Access Guide
Introduction (Huddersfield Bus Station to Greenhead Park)
- This is a street guide with some shops and a park on the route.
- This guide is based in Huddersfield.
- This guide covers the route from Huddersfield Bus Station to Greenhead Park and covers some shopping areas along the route.
- This guide runs from the Huddersfield Bus Station to the north-west of the route and ends at Greenhead Park.
- The route is approximately around 0.5 miles (804 metres) and would take approximately 10-12 minutes to walk.
- The route has some slight and steep slopes along the route.
- Pathway surfaces are concrete paving slabs and block paving.
- The pathways have some uneven sections, which include some raised manhole covers.
- The road surfaces are tarmac, with dropped kerbs and tactile paving at most crossing points.
- There are opportunities to sit and rest.
Getting Here
- By Car
- The M62 Junction 24 is located approximately 2.8 miles away from the north-west end of the guide (Huddersfield Bus Station via A629 Halifax Road, A629 Edgerton Road, A629 New North Road, A62 Castlegate, Trinity Street, Westgate and Henry Street.
- Parking
- There is limited on-street Blue Badge parking and standard parking available on Westgate, A640 Trinity Street and some side roads.
- Several public car parks are also available throughout the route.
- By Bus
- There are several bus stops available at the bus station, Westgate, A640 and Trinity Street with direct services available to Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Bradley, Wakefield and many more destinations.
- For more information on Arriva Buses please see the following link: click here
- For more information on TLC Travel please see the following link: click here
- By Train
- Huddersfield Railway Station is located at the north-west end of the guide, off Railway Street.
- There is step-free access to the platforms.
- There are direct train services available to Leeds, Manchester Airport, Huddersfield, Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, London and the north.
- For more information on Northern Railway please see the following link: click here
- For more information on Trans Pennine Express Trains please see the following link: click here.
Parking
- On Street Parking
- There are limited Blue Badge and standard on-street parking bays on some side roads along this route and some standard parking on Trinity Street past the Castlegate junction.
- There is no charge for these parking bays.
- Parking is limited to 60 minutes for non-Blue Badge holders.
- Blue Badge holders may park in any of the bays for a maximum of 3 hours.
- Public Car Parks
- Huddersfield Railway Station Car Park.
- This is a pay and display car park.
- Parking is limited to 1 hour.
- New North Parade Car Park
- This is a pay and display car park.
- Parking is limited to 3 hours.
- There are no Blue Badge parking bays in this car park.
- Blue Badge holders can use the standard parking bays free of charge for a maximum of 3 hours.
Junction – Bus Station, Upperhead Row and Henry Street
- There is a zebra crossing at this junction to cross Upperhead Row.
- All the crossings at this junction have dropped kerbs and tactile paving on both sides.
- The surface of the roads is tarmac.
- The surface of the pathways is block-paving.
- The road and pathway have a slight downhill slope as you exit the bus station along Upperhead Row and Henry Street towards Westgate.
- There is a taxi rank available here.
- There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, railings, cycle racks, bins, post boxes and signboards.
- Traffic is busy at this junction and multi-directional.
Upperhead Row to Westgate/Trinity Street via Upperhead Row and Henry Street
- There is a pelican crossing to cross Henry Street.
- The pelican crossing has audibled and visual signals and rotating cones underneath the controls for visually impaired users.
- The pelican crossing has tactile paving at both sides.
- The controls and buttons are between 75 cm and 120cm in height.
- The crossing post and controls are set back from the kerb and may be difficult to locate by a visually impaired user.
- The surface of the roads is tarmac.
- The surface of the pathways is block-paving.
- The pathways on both sides are wide but do narrow to avoid streetlights, bollards, entrances and railings, but remain over 120cm wide.
- The road and pathway have a slight downhill slope as you exit the bus station along Upperhead Row and Henry Street towards Westgate.
- The pathway is mainly block-paving, with some tarmac and turning to concrete paving tiles towards the end.
- There is a steep slope on the pavement on Upperhead Row just before the junction with Westgate, next to the post box.
- There are some uneven areas on the pathways throughout this section.
- There is a steep slope just after the pelican crossing, in front of the bollards on Henry Street.
- There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, railings, bins bollards and signboards.
- There are several side roads and access roads along the section to cross, with most of these having dropped kerbs and tactile paving on both sides.
- The surface of the road is tarmac at the crossings.
- There are some standard parking bays available on nearby side roads.
- The length of this section of the route is approximately 160 metres and takes roughly on average 3-5 minutes to walk.
Junction – Henry Street, New North Parade and Westgate
- There are pedestrian crossing points at this junction to cross Henry Street, New North Parade and Westgate.
- The pedestrian crossings have audibled and visual signals, and rotating cones underneath the controls for visually impaired users at Henry Street.
- The pedestrian crossings only have visual signals and rotating cones underneath the controls for visually impaired users at the Westgate crossing point.
- The audible signal at Henry Street can be heard from the Westgate Crossing point.
