OUR AIMS
To stimulate interest in caring for the town and its buildings.

To encourage improvements in its environment and amenities.

To promote the town as an attractive place to live and work.
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​To preserve and celebrate our built heritage.

We hope you will enjoy exploring our site and we look forward to welcoming you to membership.  

EVENTS

MARCH: Focus on architecture

SPEAKER: Architect Alex Whitbread
March 3, 2020, 7.30pm
Huddersfield University

In this joint Civic Society/University of Huddersfield Annual Lecture, Alex Whitbread, a partner with the award-winning architects Fielden Clegg Bradley, will outline current work in Manchester and Leeds. 

NEWS

Republication of Clifford Stephenson's book on the Ramsdens and their estate

Huddersfield Corporation made history in October 1919 when it agreed to buy the 4300-plus acres of the Ramsden estate for £1.3 million. The estate comprised nearly half the land within the Borough boundary and the whole of the town centre. 

The deal was struck via locally-born entrepreneur Sam Copley and finalised on September 29, 1920. To mark the centenary, Alderman Clifford Stephenson’s classic account of events, The Ramsdens and their Estate in Huddersfield: the Town that bought itself  has been republished on our website.​

TWITTER

PLANNING ISSUES
HAVE YOUR SAY ON PLANNING APPLICATIONS
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An important role of Huddersfield Civic Society is to consider planning applications. Kirklees Council consults us on major applications which cover the area.

Changes often result from our comments and efforts in preventing development which is felt to have a negative impact on the area’s heritage and environmental quality.
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Anyone can view and comment on planning applications via the Kirklees Council Planning website.
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​ If you see a planning application you think we should know about, please contact us in addition to telling Kirklees Council your views.

HUDDERSFIELD IN PICTURES

In considering the changing face of Huddersfield, a picture truly is worth a thousand words. We hope you enjoy our gallery which celebrates the places, buildings and people that give or have given this town its distinctive appearance and character.

DISCOVER HUDDERSFIELD

Discover Huddersfield is a community-led project involving a number of local organisations including Huddersfield Civic Society. It offers ways to experience the town, through guided walks, talks and trails.

It aims is to highlight the gems of history, beauty and heritage our town has to offer, as Huddersfield Civic Society chairman, David Wyles, explains in this video.

CIVIC LINKS

Huddersfield Civic Society is affiliated to the Yorkshire and Humberside Association of Civic Societies.

Civic Voice promotes civic pride as the national charity for the civic movement in England. It is an excellent source of news and information on civic issues.

 LOCAL INTEREST SOCIETIES

Huddersfield and District Archaeology Society studies, explores and records the archeology of the area, covering prehistory, the Roman and medieval periods and the archeology of the recent past.

Activities of the Huddersfield Local History Society include monthly talks from September to May; a summer outing; an autumn seminar; an annual journal, free to members; and a series of publications.