Hippies, hikers, kooky cafes, drugs and lesbians: my home town of Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire is notorious for many reasons, some more surprising than others. With an almost complete absence of ...

It’s very possible that you haven’t heard of Hebden Bridge. If so, you might not be aware that the quiet West Yorkshire town is home to a flourishing lesbian community. Hebden Bridge might just prove ...

Winding cobbled lanes snake past vibrant shop fronts, ancient stone homes perch on steep slopes, and the River Calder sparkles beneath graceful canal arches. Hebden Bridge, tucked away in the Calder ...

Hebden Bridge, nestled in the heart of the Calder Valley between Halifax and Todmorden, is a picturesque town. Popular for its cobbled streets, colourful shopfronts, stone cottages on steep hillsides, ...

An independent Hebden Bridge salon is celebrating 15 years in business, with founder Deborah Wilkinson now working alongside ...

'I think I’ve got three groups in now, specifically to come and look,’ Deborah Collinge, licensee of The Albert pub in Hebden Bridge, tells me, as we talk about Sally Wainwright’s new drama, Riot ...

For a small town, Hebden Bridge has long punched above its weight. Situated in the Pennines, halfway between Manchester and Leeds, it was a centre for fabric production and trade in the 19th century.

09:25, Fri, Jan 23, 2026 Updated: 09:35, Fri, Jan 23, 2026 Nestled amongst the undulating countryside of West Yorkshire lies the delightful and scenic town of Hebden Bridge. Once a former mill town ...

As millions of viewers in the UK prepare to sit down on Sunday evening for the grand finale – and last ever episode – of hit crime drama Happy Valley, one small town will have a special reason to ...