Lindley, Huddersfield

Lindley
Lindley Clock Tower
Lindley is located in West Yorkshire
Lindley
Lindley
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE115185
• London165 mi (266 km) SE
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHUDDERSFIELD
Postcode districtHD3
Dialling code01484
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53°39′47″N 1°49′31″W / 53.663077°N 1.825189°W / 53.663077; -1.825189

Lindley is a suburb of Huddersfield, within the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 2 miles (3 km) northwest from Huddersfield town centre.

The Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield's main hospital, is in Lindley. It is run by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. In 1951, the scheme for building the new Infirmary was announced, at an initial cost of £5.5 million. Work started in 1957, but progress was slow. The hospital was officially opened only in 1967, by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, born in Huddersfield. Plans were approved in September 2021 for a new A&E department the existing 1960s A&E was "reaching near the end of its functional life and is no longer fit for purpose" according to the Director of Transformation and Partnerships for CHFT.[1]

  1. ^ Earnshaw, Tony (23 September 2021). "Plans approved for new state-of-the-art A&E for Huddersfield". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 8 March 2022.