Markets Campaign

We celebrate Holmfirth and Holmfirth Markets old and new with films and poetry, and mourn the destruction of another part of Holme Valley life.

Kirklees Council has not announced it officially yet or let the people of Holmfirth know but the decision has been made and passed to demolish the town's Market Hall.  It will be replaced by a car park as part of the revised Roads Plan, the first of which was rejected by the public, much to the surprise of the Council and its leader. A good percentage of the public written response to the Council plan criticised the plan to demolish it.

Similar, the Huddersfield Market, which like its Holme Valley counterpart has been deliberately rundown and starved of funds for promotion, is intended to become a music venue.

There are, as yet, no plans for a replacement in Holmfirth. This despite an upsurge in the availability of local produce and goods and the experience of Covid-19 which has encouraged people to shop locally.

HFF online screened local films of Huddersfield and Holmfirth Markets and of the destruction of many buildings in the area since the seventies. The team also asked local Huddersfield poets to contribute work on the theme of shopping and markets.