Rawthorpe is a district 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 ...

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. It is situated at the top of Kilner Bank. A hill just to the east of Huddersfield town centre and close to the

John Smith's Stadium Kirklees Stadium (currently known due to sponsorship as the John Smith's Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of football club Huddersfield Town and rugby league si ...

. Its neighbouring area in the town is

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Rawthorpe is mainly made up of a large

council estate Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council estates, council housing, or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011 when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in so ...

. The area also contains several notable buildings, including Nether Hall (now a riding school.)

Netherhall Learning Campus Netherhall Learning Campus is a federation of 4 schools which share the same campus in Rawthorpe, Huddersfield, England. The federation was formed in 2008, and includes Netherhall St. James Infant & Nursery School (formerly Rawthorpe St James CE ...

(formerly Rawthorpe High School) is situated on Nether Hall Avenue, as is the

Creative and Media Studio School The Creative & Media Studio School is a studio school located at the Netherhall Learning Campus in Huddersfield, in the English county of West Yorkshire, England. The school was established in 2010. The school was initially housed in the premise ...

. Rawthorpe Hall, a Grade II listed building, now converted into dwellings gives its apparent Norse place name to the vicinity. Historically, Rawthorpe lies in the ancient civil parish of

Kirkheaton Kirkheaton () is a village and former civil parish north-east of Huddersfield, now in the parish of Kirkburton, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is in the Dalton ward of t ...

and the township of Dalton.

Transport

Bradley Mills Road in Rawthorpe has been the long time terminus of the

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370 bus route from Huddersfield Town Centre.

References

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