Aspley is an area adjacent to the ring road around
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees 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 confl ...
, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It comprises a mixture of independent shops, commercial units, a small retail park, houses, student accommodation and sections of the
University of Huddersfield
The University of Huddersfield is a public research university located in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It has been a University since 1992, but has its origins in a series of institutions dating back to the 19th century. It has made te ...
and Kirklees Council offices, pubs and fast food outlets. It is known locally as Aspley Wharf.
There is a small
narrowboat
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marina
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A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
adjacent to the
Huddersfield Broad Canal and the
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an Navigability, inland waterway in northern England. It runs just under from Lock 1E at the rear of the University of Huddersfield campus, near Aspley, West Yorkshire, Aspley Basin in Huddersfield, to the ju ...
. known as Aspley Basin.
File:Aspley Basin, Huddersfield (geograph 6874029).jpg, Aspley Basin
Image:Aspley_Marina_Huddersfield_RLH.jpg, Aspley Marina
Shopping and entertainment
There is a varied mixture of independent shops, pubs and fast food outlets alongside the main road through Aspley, from the Huddersfield ring road to
Moldgreen and
Waterloo, away. Smaller supermarkets exist within the retail park such as
Asda
Asda Stores Limited (), trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters is in Leeds, England. The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949. It expanded ...
(formerly a
Netto),
Lidl
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and
Iceland
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located close to the junction of Somerset Road.
See also
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Listed buildings in Huddersfield (Newsome Ward - outer areas)
References
External links
Map location
Areas of Huddersfield
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