Journey times
Close to major road and rail networks, Huddersfield is within easy reach of the North’s major cities, airports and ports and only 3 hours by rail to London.
A 1-hour catchment area from Huddersfield town centre encompasses West Yorkshire and parts of North and South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and Merseyside. Effectively, this covers most of the Trans-Pennine corridor.
Below are approximate journey times (in hours: minutes) from central Huddersfield to:
| Road | Rail |
Cities | | |
Leeds (central) | 0:30 | 0:20 |
Wakefield (central) | 0:30 | 0:30 |
Bradford (central) | 0:30 | 0:35 |
Sheffield (central) | 0:40 | 1:20 |
Manchester (central) | 0:45 | 0:33 |
Liverpool | 1:00 | 1:30 |
Hull | 1:20 | 1:20 |
Birmingham | 2:00 | 2:30 |
Newcastle | 2:10 | 2:10 |
London | 3:30 | 3:00 |
Airports | | |
Leeds Bradford Int Airport | 0:40 | - |
Manchester Airport | 0:50 | 0:56 |
Ports | | |
Port of Goole | 0:55 | - |
Port of Garston | 1:05 | - |
Port of Liverpool | 1:15 | - |
Port of Immingham | 1:35 | - |
Port of Grimsby | 1:40 | - |