Huddersfield Sights and Landmarks Guide, United Kingdom

Huddersfield, UK - Sights: Enjoy Your Time By Paying Them A Visit

 Apart from being an industrial town, there are a great number of tourist attractions in the city, which is probably the reason why it is visited by a great number of people each year.

Some of the popular places that one must visit while in the town include among others

Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery

The gallery is known to hold many exhibitions all around the year and not only features the art of regional artists, but national and international artists too. The exhibitions that are held here portray a great number of excellent works from the fields of art, photography, craft and sculpture.

Tolson Memorial Museum

This museum happens to be the local museum in the district of Huddersfield. The exhibits in the museum range from a wide number of sources like transport, archaeology, textile industry, natural history as well as the local history. Apart from the regular exhibits in the museum, many events and exhibitions are also held there.

The Lawrence Batley Theatre

This theatre is widely popular in the United Kingdom and known for the finest quality of drama, dance, music and comedy that are offered there.

Marsden Moore Estate

The estate sprawls on a wide area of 5,685 acres of land and is located near the village called Marsden. Visitors at the estate get to see reservoirs, valleys, crags and peaks along with pre-Roman archaeological remains. Moorland birds like the golden plover, curfew, the red grouse and diminutive twite can also be seen in the estate.

The Colne Valley Museum

This museum is made up of three cottages that belonged to weavers, and dates back to the 18th century. The different exhibits that are kept in this museum include a loom, a workshop, a spinning jenny, living rooms and a kitchen. The museum also houses a clog maker’s gas lit workshop.

Automobilia Transport Museum

The museum is known for the large number of classic and vintage cars that are displayed there. Interested people can buy some of these cars if they want. Apart from these cars, the museum is also seen to display a large number of bicycles, motorcycles, enamel signs and garage equipment along with many other exhibits.

All of these sights are quite popular and one should definitely visit all of them when in Huddersfield.