Town & Villages of Calderdale

The market town of Brighouse has a vibrant town centre offering independent and national outlets whilst retaining a friendly, traditional feel.  Wellholme Park with its stunning floral displays and Smith Art Gallery are both close to the town centre.

The picturesque village of Luddenden stands on the millstone grit flanks of the valley of the Luddenden Beck, between Halifax and Hebden Bridge. Offering spectacular views over the Calder Valley, the village has been a conservation area since 1973.

Cragg Vale offers beautiful countryside, with wooded cloughs and babbling brooks cascading down from the moorland above. You can also enjoy quality accommodation, fine pubs and restaurants and the Cragg Vale Incline, the longest continous incline in England - a major challenge to all cyclists.

Birthplace of and inspiration for late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, and lair of the 18th century counterfeiting gang the Cragg Coiners; Mytholmroyd is also home to the World Dock Pudding Championships and Walkley Clogs, one of the last UK producers to make and sell the genuine article.

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An impressive selection of quality, family-run shops gives Elland town centre a homely appeal. Elland is also home to The Rex Cinema, one of Britains's oldest surviving purpose-built picture houses and Joseph Dobson & Sons, who have been making tradiitonal confectionery for well over a century.

In the beautiful Ryburn Valley lies the conservation village of Ripponden, with its lovely Church, Georgian-fronted vicarage and 16th century packhorse bridge. Visit the 14th century Old Bridge Inn,one of Yorkshire's oldest, the hugely popular El Gato Negro Tapas Bar, or just up t' hill, the Michelin rated gastro pub The Millbank.

Halifax is Calderdale's largest town. With stunning Victorian architecture, The Piece Hall, Halifax Minster, Eureka! The National Children's Museum, markets, independent and high street shops, theatres and many fine places to eat and drink, Halifax has been awarded the prestigious Purple Flag status as a town that offers a great mix of venues and attractions both day and night.

The Rochdale Canal and Calder & Hebble Navigation meet at Sowerby Bridge and the Wharf area is the heart of the town's great food and drink offer. Visit Tuel Lane Lock, the deepest the country, Sowerby Bridge Market, independnet shops or the annual Rushbearing Festival in September which is unique in all of Yorkshire!

Surrounded by breathtaking countryside,  Hebden Bridge is a place of striking beauty and individuality. A town full of great independent shops, many of which showcase the work of local artists and carftsmen and home to The Hebden Bridge Picture House, Trades Club, Little Theatre, Alternative Technology Centre and many fine pubs, cafes and restaurants; Hebden Bridge has been voted as the "fourth funkiest town in the world" and "the greatest town in Europe".

Nestling between the valleys on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, Todmorden is home to Stoodley Pike, stunning Pennine vistas, a thriving market and amazing architecture. Explore the independent shops, cafes, restaurants, the canalside Fielden Wharf and enjoy walks along the towpath. At Centre Vale Park, you can skateboard, stroll and enjoy a series of events throughout the year, including the annual Todmorden Agricultural Show.

Set atop the hillside, hundreds of feet above Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall is one of the most historic villages in Yorkshire, beguiling the visitor with its quiet charm. At the centre of the village are Heptonstall Museum and the magnificent ruins of the Church of St Thomas a' Beckett, alongside the present day Parish Church.

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