Kirklees College Huddersfield: UK Decmeber 2015

Kirklees college is a large abandoned site in Huddersfield.

Originally Huddersfield Infirmary which was built in 1831, a number of expansions were made during its life as a hospital it eventually closed in 1965.

In 1967 the hospital was purchased by Ramside Technical College. Again more expansion projects were put in place and in the late 1970s the site catered for 7000 students.

The college here closed in 2013 when they were relocated to a new purpose built site at a cost of £70million.

Since its closure it has been used as a film set the bed set up was left from a film called Extrermis it was also used in a film called Scintilla which was set in Russia.

The older Victorian buildings are grade ii listed and are to be redeveloped for future use. It seems likely options are a veterinary practice and a doctors surgery. The older buildings will most likely be demolished to make way for a new supermarket and retirement flats.