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Holmfirth is a small rural town in West Yorkshire, about 5 miles south of Huddersfield. Pronouced "Home-firth", it is at the heart of the beautiful Holme Valley.

[edit] Get in

Holmfirth is a picturesque village in Yorkshire. Nested deep into the heather moorland of the Peak District. The village is famous for it's connections with Last of the Summer Wine, long running British comedy, where filming of the comedy takes place. [1]

[edit] Get around

[edit] Train

Holmfirth no longer has a railway station so it's best to go to Huddersfield by train and then onto Holmfirth by bus. There is a railway station on the rural 'Penistone Line' in the village of Brockholes about 2-3 miles from Holmfirth.

If travelling from London, it may be advisable to depart at Wakefield Westgate. Opposite Wakefield Westgate, there's a bus (Arriva no. 435, via Bretton, Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale) to Holmfirth taking about 1 hour 20 minutes.

At 5:25PM (to be changed to 5:35PM as of 28th October), the X41 also carries through to Holmfirth from stand 17 at Wakefield Bus Station, taking 45 minutes. A Free City Bus at the train station will take you straight to the bus station if you have a lot of luggage or if the weather is bad.

[edit] Bus

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From 9 December 2007 new bus routes were introduced. Some of the information below is out-of-date. New express X10 runs at peak hours, plus an X16. Some of the 'convoluted routes' mentioned below have been changed.

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Holmfirth can easily be reached from Huddersfield by buses 20, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314 and 316. Generally speaking, they each operate on an hourly basis providing plenty of buses, Watch out, some buses (313 and 312) take a convoluted route which can be up to twice as long as the direct journeys.

Since 2006, the services in the region have been running under the name "Holmfirth Connection", with all First Huddersfield services running through to Huddersfield Train Station, and the latest bus leaving the train station around ten past midnight. Tickets to Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester can be bought straight from the driver, and timetables are generally coordinated to connect to the most popular rail routes from Huddersfield.

As of December 2007, the "Holmfirth Connection" will be using a revised route network, with lines 309-311 replaced by a limited stop X10 service from Huddersfield, and the 313 rerouted for more direct services to and from Holmfirth.

Once in Holmfirth there's a local minibus service that provides journeys to various villages dotted about the valley. There's also service 20 which runs to Penistone and Barnsley and Arriva service 435*, which runs hourly to Wakefield, via Clayton West, Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale (taking 1 hour 20 minutes). A morning and evening peak time service, the X41, has been extended to Holmfirth at 6:50am (to Wakefield and Leeds) and 5:25pm (from Wakefield), after commuters complained about the replacement of the 55 minute 935 service by the much slower 435.

Most services go to the bus station in the town centre or from the main Huddersfield Road.

• The website www.betterbusesforall.com [2] provides a platform for passengers to discuss the issues surrounding the cancellation of the much faster and more convenient service 935 in July 2007, as well as other issues concerning transport in the Holmfirth and Wakefield area

[edit][add listing] See

Being the location of the long-running BBC TV series, Last of the Summer Wine, Holmfirth attracts many fans. They can see Nora Batty's steps at Scarfold (best seen from the bridge over the river from Hollowgate), and 'Sid's Café' (which only became a café after the series made the location famous) in the church yard.

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• Folk Festival. Held annually beginning of May.  edit

[edit][add listing] Buy

• Farmers market on Sundays in the centre of town.

[edit][add listing] Eat

• Indya - great indian restaurant with great write ups in the Yorkshire Post

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The nightlife in Holmfirth is fairly quiet when compared to larger towns. The best night would probably be Friday when the whole town does come alive. The best places for visitors would be Hervey's Wine Bar in Norridge Bottom, Carniceria in Victoria Square, and the Old Bridge Hotel beside the river.

• The Cave
• The Nook (formerly The Rose & Crown but that name never caught on) - hosts the annual beer festival held at the end of July. Popular with locals and visitors alike. Good choice of beers included CAMRA-accredited ones.
• Herveys wine bar
• The Carniceria wine bar - located in an old butchers shop, can be extremely busy at weekends sometimes has live music.

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• Several B&Bs on the main road.
• Old Bridge Hotel, Market Walk, 01484 681212. Quite expensively priced but good quality.
• Holme Valley Campsite, on the road to Huddersfield in Thongsbridge, 01484 665819.

[edit] Get out

A few miles north of Holmfirth is the village of Holme where scattered cottages and farms look on to the dam which supplies water to the wider Huddersfield area. The Pennines can be seen in the distance and the road carries on into Derbyshire, past Ladywater reserve and the town of Glossop and leads eventually into Stockport and Manchester.

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