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Lower Holme West Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

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Place	Lower Holme
Traditional County	West Yorkshire
District / Borough	Kirklees
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.622565
Longitude	-1.896111
Place Type	Hamlet

About Lower Holme

Lower Holme emerges from the rugged Pennine folds as a cluster of gritstone dwellings clinging to the steep, unforgiving incline of the Colne Valley. It lies 2.8 miles north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 319°T, OS grid SE 069 140), and is situated west of Slaithwaite village. The light here has a sharp, scouring quality, often catching the grey slate roofs before dissolving into the shadows of the nearby Barrett Clough. To the east, the water of Slaithwaite Reservoir mirrors a sky that seems perpetually heavy with the promise of rain. Lower Holme retains the quiet, industrious temperament of a place once tethered to the textile trade, where the rhythmic clatter of looms has long since surrendered to the wind. The landscape is defined by this hard-won verticality, where stone walls serve as the primary architecture of the horizon. Rising above the rooftops, the slopes of Cop Hill provide a dark, brooding backdrop that dictates the mood of the afternoon. Residents of Lower Holme occupy a space where the industrial past is not buried, but merely softened by the encroaching heather and the persistent, damp breath of the moor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Slaithwaite Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.3 mi, 076° ENE
Barrett Clough (Valley) — 0.4 mi, 333° NNW
Meal Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 054° NE
Mary's Rest Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 136° SE
Woodall Ing Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 064° ENE
Cop Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 261° W
Nathans (Historic Ruins) — 0.9 mi, 194° SSW
Crimble Clough (River) — 1.0 mi, 052° NE
Bradley Brook (River) — 1.1 mi, 139° SE
The Tree Planter statue (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 316° NW
Scammonden Stanza Stones (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 332° NNW
The Park (Park) — 1.9 mi, 215° SW
Marsden Moor Estate Exhibition (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 225° SW
Colne Valley Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 055° NE
Huddersfield Observatory (Viewpoint) — 2.2 mi, 092° E
Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 235° SW
Cupwith Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 269° W
Cambodunum Roman Fort And Vicus, Slack (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 026° NNE · 8 ha
Meg Dike Late Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 331° NNW · 1 ha
Late Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement On Oldfield Hill, 340M West Of Wentworth Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.7 mi, 155° SSE
Woodhead Fold Gardens (Park) — 2.9 mi, 136° SE
Snow Stone (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 230° SW
Longwood Outdoor Auditorium (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 058° ENE
Hey Sike Head Marsh (Wetland) — 3.2 mi, 184° S
Longwood Tower (Viewpoint) — 3.2 mi, 059° ENE
Beaumont Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.6 mi, 092° E · 8 ha
Shaw Castle (Castle) — 3.7 mi, 018° NNE
Standedge Road Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.0 mi, 227° SW · 4 ha
Southgate Theatre (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 107° ESE
Honley Station Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.8 mi, 101° E

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