- The crossings at Henry Street and Westgate do change at the same time, there is a 10 second delay.
- The crossing at Westgate will turn green to cross 5 to 10 seconds before the Henry Street crossing point can be heard.
- The controls and buttons are between 75cm and 120cm in height.
- The crossing post and controls are set back from the kerb and may be difficult to locate by a visually impaired user.
- All the crossings have dropped kerbs and tactile paving on both sides.
- The surface of the roads is tarmac.
- The surface of the pathways is concrete paving slabs.
- The road and pathway have a slight uphill slope as you exit Westgate into New North Parade.
- The road and pathway have a steep uphill slope as you exit Westgate into Henry Street.
- There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, railings and bins.
- Traffic is busy at this junction and multi-directional.
Henry Street to A62 Castlegate via Trinity Street
- The surface of the pathways on both sides of the road in this section are concrete paving tiles, tarmac and some block paving.
- The pathways on both sides are wide, but do narrow to avoid streetlights, bollards, entrances and railings, they do however remain over 120cm in width.
- The pathway is mainly concrete paving slabs, tarmac and block paving throughout.
- Towards Castlegate the pathways become steep.
- There are some uneven areas on the pathways throughout this section.
- The road and pathway have a slight uphill slope as you exit Henry Street towards A62 Castlegate via Trinity Street.
- There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, bins and railings.
- There are no side roads or access roads along the section to cross.
- There are limited on-street Blue Badge parking bays and standard parking bays on some nearby side roads.
- The length of this section of the route is approximately 96 metres and takes approximately 2-3 minutes to walk.
Junction - A62 Castlegate and A640 Trinity Street
- There is a pedestrian crossing point at this junction to cross A62 Castlegate and A640 Trinity Street.
- The crossing point is located on the left side of Trinity Street.
- The pedestrian crossing has an audibled and visual signal and rotating cones underneath the controls for visually impaired users.
- The control posts and controls are set back from the kerb and may be difficult to locate by a visually impaired user.
- The controls and buttons are between 75cm and 120cm in height.
- The crossings have dropped kerbs and tactile paving on both sides.
- The control boxes for the crossing are not flush with the end of the tactile paving and this could make them difficult to locate.
- There is a central island.
- The surface of the roads is tarmac.
- The surface of the pathways is tarmac or concrete paving slabs.
- The road and pathway have a slight uphill slope as you exit Henry Street towards A62 Castlegate via Trinity Street.
- The road and pathway have a slight uphill slope as you exit Trinity Street from the direction of Henry Street into A62 Castlegate from left to right.
- The road and pathway have a steep uphill slope as you exit junction of A62 Castlegate towards Fitzwilliam Street/Greenhead Park.
- There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, railings and signboards.
- Traffic is busy at this junction and multi-directional.
A62 Castlegate to Fitzwilliam Street/Greenhead Park via A640 Trinity Street
- The surface of the pathway is tarmac and concrete paving tiles.
- The pathway is wide throughout.
- There are some uneven areas on the pathway throughout this section.
- The road and pathway have a slight uphill slope as you exit junction of A62 Castlegate towards Fitzwilliam Street/Greenhead Park.
- The pathway becomes steep as you progress along Trinity Street.
- There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, railings, telephone exchange boxes, telephone boxes, bus stops, bins and signboards.
- There are several side roads and access roads along the section to cross, they have dropped kerbs but no tactile paving.
- There are some standard car parking bays along Trinity Street.
- The length of this section of the route is approximately 160 metres and takes approximately 3-5 minutes to walk.
Junction – Fitzwilliam Street/Greenhead Park and A640 Trinity Street
- There are crossing points at this junction to cross Fitzwilliam Street/Greenhead Park and A640 Trinity Street.
- The crossings points do have dropped kerbs on both sides, but no tactile paving.
- The crossing points have a central island.
- There is a pelican crossing just beyond the park entrance crossing Trinity Street towards Fitzwilliam Street.
- The pelican crossing does have audible and visual signals, and rotating cones underneath the controls for visually impaired users.
- The control posts and controls are set back from the kerb and may be difficult to locate by a visually impaired user.
- The pelican crossing does have tactile paving at both sides and at the central island.
- The controls and buttons are between 75cm and 120cm in height.
- There is a central island.
- The surface of the roads is tarmac.
- The surface of the pathways is tarmac.
- The road and pathway have a steep uphill slope as you exit Fitzwilliam Street/Greenhead Park onto A640 Trinity Street towards A62 Castlegate.
- The road and pathway have a steep uphill slope as you exit Fitzwilliam Street/Greenhead Park onto A640 Trinity Street towards Park Drive.
- The road and pathway have a steep downhill slope as you exit Greenhead Park into Fitzwilliam Street.
- There are some obstructions along the pavement on both sides such as signs, railings, bus stops, bins and signboards.
- Traffic is busy at this junction and multi-directional.
Accessible Toilet
- There are no public toilets along this route.
Standard Toilet(s)
- There are no public toilets along this route.