Golcar

Golcar
Golcar Village
Golcar Location within West Yorkshire
Population	6,900 [1]
OS grid reference	SE1020015735
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HUDDERSFIELD
Postcode district	HD7
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Colne Valley
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°38′16″N 1°50′45″W / 53.6378°N 1.8457°W / 53.6378; -1.8457

Golcar (pronounced gɔʊkə(r)) is a village on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, 3 miles (5 km) west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

The 2021 population census lists the village as having 18,725 permanent residents.^[1] The main transport access is from the A62 (Manchester Road), through Milnsbridge in the valley bottom or via Scapegoat Hill from the A640 (New Hey Road) at the top of the hill.

The township of Golcar consists of Bolster Moor, Golcar, Wellhouse, Pole Moor and Scapegoat Hill.