Holmfirth

Holmfirth is a picturesque small town in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. The Peak District National Park around Holme Moss borders the south of the town. The town centre sits on the confluence of the rivers Holme and Ribble.

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Holmfirth is known around the world as the setting for the BBC's long-running comedy Last of the Summer Wine (LOTSW). Thousands of tourists flock to the area each year to enjoy the scenery and the LOTSW sight-seeing. More recently, much filming of the Slaithwaite-based drama, Where the Heart is, has also taken place in the area.

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The townsfolk have been recently been debating the future of one of the town's buildings. The former Lodge's supermarket building has been sitting empty in the heart of the town since the Co-op moved to new premises in Crown Bottom. Lodge's was built in the 1970s by the prominent local grocery company. It was opened by Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn and occupies an unusual location over the River Holme beside the town's small bus station. Lodge's was bought in the 1990s by Co-operative Retail Services who, after years of non-investment, closed the store down in 1997. The building was sold off and has been decaying slowly since then. The locals, lead by the Holme Valley Business Assocation, have now begun campaigning for its demolition. They hope their plight will be featured in the forth-coming Channel 4 documentary Demolition

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