Old Town

Old Town is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on a hilltop above Hebden Bridge and across the Hebden valley from Heptonstall.

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Type: Village
Description: village in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Old Town, West Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wainsgate Baptist Church and Hebden Bridge Library.

Wainsgate Baptist Church

Building

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Wainsgate Chapel is a redundant Baptist 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.

Hebden Bridge Library

Library

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Hebden Bridge Picture House

Movie theater

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chiserley and Heptonstall.

Chiserley

Village

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Chiserley is a hamlet located on a hilltop near the town of Hebden Bridge, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The Hamlet falls within the Calder ward of Calderdale.

Heptonstall

Village

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Hebden Bridge is an old mill town in West Yorkshire. It is set in the deep cleft of a heavily wooded steep-sided valley, with a river, Hebden Water, running through it, crossed by the packhorse bridge that gives the town its name.