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View from the top of Woodhouse Hill |
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Fartown
Fartown shown within West Yorkshire |
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| Metropolitan borough | Kirklees |
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| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HUDDERSFIELD |
| Postcode district | HD2 |
| Dialling code | 01484 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Huddersfield |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Fartown is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England that starts 1 km north of the town centre.
Fartown runs for approximately 1 mile (1.5 km) either side of the A641 main Huddersfield to Bradford Road. The district area stretches from the top of Woodhouse Hill to the Halifax Old Road with a population of 4,735 according to the 2001 Census.
Fartown currently has a multi-ethnic population with a significant percentage of people hailing from South Asian and West Indian backgrounds.
Two major hills are also situated in Fartown, Woodhouse Hill towards Sheepridge and the hill towards Cowcliffe. Fartown's High School is situated just off Woodhouse Hill.
Huddersfield's Rugby League team now known as the Huddersfield Giants played at the St. John's Ground as did the Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The ground there now is little used for sporting events.
Fartown name was cited as "hilarious" in the XFM radio show presented by Ricky Gervais in 2003.
A house in Ashfield Street was used as the main family home in the British feature film Between Two Women.