Newsome is a village situated approximately 1 mile south of

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district 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 ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

, England. It is in the

Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees Kirklees is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough. The largest town and administrative centre of Kirklees is Huddersfield, and the district also includes ...

. The village lies at the centre of Newsome Ward to which it gives its name.

Geography

Newsome stands on a shoulder of land below Castle Hill and above the valley where the

River Holme The Holme of the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England is a tributary of the River Colne, West Yorkshire. The source is via Digley Reservoir, fed firstly by the run-off from Brownhill Reservoir, then by Dobbs Dike. Banks along the upper vall ...

meets the River Colne. The village lies between

Berry Brow Berry Brow is a semi-rural village in West Yorkshire, England, situated about south of Huddersfield. It lies on the eastern bank of the Holme Valley and partially straddles the A616 road to Honley and Penistone. The village has a Victori ...

Hall Bower Hall Bower is a small hamlet lying 2 miles (3.5 km) south of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It sits in the shadow of Castle Hill, just above the village of Newsome. Sport The hamlet has a team in the Huddersfield Cricket Leag ...

and Taylor Hill.

Facilities

The village has both housing and industrial units, the latter mostly within the site of the former Newsome Mill, which used to produce

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len

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s. Newsome used to have a large bakehouse, (which made award-winning pork pies), but these industrial units, (across from, now damaged, Newsome Mill), now hold businesses. The ''

Huddersfield Examiner The ''Huddersfield Daily Examiner'' is an English local daily evening newspaper covering news and sport from Huddersfield and its surrounding areas. History The first edition was published as a weekly, starting on 6 September 1851, as the '' ...

'' announced in February 2013 the closure to the Huddersfield shops, as well as the bakehouse.

Schools

There is a secondary school, Newsome Academy to the south west of the village centre. The school's assistant head teacher was named West Yorkshire Teacher of the Year 2006 for an award sponsored by Pulse Radio. The Victorian infant and nursery school 'Stile Common Infant and Nursery School', close to the village centre, was closed down and replaced by newly built Hillside Primary School. A specialist school, Castle Hill school, for children aged 3–19, with Severe Learning Difficulties and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities, is located to the south west of the village, by Berry Brow, to support children from within the Huddersfield

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. The ''

'' announced on 11 July 2009 that the specialist school in Newsome had one confirmed case of

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Sport

Newsome FC are an open age amateur

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club. The club play their home fixtures at the former Primrose Hill Cricket Ground in Primrose Hill now called the Westgate Barbers Arena. They field teams in the Premier Division of the

West Yorkshire Association Football League The West Yorkshire Association Football League is a football competition based in Yorkshire, England. It was previously known as the Leeds League until the name change in 1939. Although it is named the ''West Yorkshire'' League, clubs from the H ...

and Division One of the Huddersfield and District Association League and are affiliated to the

West Riding County Football Association The West Riding County Football Association is the sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in northern parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its headquarters are in the village of Woodlesford, south east ...

. The third team are Champions of HDAFL Reserve Division 1 and holders of the Richardson Cup. The

Newsome Panthers Newsome Panthers ARLFC is an amateur rugby league club based in Newsome, Huddersfield. The club was founded with only two junior teams in 1995 and has since grown into one of the largest clubs in Yorkshire with teams for children of all ages. M ...

, an amateur

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

club, are based here. The club fields ten junior teams and an open age team in several leagues operated by

British Amateur Rugby League Association The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is an association for social and recreational rugby league. It works jointly with the Rugby Football League through the RFL Community Board. History BARLA was created in 1973 in Huddersfiel ...

. The club plays their home games at the secondary school and the committee meets in one of the village's public houses, The Fountain Inn.

Transport

The nearest Mainline railway station is in

on the

Penistone Line The Penistone Line is operated by Northern Trains in the West Yorkshire Metro and Travel South Yorkshire areas of northern England. It connects Huddersfield and Sheffield via Penistone and Barnsley, serving many rural communities. Metrocards ( ...

is the closest local railway station. There are several bus service routes through the village, run by

First Calderdale & Huddersfield First West Yorkshire operates both local and regional bus services in West Yorkshire, England. It is a subsidiary of the FirstGroup, and is made up of three sub-division brands: First Bradford, First Halifax, Calder Valley & Huddersfield and Firs ...

and Tiger Blue.

References

External links

* {{authority control Areas of Huddersfield Villages in West Yorkshire