Huddersfield,+England

Huddersfield is a town in Kirklees, England. It is 163 miles (262km) north west of London and 14 miles (23km) south west of Leeds.

Huddersfied has a canal around the west of kirklees. The canal is a very long one. It goes for about 74 miles. The canal goes through a town. Huddersfield is a very nice town.

Attempts by the local council to gain support for [|city status] were rejected by the town's population in an unofficial referendum held by the local newspaper, the [|Huddersfield Daily Examiner]. The council did not apply for that status in either the 2000 or 2002 competitions.[|[7]] City status is given to districts, so it would have been Kirklees rather than Huddersfield that would have been declared a city.

Huddersfield is still a manufacturing town, despite the fact that the university is the largest employer. Historically the town made textiles. The number of people who work in textiles has declined, but those companies which survive produce large quantities of wollen products