Turnbridge is the area to the east of
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...
town centre
ring road
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in
West Yorkshire
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,
England
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. It forms a corridor along which passes St Andrews Road, (B6432), and the
Huddersfield Broad Canal to
Aspley, where the Broad Canal meets
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is an Navigability, inland waterway in northern England. It runs just under from Lock 1E at the rear of the University of Huddersfield campus, near Aspley, West Yorkshire, Aspley Basin in Huddersfield, to the ju ...
in the Aspley Basin. There are places for a limited number of
narrowboat
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moorings. Some have
electric
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and
fresh water
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services.
The area is reputed to have gained its name from a turning bridge across the canal. In 1865 this was replaced by
Turnbridge Lift Bridge.
File:Huddersfield Broad Canal RLH.jpg, Turnbridge Section of Huddersfield Broad Canal
File:Turnbridge Liftbridge RLH.jpg, Turnbridge Lift Bridge over the Huddersfield Broad Canal
Areas of Huddersfield
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