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Oakes, Huddersfield — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Oakes lies two miles west of Huddersfield's centre, off the A640 New Hey Road, among Marsh, Lindley, Quarmby and Salendine Nook.
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Where to stay in Oakes
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Four neighbours ring this district, Marsh, Lindley, Quarmby and Salendine Nook, and Oakes itself lists no hotel, which puts the beds two miles east in Huddersfield. The A640 New Hey Road runs through it towards the M62. That road is the reason to stay out here at all, since a car parked near the Church of St Stephen reaches the motorway quickly and the town centre almost as fast.
Private lets fill the gap.
Few places to stay in Oakes — most visitors book in Huddersfield nearby.
About Oakes
What are the main landmarks in Oakes?
Two mills and a church head the list. The Church of St Stephen is the parish entry, while the front tower at Wellington Mills and the centre block and tower at Acre Mills preserve the industrial fabric that the district's register still carries. Acre House and Portland House complete it.
Five names, all inside Oakes. Nothing on the sheet sits outside the district, so a visitor working through it stays between Quarmby and Salendine Nook the whole time.
What is the history of Oakes?
The mills carry the district's age. No founding year is attached to Oakes, and what the record offers instead is a pair of mill fragments, the front tower at Wellington Mills, the centre block and tower at Acre Mills, beside the Church of St Stephen. Acre House and Portland House sit on the same list.
Huddersfield holds the archive. The district's own story is therefore told through its buildings, two mill fragments and one church, on ground that West Yorkshire counts within the town.
Where is Oakes?
Two miles west of Huddersfield's centre, Oakes fills the ground between Marsh, Lindley, Quarmby and Salendine Nook, off the A640 New Hey Road.
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What is the best area to stay in Oakes?
Huddersfield: guests booking a staffed room two miles from Marsh and Lindley.
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Updated September 2026