CHURCHES across Huddersfield are in urgent need of repair, according to a new report.

English Heritage has released its annual At Risk Register, showing which historic buildings are in a poor state

But a Huddersfield conservationist warned last night that other listed buildings in the town are also in danger.

According to English Heritage, there are eight historic churches in and around Huddersfield in a poor state of repair. They are:

St Stephen’s Church, Lindley

St Thomas’s Church, Longroyd Bridge

Shelley Methodist Church

St Bartholomew’s Church, Meltham

St James’s Church, Slaithwaite

Christ Church, Liversedge

St Mary’s Church, Cleckheaton

St Michael and All Angels Church, Dewsbury.

Two sites associated with the mining industry are also in danger according to the report:

Emley Day Holes coal mines near Churchill Farm, Denby Dale

Medieval ironstone pits near Bentley Grange, Denby Dale.

English Heritage’s annual report includes Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings in danger.

But yesterday Chris Marsden of Huddersfield Civic Society warned there were Grade II buildings in the town which were also at risk.

“There’s the Spring Lodge and the cottages at Longroyd Bridge,” he said.

“And there’s the Broadbent’s bath house next to the old Examiner office on Queen Street South.