Fartown, Huddersfield

District of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England

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Human settlement in England

Fartown

View from the top of Woodhouse Hill

Fartown

Location within West Yorkshire

Metropolitan borough|

* Kirklees

Metropolitan county|

* West Yorkshire

Region|

* Yorkshire and the Humber

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| HUDDERSFIELD
Postcode district| HD2
Dialling code| 01484
Police| West Yorkshire
Fire| West Yorkshire
Ambulance| Yorkshire
UK Parliament|

* Huddersfield

List of places

England
Yorkshire

53°39′43″N 1°46′52″W﻿ / ﻿53.662°N 1.781°W﻿ / 53.662; -1.781

Fartown is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England that starts 0.6 miles (1 km) north of the town centre.

Fartown runs for approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) either side of the A641 main Huddersfield to Bradford Road. The district area stretches from the top of Woodhouse Hill to the Halifax Old Road with a population of 4,735 according to the 2001 Census.

Fartown currently has a multi-ethnic population with a significant percentage of people hailing from South Asian and West Indian backgrounds.

Two major hills are also situated in Fartown, Woodhouse Hill towards Sheepridge and York Avenue towards Cowcliffe. North Huddersfield Trust School is situated just off Woodhouse Hill.

Huddersfield's Rugby League club Huddersfield RLFC played at the Fartown Ground on Spaines Road from 1878 until 1992 and are still referred to as ‘Fartown’ by the club’s supporters. [1] Yorkshire County Cricket Club also played there at the cricket part of the ground between 1873–1955 and was also used for one day matches until 1982. The ground hosted an FA Cup semi final in 1882. The ground there now is little used for sporting events.[2]

## Trivia

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Fartown's name was cited as "nice, isn't it?" and "just ridiculous" in the XFM radio show presented by Ricky Gervais in 2003.[3]

A house in Ashfield Street was used as the main family home in the British feature film Between Two Women.

## See also

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* Listed buildings in Huddersfield (Greenhead Ward)

## References

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1. ^ "Fartown hosted years of success". YorkshireLive. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. ^ "FARTOWN A GROUND NEARLY LOST". We All Stand Together. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
3. ^ "08 November 2003/Transcript - Pilkipedia". Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2019.