For those who have managed to arrive in the centre of Huddersfield, Lindley is only minutes away. From the center (Market Place) turn onto Westgate (you should be travelling uphill) and carry on straight (if you see the Royal Swan, Wellington, Crown and Olde Hatte public houses on your left-hand side you're travelling in the right direction). Continue uphill taking the middle lane at the ring-road traffic lights (Westgate has now become Trinity Street or the A640). Straight through the lights (past the Huddersfield Technical College on your right and, further up, Greenhead Park on your left) to the brow of the hill. Over the brow you will see a roundabout and another pub, the Junction Inn. Carry on straight for approximately 3/4 mile to the next roundabout at the Bay Horse (pictured below). Turn right into Lindley.

Travellers approaching from the M62 motorway should exit at Junction 24 and follow the signs for Huddersfield on the A629 until you reach the first set of traffic lights where you'll see the Cavalry Arms. Turn right at the lights. You are now on East Street and in the north end of Lindley. Follow map in `Interesting Lindley'.

Description

The roundabout (pictured) at the junction of New Hey Road, Reinwood Road and Acre Street is what I classify as the south, and most commonly used, gateway to Lindley. Number 1 Acre Street is the Bay Horse, an old staging post inn for people en route to and from Lancashire (I bet those coming back were a lot happier than those going). Acre Street, which changes its name to Lidget Street at the Clock Tower (confused, I haven't started yet) is the main thoroughfare as far as its junction with West and East streets and Birchencliffe Hill Road (Lindley's north gateway), a distance of less than a mile.

The five-road junction at Acre Street, Plover Road, Lidget Street, Daisy Lea Lane and Occupation Road is basically the heart/centre of the village. Not a very big place really but Lindley has got it all. Butchers, bakers, grocers, hairdressers, 2 post offices (Oakes Post Office is number 2 Acre Street. Why didn't they call it Lindley Post Office? Answer: There already is a Lindley Post Office. Where? Answer: On Acre Street. I give up). building society, cobblers, newsagents, menswear/tailor (Laurie's) delicatessen, do-it-yourself shop, electrical retailers, stained glass manufacturer, travel agent, chippy, chemists, churches, dentists, Lindley Hospital where my mates Andrea and Tray work (some misguided people call this Huddersfield Royal Infirmary) and much, much more.

The east and west boundaries of the village are as equally confusing as the post office phenomenon. I would categorise Oakes Road as the eastern border and Thornhill Road as the western. However, parts of Oakes, Marsh and Edgerton are inevitably included in this plan. Most of the area either side of Acre Street and Lidget Street, apart from Sykes Bros., the hospital and various businesses, is residential. Nestled in amongst these areas is what I consider to be examples of some of the finest architecture, enchanting dwellings and intriguing features of years gone by in Huddersfield. See `Interesting Lindley' for map and more `About Lindley'.