Visit Hade Edge Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hade Edge

  

Hade Edge Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hade Edge

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Hade Edge history

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School

Hade Edge Junior and Infant and Nursery School is co-educational and has four classes. The first school opened in 1882 in the Sunday School, not moving to the current building until the early 1900s.

Shops

There was a Co-op store on the corner of Greave Road and Dunford road which closed in the 1950s. A sweet shop was operated from a private house opposite the band room, a focus for village children after school. A grocery store and post office was the last to close in 1989.

Church

Magnum is in the Parish of Holy Trinity, Holmfirth and there is a Methodist Church. There was a church in Magnum that was demolished in the 1950s, along with most of the other buildings.

Public Houses

At the peak there were 8 pubs in the area serving the many quarry workers. pubs now demolished, or turned into residences, included the Sportsman, Roundclose, Junction, Weathercock and Moorcock Inns.

Quarrying

Magnum Bonum Quarry employed over 60 people producing stone blocks for buildings and stone flagstones for railway station platforms. A hamlet of workers homes developed with a church and public house. Other quarries were Sans Pareil and Ne Plus Ultra.

Hade Edge Brass Band

The band was formed in July 1908 by some members of the Sunday School committee. Various fund raising activities meant that many new instruments had been purchased by the time that the band won its first prize at Stalybridge in 1914. The band has gone from strength to strength and the current bandroom was opened in June 2007.

Football

Hade Edge AFC play at their ground off Dunford Road in Huddersfield. The earliest records show they had a team in the Holmfirth and District Association Football League in the 1909/10 season.

Weather

In September 2015, a village weather station was commissioned and made available via Weather Underground and MetOffice. Readings include current, average, minimum and maximum for wind speed, rainfall, barometric pressure, temperature, dewpoint, and wind direction. Data is served via wireless instruments to an NG96Y weather station connected to a Raspberry Pi.

You can visit Hade Edge places with Walkfo Hade Edge to hear history at Hade Edge’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hade Edge has 24 places to visit in our interactive Hade Edge map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Hade Edge, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Hade Edge places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hade Edge & the surrounding areas.

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24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Hade Edge places to visit

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Hade Edge has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hade Edge’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hade Edge’s information audio spots:

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