Slaithwaite

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Slaithwaite is a village in West Yorkshire, England, situated in the Colne Valley near Huddersfield and known for its historic canalside setting and former textile mills.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
village
administrativeStatus unparished area
country England
distanceFrom about 5 miles west-south-west of Huddersfield town centre
economicActivity light industry
retail
services
governingBody Kirklees Council
linked to: Kirklees
hasAmenity cafés
canalside pubs
independent shops
hasBuildingType former woollen mills
stone-built terraced housing
hasCanalFeature lock flights on Huddersfield Narrow Canal
hasCulturalEvent Moonraking Festival
hasDialCode 01484
hasFeature canalside setting
hasGreenSpace canalside towpaths
hasHeritage converted mill buildings
hasHistoricalPeriodOfGrowth Industrial Revolution
hasLandUseHistory mill village
hasNearbySettlement Golcar
Linthwaite
Marsden
hasPostcodeDistrict HD7
hasPostTown HUDDERSFIELD
linked to: Huddersfield
hasPublicTransport bus services to Huddersfield and Oldham
hasReligiousBuilding Slaithwaite Methodist Church
St James Church, Slaithwaite
hasTopography valley-side settlement
hasTransport Slaithwaite railway station
historicCounty Yorkshire
industrialHistory textile industry
knownFor former textile mills
historic canalside setting
lieutenancyArea West Yorkshire
localNickname Moonrakers
locatedIn Colne Valley
Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees
linked to: Kirklees

West Yorkshire
near Huddersfield
OSGridReference SE 078 138
parliamentaryConstituency Colne Valley
railwayLine TransPennine route between Huddersfield and Manchester
region Yorkshire and the Humber
situatedOn River Colne
traversedBy Huddersfield Narrow Canal

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Huddersfield Line passesThrough Slaithwaite
River Colne (West Yorkshire) passesNear Slaithwaite
subject linked to: River Colne
Kirklees includesTown Slaithwaite
A62 road passesThrough Slaithwaite
Colne Valley containsSettlement Slaithwaite
Colne Valley administrativeCentre Slaithwaite
Colne Valley ward covers Slaithwaite
Colne Valley ward hasSettlement Slaithwaite
Golcar hasBusServicesTo Slaithwaite
Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency) includes town of Slaithwaite
linked to: Slaithwaite
Milnsbridge hasNearbySettlement Slaithwaite
Slaithwaite railway station serves Slaithwaite
Moonraking Festival locatedIn Slaithwaite
Moonrakers (Slaithwaite) usedIn Slaithwaite
subject linked to: Moonrakers
Moonrakers (Slaithwaite) hasGeographicAssociation Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England
subject linked to: Moonrakers
linked to: Slaithwaite