The festival takes place at and around the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield. We do, however, use one or two other venues in the immediate town centre area. This page contains info about getting around, places to stay and parking.
Our main venue is theLawrence Batley Theatre (LBT). We will also use venues around the town (having recently used The Head of Steam at the Railway Station, Vinyl Tap Record Store and others).
More about the main venue: We love working with local organisations who do cool things and the LBT is one of those. The whole place is a beautiful, varied and excellent venue (with 3 theatres, 2 bars, indoor spaces and a massive courtyard). We love the space and the people behind it and we are proud to be holding all of the main Saturday events and most of the Sunday events there.
Known for its friendly nature, its industrial heritage and for being one of the North’s best kept secrets, we’re quite taken with Huddersfield. Don’t just take our word for it, however. Here’s a piece about the town and what it has to offer.
Huddersfield has a lot to offer in terms of cafes, pubs, quirky & familiar places to shop, music stores, a beautiful Victorian market and more. It’s a great place to explore with beautiful architecture and so very much more.
Huddersfield is well-served by public transit but we know that, for some, arriving by car is a fact of life. Huddersfield has a lot of parking in the town centre. The nearest parking is the Market Hall multi-story. This handy page about parking on the Kirklees website shows all the parking in town. It also shows rates. Most multi-stories are standard rates for Saturday and a single day rate of £1 for Sunday (bargain!).
There are a range of places to stay in the Huddersfield area. If you are keen to book a room places are starting to fill up but there’s a great Premier Inn centrally located by the canal and quite a few other hotels in and around the area and on the roads out of town. There is also camping in the area. The local council has a page of links to accommodation that many people find useful (https://bit.ly/2FCLZVz).
NOTE: As places get full, we find online booking sites to be the best for finding rooms.
There are a few campsites in the area and this year we’re working with the place that our punters tell us they love. The Holme Valley Camping and Caravan Park is just outside of town (on the road between Huddersfield & Holmfirth). They are properly pleased to welcome festival goers.
Do you like folk music?
The Holmfirth Folk Festival is the same weekend as GNUF and this is the official campsite of both festivals. We expect a lovely atmosphere.
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There’s also a map at the top of every page (Where the Magic Happens / Map) which shows where things are based. We’ve added a map below just to save you a bit of time.
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