• Castle Hill. From all around the area, Castle Hill can easily be picked out, crowned with the Victoria Tower, built to commemorate Queen Victoria's silver jubilee. It can be reached by car and taxi, just beyond the suburb of Almondbury, and gives wonderful views in all directions, including that at the top of this article. Victoria Jubilee Tower is open to the public at weekends during the summer.

• Marsden Moor Estate, 847016, [7]. An area of 2400 hectares (5600 acres) of unenclosed common moorland, almost surrounding the village of Marsden, with valleys, reservoirs, peaks and crags, as well as archaeological remains dating from pre-Roman times to the great engineering structures of the canal and railway ages. Owned by the National Trust, there is a visitors' centre near to Marsden rail station. Accessible by train to Marsden station, or by buses 184, 350 & 352 from Huddersfield; car parking available at various locations through the estate. Estate open every day at all times; visitors centre open every day 9am-5pm. Free.

• Marsden and Standedge Tunnel End. Beautiful moorland scenery and historic industrial archaeology. Includes the chance to take a boat ride into the UK's longest canal tunnel. This is possible as a trip by train to Marsden & Standedge or you can drive to Marsden. Open every day. Free.

For the main shopping streets and everything inside the ring-road, it is best to explore on foot. Many of the shopping areas are pedestrianised anyway, and there is not much car parking space inside the ring-road.

Many bus routes run from the central bus station to the surrounding towns and villages. This is located on the north side of the town centre off Westgate. Most buses operate on repeating hourly timetables up until 11p.m. Taxi services are mainly available from outside the train station.

• Kingsgate Shopping Centre [10] - the usual assortment of shops contained in a light and breezy atmosphere. Open 7 days a week.

• Huddersfield Open Market - offers a range of high quality goods from the continent - mainly France - and tours the area stopping in different towns each weekend.

The Huddersfield area has many restaurants of different types and costs. The following small selection are restaurants which have been visited and recommended by Wikitravellers:

• Fenay Bridge, Penistone Road. This place can be excellent but sometimes awful. They have a 2 for 1 deal on all year which is a big serving. But sometimes the food can take a while and isn't up to scratch, but other times its top notch. Give this place a try you might like it. It is located on Penistone Road going towards Kirkburton you can't miss is!
• Balooshai, 3 Viaduct St, tel. 559055. Balooshai is one of a number of excellent Indian restaurants in Huddersfield. There are an increasing number of restaurants on this small street.
• Gringo's, 8 Railway Arches Viaduct St, tel. 422411, [11]. Mexican.
• Laxmi, Woodhead Road, Berry Brow, tel. 666555, [12]. Excellent Indian restaurant. Tu-Sa 5.30PM-11PM & Su 5.15PM-10PM. Two course meal £~15 (per-person including drinks).
• Lodge Hotel, Birkby Lodge Road, tel. 431001, [13]. Built in 1847, this distinguished old house had many roles in its life, was a high quality family run hotel and restaurant, with an AA 2-star rosette and an innovative menu. £~40 (per-person including wine and tips). BUT Currently (Feb 2006) is closed!
• Mustard and Punch, 6 Westgate, Honley, tel. 662066, fax. 660742, [14]. A small friendly restaurant; Mustard and Punch is expensive when compared to other restaurants in Huddersfield. £~35 (per-person including wine and tips).
• Nosh, Northgate, Almondbury, tel. 430004, [15].
• Thai Charleda, 5 St. Johns Street, Huddersfield, tel. 450159, [16]. Good Thai food with a large menu.
• Tunnel End Inn, Waters Road, Marsden, tel. 844636, [17]. With a very welcoming team of owners, this pub provides a good selection of food and, for the beer connoisseurs, sells the famous Black Sheep beers. Close to the tunnel end complex and the Marsden Moor Estate, this pub is well situated for a visit before or after a trip into the canal tunnel (see 'See' above) or when walking the moors. Open M 8PM-11PM; Tu-W 5PM-11PM; Th-F noon-3PM & 5PM-11PM; Sa noon-11PM; Su noon-10:30PM.
• The Weavers Shed Restaurant With Rooms, Converted C18th Woollen mill - a Modern British restaurant specialising in home-grown, locally-sourced produce (the restaurant has its own farm) Voted 'Best Restaurant With Rooms' Good Food Guide 2006, Restaurant Of The Year and Chef Of The Year 2007, Yorkshire Life. Address: Knowl Road, Golcar. Tel. +44 (0)1484 654284, [18].

