| Brighouse | |
|---|---|
 The former Brighouse Town Hall | |
  Brighouse  Brighouse Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Population | 32,360 (2001)[1] (Brighouse/Rastrick urban area) |
| OS grid reference | SE135235 |
| • London | 150 mi (240 km) SSE |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIGHOUSE |
| Postcode district | HD6 |
| Dialling code | 01484 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Brighouse (/ˈbrɪɡhaʊs/,[2][3][4][5] locally also /ˈbrɪɡaʊs/[6]) is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder,[7] 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Halifax. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the town centre is a mooring basin on the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the Brighouse / Rastrick subdivision of the West Yorkshire Urban Area a population of 32,360.[8] The Brighouse ward of Calderdale Council gave a population of 11,195 at the 2011 Census.[9] Brighouse has a HD6 postcode.
The name Brighouse (or "Bridge House") originates from a building on (or close to) the bridge over the River Calder. In its early history, it was a hamlet of the nearby village of Rastrick.
Brighouse is twinned with Lüdenscheid in Germany, the link beginning with an exchange by Brighouse Children's Theatre in 1950 followed by a civic twinning charter in 1960.[10]
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Urban Areas : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population Retrieved 26 August 2009
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- ^ "Collins English Dictionary". 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion". Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Pronounce names". Brighouse. 2005–2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
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- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Brighouse Ward (as of 2011) (E05001371)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Introduction". Retrieved 7 June 2009.