Rawthorpe is a district 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 at the top of Kilner Bank. A hill just to the east of Huddersfield town centre and close to the

John Smith's Stadium Kirklees Stadium, currently known as the John Smith's Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of Huddersfield Town Association Football Club ...

. Its neighbouring area in the town is

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Rawthorpe is mainly made up of a large

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. The area also contains several notable buildings, including Nether Hall (now a riding school.)

Netherhall Learning Campus Netherhall Learning Campus is a federation of 4 schools which share the same campus in Rawthorpe, Huddersfield, England. The federation was formed in 2008, and includes Netherhall St. James Infant & Nursery School (formerly Rawthorpe St James C ...

(formerly Rawthorpe High School) is situated on Nether Hall Avenue, as is the Creative and Media Studio School. Rawthorpe Hall, a Grade II listed building, now converted into dwellings gives its apparent Norse place name to the vicinity. Historically, Rawthorpe lies in the ancient civil parish of

Kirkheaton Kirkheaton () is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, Historically, it is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is north-east of Huddersfield, in the Dalton ward of Kirklees Co ...

and the township of Dalton.

Transport

Bradley Mills Road in Rawthorpe has been the long time terminus of the

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370 bus route from Huddersfield Town Centre.

References

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