Mount Tabor | |
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Location within West Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE052272 |
• London | 170 mi (270 km) SE |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Halifax |
Postcode district | HX2 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Mount Tabor is a hamlet in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, named after the biblical Battle of Mount Tabor mentioned in the Book of Judges. It is situated approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Halifax town centre. The hamlet is in the Warley ward of Calderdale.
The hamlet is served by buses from Halifax bus station.
A post box in the hamlet is painted gold, to commemorate one of Hannah Cockroft's 2012 Summer Paralympics gold medals.
The author Whiteley Turner lived in Mount Tabor.[1]