Cowcliffe is an area 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 ...

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. It is situated between

Fixby Fixby is a suburb in north-west Kirklees bordering neighbouring Calderdale and is traditionally part of Huddersfield in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The area is now sought after suburban location of Huddersfield for homeowners. The vi ...

and Birkby based around Cowcliffe Hill Road. Cowcliffe is a discernible village, though the boundaries are not clear and is somewhat isolated from the rest of Huddersfield – only two buses an hour go through the area, destined for either Halifax and

( First Halifax services 549). The area is home to a pub, St. Hilda's Parish Church, Cowcliffe Methodist Church, a shop, a park an
a club with bowling green.
At the west border of the area is Huddersfield Golf Club, to the north is

(the golf course is known locally as Fixby Golf Course), to the south and east are Birkby and Fartown. The

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drama series '' Where The Heart Is'' shot a small number scenes in Cowcliffe's park in 2002, not long after the park had had a facelift from

Kirklees Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, West Yorkshire, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It ...

Metropolitan Council, who installed goalposts and a designated play area. At the top of North Cross Rd, a large house known locally as the Castle was renovated from a derelict state in the mid 1980s by a local developer and an 3 home estate built on the former gardens and the properties named after Castle features. Cowcliffe Hill Road was once the main coach road from London to Gretna Green. Notable former residents of Cowcliffe include the retired footballers

Marcus Stewart William Marcus Paul Stewart (; born 7 November 1972) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1991 until 2011. Stewart played over 500 games and scored over 250 goals in his professional career and had notable ...

and

Chris Marsden Christopher Marsden (born 3 January 1969) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League and Premier League for Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Coventry City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Notts County, Stockport County, Birm ...

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