It can be difficult to describe what makes a place work. On paper, The Media Centre provides workspace, virtual office services, meeting rooms and practical support services for businesses in the heart of Huddersfield. But what we offer is more than a building, and more than a desk.

We create the conditions that allow businesses to focus on what they do best. By providing the right spaces, the right services and a welcoming, collaborative environment, we help organisations of all shapes and sizes grow, develop, connect and contribute to the local economy.

Our core purpose has always been rooted in supporting the creative and digital sectors, but the community here reaches much wider. Today, The Media Centre is home to over 70 businesses onsite, with more than 80 businesses using our offsite services. They range from start-ups to established organisations, and from local independents to national businesses. That mix is part of what makes the building feel alive. Different sectors, different experiences and different ideas sit side by side, creating opportunities for collaboration that would not happen in a more ordinary workspace.

We are not here to tell businesses how to grow. We are here to give them the space, services and surroundings that make growth possible.

We also continue to create opportunities for the local creative community wherever we can. Through free exhibition space for local artists and a studio for the collaborative artist community The Making Space, we provide room for creativity to be seen, shared and supported.

The Media Centre is managed by a small, dedicated team and overseen by a committed board of non-executive directors who care deeply about the role the centre plays in Huddersfield’s business and creative landscape. We are proud to be part of a town with energy, character and ambition, and we want the work that happens here to add something meaningful to that wider story.

What makes The Media Centre special is not one single thing. It is the businesses who work here, the people who visit, the conversations that happen in corridors, the ideas that begin in meeting rooms, and the sense that this is a place where people are welcome to get on with doing good work.

Become a Non-Executive Director of The Media Centre

The Media Centre is always looking for enthusiastic professional persons with a wide range of skills to join our Non-Executive Board, working alongside our senior management team to help shape the future of The Media Centre.

If you would like more information about this voluntary position, please click below to contact us and one of our Senior Management Team will be in touch

Whether you’re visiting one of the organisations based at The Media Centre, attending a meeting or event, or looking for space for your business to thrive, you’ll find us right in the centre of Huddersfield, just a two-minute walk from the train station.

By train

You’ll find The Media Centre just a two-minute walk from Huddersfield Train Station. This station is served by direct trains from Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool and Wakefield.

On leaving the station, walk straight down Northumberland, and you will see us on the corner of Lord Street.

For up-to-date times and routes, visit the National Rail Journey Planner

By bus

Huddersfield Bus Station is only a six-minute walk away, offering links to all of Huddersfield as well as Dewsbury, Halifax, Wakefield, Bradford, Brighouse and Leeds.

For up-to-date times and routes, use the Metro Journey Planner.

By car

Our postcode, HD1 1RL, will bring you directly to us, and there are short and long stay pay-and-display car parks within a 30-second walk. You’ll find these on Lord Street and Brook Street.

Full details of Kirklees Council town centre parking here

Or for more options, visit Parkopedia here.