HUDDERSFIELD CIVIC SOCIETY NEWS
Air your views on plans for expansion of green routes in the Colne Valley
A newly opened cycling route from Longroyd Bridge to Milnsbridge has increased interest in extending it to the upper valley as well as into the town centre. The route is funded by City Connect, a programme of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Kirklees Council has commissioned sustainable transport charity Sustrans…
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£300,000 cash boost for Kirklees to become ‘world-class music destination’
An ambitious project to capitalise on the town’s rich musical heritage has been welcomed by Huddersfield Civic Society. The project, aimed at making Kirklees a world-class destination for music, has received nearly £300,000 from the Leeds LEP’s Business Rates Pool fund. At a HCS meeting in the town hall on…
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Best buildings announced in Civic Society design awards
A new landmark building which gives the town a ‘wow factor’ was among the best new buildings constructed in the town last year, according to readers of the Huddersfield Examiner. They voted the AHR-designed Oastler Building at Shorehead their favourite in the Huddersfield Civic Society Design Awards, but it…
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