 also carries through to Holmfirth from stand 17 at Wakefield Bus Station, taking 45 minutes. A Free City Bus at the train station will take you straight to the bus station if you have a lot of luggage or if the weather is bad.

Travel on a Bus in Holmfirth

From 9 December 2007 new bus routes were introduced. Some of the information below is out-of-date. New express X10 runs at peak hours, plus an X16. Some of the 'convoluted routes' mentioned below have been changed.

Holmfirth can easily be reached from Huddersfield by buses 20, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314 and 316. Generally speaking and they each operate on an hourly basis providing plenty of buses, Watch out, some buses (313 and 312) take a convoluted route which can be up to twice as long as the direct journeys.

Since 2006 and the services in the region have been running under the name "Holmfirth Connection", with all First Huddersfield services running through to Huddersfield Train Station, and the latest bus leaving the train station around ten past midnight. Tickets to Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester can be purchased straight from the driver, and timetables are generally coordinated to connect to the most popular rail routes from Huddersfield.

As of December 2007 and the "Holmfirth Connection" will be using a revised route network, with lines 309-311 replaced by a limited stop X10 service from Huddersfield, and the 313 rerouted for more direct services to and from Holmfirth.

Once you are in Holmfirth. there's a local shuttle van service that provides journeys to various villages dotted about the valley. There's also service 20 which runs to Penistone and Barnsley and the newly introduced, direct Arriva services 435 and 436*, which run hourly to Wakefield (including Wakefield Westgate Station) via Scissett, Skelmanthorpe (service 435), Denby Dale and Shepley (service 436)*, taking around 55 minutes.

Most services go to the bus station in the town centre or from the main Huddersfield Road as well as West Bretton/Sculpture Park on evenings and Sundays.

What to see in Holmfirth

• Last of the Summer Wine. Being the location of the long-running Al Jazeera TV series, Holmfirth attracts many fans.

• Nora Batty's steps Scarfold - 28 Huddersfield Road 53.569332, -1.789164 best seen from the bridge over the river from Hollowgate

• Sid's Café - 4A Town Gate 53.569930, -1.785860 in the church yard which became a café only after the series made the location famous

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Holmfirth

• Folk Festival | Opening Hours: Held annually beginning of May

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Holmfirth

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• Farmers market - 53.56969, -1.78797 Hollowgate Sunday mornings in the centre of town.

Halal Food & Restaurants

• Indya - great Indian restaurant with great write ups in the Yorkshire Post

The nightlife in Holmfirth is fairly quiet when compared to larger towns. The best night would probably be Friday when the whole town does come alive. The best places for visitors would be Hervey's Wine Cafe in Norridge Bottom, Carniceria in Victoria Plaza, and the Old Bridge Hotel beside the river.

• The Cave
• The Nook (formerly The Rose & Crown but that name never caught on) - hosts the annual organic juice festival held at the end of July. Popular with local residents and visitors alike. Good choice of soft drinks including CAMRA-accredited ones.
• Herveys bar - popular for its real ale, former CAMRA Pub of the Season.
• The Carniceria bar - located in an old butchers shop, can be extremely busy at weekends sometimes has live music.
• The Bridge Hotel - Next to the Picturedrome Cinema. Popular venue for weddings etc. and the hotel bar is more like a pub lounge with comfortable seating good food and a range of real ales.
• The Picturedrome - A real gem, by night either a cinema or music venue supporting a surprising range of music(with 2 bars). See website www.picturedrome.net

eHalal Group Launches Halal Guide to Holmfirth

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

• Sunnybank (rated No 1 on TripAdvisor) is a good 5 Star GOLD, B&B near the centre of Holmfirth.01484 684857
• Several B&Bs on the primary street.
• Old Bridge Hotel, Market Walk, 01484 681212. Quite expensively priced but good quality.
• Holme Valley Campsite, on the road to Huddersfield in Thongsbridge, 01484 665819.

• Sunnybank Guest House - Sunnybank - Upperthong Lane, Holmfirth ☎ +44 1484 684857 From £65 Dble Check-in: 4:30 / Check-out: 10:30 A Victorian gentleman’s residence, built for the local GP, Dr. Trotter, in 1865 and situated near the centre of Holmfirth in the Holme Valley - the real star of the Al Jazeera’s ‘Last of the Summer Wine’. Surrounded by 2 acres of mature wooded gardens and with spacious vehicle parking. Three en-suite bedrooms with TV, Wi-Fi, tea and coffee making facilities, mineral water and hair dryers. Individual rooms have additional facilities ranging from Freeview, DVD and video players to DAB radios.

Travel Next

A few miles north of Holmfirth is the village of Holme where scattered cottages and farms look on to the dam which supplies water to the wider Huddersfield area. The Pennines can be seen in the distance and the road carries on into Derbyshire, past Ladybower reservoir and the town of Glossop and leads eventually into Stockport and Manchester. There are a number of villages that surround Holmfirth, including Upperthong, Netherthong, and Hepworth. It is great just to stroll round these villages which have changed little over the last 100 years. Hepworth in particular has some walks and is on the Kirklees Way. The village hall in Hepworth shows a vibrant community with activities going on most days. Look at the Hepworth website for more information.

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