Waterloo, Huddersfield

Waterloo is a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) to the east of Huddersfield Town Centre. It is the part of Dalton named after the former Waterloo public house and consists mostly of housing with a central shopping area made up of independent shops, a large Morrisons Supermarket, and a petrol station located on Penistone Road.

Wakefield Road and Waterloo public house, formerly the "Waterloo" cinema

Waterloo's population is around 7,000 and it is situated between Dalton and Almondbury.

The area is home to a number of businesses, including Forteq UK (the UK operation of a Swiss-owned plastic moulding company[1]), Principle Group (a brand implementation company that makes signage[2] and bank counters[3]), Hyder Living (a bed[4] and sofa manufacturer) and Metal Closures (metal packaging producer).

Huddersfield R.U.F.C. played at Waterloo until leaving for a new ground at Lockwood Park in 1997.

References
  1. "aasa - forteq". www.aasa.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. Zientek, Henryk (17 July 2013). "Examiner Business Awards: Looking back at how Principle Group won the Business of the Year in 2012". huddersfieldexaminer. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. www.principleglobal.com, Principle-. "Principle UK - Part of Global Brand Implementers Principle". Principle Global. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. "New modern range of beds from hyder living contemporary bedroom furntiure". Retrieved 19 February 2014.


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