Azeem Takeaway, 325 New Mill Road, Brockholes, Tel : 01484 66 74 71. Open 6 days a week M-Sa 5.30PM-11.30PM.

There are plenty of pubs in Huddersfield, many of which get packed with people on Friday and Saturday nights. A rather large scale problem with Huddersfield is the high amount of 'skinheads' who often roam Huddersfield in large groups on nights out. Caution is advised.

• Coffeevolution, Church Street - the best coffee in town can be found in this unpretentious, fiercely independent coffee shop which is licensed and open late at weekends. Light but pricey meals available.
• The Courthouse, Zetland Street - Two-storey pub with a court theme. Young crowd. Near the university.
• Head of Steam, St Georges Square, tel. 454533 - Popular real ale pub in the train station. Good blues on a Monday night. Great Jazz on a Wednesday night.
• Revolution, Cross Church Street - Vodka bar from very popular chain which attracts a large, diverse crowd most nights. Outdoor area & DJ's at weekends.
• The Vox Bar, Church Street, tel. 452229 - Good music and good drink, young crowd. Resident DJ Friday and Saturday nights. Situated down a back alley near the train station.
• Verve, Church Street - a slightly older crowd than Vox, with pre-club cheesey dance pumped out over the weekend. By day, it's a cafe selling reasonable paninis, coffee and smoothies.
• Warehouse - Large pub. Charges entry on Fri/Sat. Part of the scream chain. Young crowd.
• Zephyr, King Street - Small, trendy. Good range of foreign beers.
• The Sair Inn, Take a 350, 351 or 352 bus about 4 miles out of the town centre, alighting at the bottom of Hoyle-Ing in Linthwaite on Manchester Road, after the "Royal Oak" pub. There's a sign advertising "The Sair Inn". After a five minute climb up the hill you'll find this gem of a hostelry, selling its own beers brewed on the premises that can be enjoyed in a uniquely authentic, old pub atmosphere. Popular among locals, students and real ale tourists, you may become a regular.
• Bar 1:22 - 120 New Street (opposite Lidl on the ring road). Live music venue with a range of genres seven nights a week. The original and best live venue in town, beware of cheap imitations. Featured The Feeling, The Pigeon Detectives and Enter Shikari before they all went on to be Top Ten Album selling bands. The home of live music in Huddersfield
• Have a drink in The Founders Bar of the George Hotel where the finer points of the game of Rugby League were hammered out. The bar is considered the birthplace of the game.
• The Riverhead Brewery Tap 2 Peel Street, Marsden. 01484 841270 [19]
• The Rat and Ratchet at the junction from Lockwood onto the ring road has a large selection of cask ales on tap and the staff are usually quite knowledgeable. Nice atmosphere.
• The Parish, by the Parish church - Huddersfields finest alternative/metal bar and live music venue. Excellent food and drink and a great atmosphere. Well worth a visit.
• Tokyo, Queen Street - 'The club to finish off the night' Tokyo opened in June 2005 after a 2 million pound re-investment of a truly fabulous 19th Century, Grade Two listed former Courthouse. This is THE place to go if in Huddersfield as it has the best soundsystem, best drinks selection and the most up for it crowd. Don't leave it too late in the night however as it's popularity dictates that it is normally full by midnight. Beware of the power-tripping bouncers, they sometimes are armed with knifes.