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| Todmorden | |
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 A view over Todmorden | |
  Todmorden  Todmorden Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Population | 15,481 (Including Cornholme and Portsmouth, West Yorkshire. 2011 census) |
| Demonym | Todmordian |
| OS grid reference | SD936241 |
| • London | 174 mi (280 km) SSE |
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| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TODMORDEN |
| Postcode district | OL14 |
| Dialling code | 01706 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Todmorden (/ˈtɒdmərdən/ TOD-mər-dən; locally /ˈtɒdmɔːrdən, ˈtɒdmərdən, ˈtɔːmdɪn/)[1][2] is a market town and civil parish[3] in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is 17 miles (27 kilometres) north-east of Manchester, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Burnley and 9 miles (14 km) west of Halifax. In 2011, it had a population of 15,481.[4]
Todmorden is at the confluence of three steep-sided Pennine valleys and is surrounded by moorlands with outcrops of sandblasted gritstone.
The historic boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire is the River Calder and its tributary, Walsden Water, which run through the town. The administrative border was altered by the Local Government Act 1888 placing the whole of the town within the West Riding.
The town is served by Todmorden and Walsden railway stations.
- ^ See page 828 of John C. Wells's LPD. Also, see 25 April 2008 and 29 January 2010
- ^ Peter Wright, A Yorkshireman's Dictionary, page 8
- ^ "Census 2001 – Todmorden CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
- ^ "Town population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 February 2016.