Holmfirth in general

Living extremely close to Holmfirth myself, I fail to see the attraction of three old men sliding down a field in a bath tub, but there ya go. There's nowt so queer as folk, as we quaint little villagers like to say as we potter about in our wellingtons, eat fish and chips and say 'ey up chuck' in a broad yorkshire, rough inbred kinda way. I've lived in close proximity to this tourist honey trap for the best part of twelve years now and before that in the also lovely little town of Huddersfield so i feel i am qualified to comment. I feel there are a hell of a lot of people who need to realise that we don't all look like Compo, or dress like Nora ...  Read the complete review

I have been to Holmfirth a number of times over the years when the Folk Festival has been on. The place itself is charming - lovely scenery, friendly people, plenty of cafes' pubs and eateries for those people visiting for the day or weekend. The town itself is extremely hilly, the archiecture is delightful and when the Folk Festival is on the town is really vibrant. You can visit the cafe which appeared in Last Of the Summer Wine of course, and many references are made to the program wherever you go in Holmfirth. There's 'Summer Wine' this and 'Foggy's' that - it'scharming more than irritating though. ...  Read the complete review

Holmfirth is a pleasant, small Yorkshire town. Its only claim to fame is that Last of the Summer Wine is filmed here, so if the thought of visiting Nora Batty’s house has you leaping about with excitement, it’s probably the prefect destination. The architecture is traditional but the presence of hectic traffic makes it much like any other English rural settlement. It takes ages just to get across the road, and any interesting buildings or quaint alleyways are viewed to the accompaniment of roaring motorbikes, white van horns and thundering lorries. Holmfirth luckily hasn’t developed the archetypal town centre with M & S, C & A et al. ...  Read the complete review

This is a nice place to visit. It as a nice market and is on the side on a river. They have lots of tourist shops and is near to the moors. It is near to Huddersfield and barnsley which are good shopping places. Though what holmfirth is best known for is the last of the summer wine, which there are tours and gifts to buy. The only problem with this place is that there is no beach, so you cant take your bucket and spade. Overall this is a nice place to visit for a day or a weekend but no longer ...  Read the complete review

Holmfirth is the location used for the filming of Last of the Summer Wine, and we had a look round whilst we were in the area on our hols. You can visit the Tourist Information centre for details on the towns attractions...but quite honestly EVERYBODY visits Holmfirth for the same reason...to see the actual places which are so familiar on TV. But the strange thing is, few of the places DO look familiar. Nora Batty's house is opposite a stream (which could do with a clean-up), and surrounded by signs ("Cafe", "Museum", "Gift Shop" etc), Auntie Wainwright's shop is actually a bookshop (which we went into without realising it was ...  Read the complete review