Victoria Tower, Castle Hill

MONDAY

This afternoon, my work took me to Victoria Tower at Castle Hill, Huddersfield. The hill was originally an iron age hill fort and in the Middle Ages there was a castle on the hill, of which the well remains. The present tower was built to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee of 1897. It will be open to members of the public during the Easter holidays.

The tower is 106 feet high, which, added to the height of the hill itself, makes the viewing platform some 1,000 feet above sea level.