Huddersfield Giants
Are a rugby league team who play in super league, the highest level competition in europe. they were one of the founding members of the break-away northern union who created the sport of rugby league. nicknamed "fartown", they were the dominant team in the early history of the game. these days, they play at the galpharm stadium.
Huddersfield RUFC
Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club We was founded in 1909 and celebrated our centenary season with promotion to National League 3 North, the highest level ever achieved in our history,one of the oldest clubs in the world, founded mini-rugby in England in 1969. After playing many years at Waterloo, HRUFC bought Lockwood Park in 1997 where we have four rugby pitches plus an all-weather Astroturf pitch with parking for 300 cars. The main floodlit pitch has a capacity of 1500 with seating for 500. Additionally HRUFC has subsidiary clubs catering for mens and ladies hockey, road running, squash and a bowling club that has now become a major venue for Yorkshire county matches. Tucked away too within the huge clubhouse is the Borough Club for the town's serious snooker players and we also rent out property to Fitness First plus our local radio station 107.9 Pennine FM.
Kite flying
Is practised extensively here with local council backing. the local electrical company, npower, has also moved power lines underground to prevent kites getting tangled up in cables. this has also encouraged the users of powered hang-gliders to also use the site as a take off point.
Huddstock Festival
The Huddstock music festival is held annually on the first Saturday in June, with 2009 being the 3rd event it is shaping up to be a fantastic place to go for all the family with over 70 live acts consisting of Bands, Dj's, Acoustic and solo singers, fairground rides, stalls bouncy castles food and bars.
University of Huddersfield
(http://www.hud.ac.uk/). a former polytechnic which applied for and achieved university status in the early 1990's. its main queensgate campus is situated just outside the ring road. follow the signs from main arrival points. a new students' union building opened in 2005 in the centre of the campus.