Calderdale

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The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The estimated population in mid-2020 was 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the upper river flows, while the actual landform is known as the Calder Valley. Several small valleys contain tributaries of the River Calder. ()

Alternative names: Population: 210.1 thous.Area: 140.53 mi²Coordinates: 53°42'53"N, 1°58'54"W

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Calderdale – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge Picture House, Stoodley Pike, Shroggs Park.

3 miE
Canal
Rochdale Canal, Halifax
77 min walk • The Rochdale Canal is in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale through which it passes. The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width.
2.2 miNW
Nightlife, Cinema
Hebden Bridge Picture House, Hebden Bridge
57 min walk • Hebden Bridge Picture House in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, is one of the last remaining council-owned cinemas in Britain. Together with the adjacent shops, it forms a Grade II listed building.
2.5 miW
Memorial
Stoodley Pike, Hebden Bridge
63 min walk • Stoodley Pike is a 1,300-foot hill in the south Pennines in West Yorkshire in northern England. It is noted for the 121-foot Stoodley Pike Monument at its summit, which dominates the moors of the upper Calder Valley and the market town of Todmorden.
4.5 miE
Park
Shroggs Park, Halifax
114 min walk • Shroggs Park is a park in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It covers 9.7 hectares and is Grade II listed with Historic England.
4.1 miE
Tower
Wainhouse Tower, Halifax
104 min walk • Wainhouse Tower is a folly in the parish of King Cross, on the south west side of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, in England.
2.8 miE
Museum
Warley Town, Halifax
72 min walk • Warley Town is an area of Halifax in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Warley is a ward of Calderdale. The population of this ward as taken at the 2011 Census was 12,215.
2.4 miNW
53°44'39"N • 2°0'49"W
Artsmill, Hebden Bridge
62 min walk • Bridge, Museum
4.3 miNW
Museum
Hardcastle Crags
109 min walk • Hardcastle Crags is a wooded Pennine valley in West Yorkshire, England, owned by the National Trust. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies approximately 2 miles north of the town of Hebden Bridge and 10 miles west of the town of Halifax.
3 miN
Church
Wainsgate Baptist Church
76 min walk • Wainsgate Baptist Church is a redundant chapel standing in an elevated position above the town of Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. The chapel and its attached school are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The chapel is managed by the Historic Chapels Trust.
3.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ryburn Reservoir
88 min walk • Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden in the Yorkshire Pennines, England. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built in the valley to supply Wakefield with water and was completed in 1933.
2.8 miE
Canal
Calder and Hebble Navigation
71 min walk • The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a broad inland waterway, with locks and bridgeholes that are suitable for 14-foot-wide boats, in West Yorkshire, England.