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| rdfs:comment | - The small village of Hebden Bridge is located below the hamlet of Heptonstall in the muddy bog of Calder. Surrounded on all sides by steep cliffs and crumbling mills from its industrial past, the sun only shines twice a year – at the traditional holidays of Ostara and Samhain when time-honoured rituals take place. Despite being equidistant between Leeds and Manchester, it is barely touched by the modern world and has long been a haven for those who wish they’d been born in the middle ages. Strangers are kept out by an ancient toll system run by the women with sensible shoes.
- A 2003 profile of the Calder Valley ward, covering Hebden Bridge, Old Town, and part of Todmorden, estimated the population at 11,549. The population of the town itself is approximately 4,500. During the 1970s and 1980s the town saw an influx of artists, writers, photographers, musicians, alternative practitioners, teachers, green and New Age activists and more recently, wealthier 'yuppie' types. This in turn saw a boom in tourism to the area. During the 1990s Hebden Bridge became a dormitory town due to its proximity to major towns and cities in West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
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| abstract | - The small village of Hebden Bridge is located below the hamlet of Heptonstall in the muddy bog of Calder. Surrounded on all sides by steep cliffs and crumbling mills from its industrial past, the sun only shines twice a year – at the traditional holidays of Ostara and Samhain when time-honoured rituals take place. Despite being equidistant between Leeds and Manchester, it is barely touched by the modern world and has long been a haven for those who wish they’d been born in the middle ages. Strangers are kept out by an ancient toll system run by the women with sensible shoes.
- A 2003 profile of the Calder Valley ward, covering Hebden Bridge, Old Town, and part of Todmorden, estimated the population at 11,549. The population of the town itself is approximately 4,500. During the 1970s and 1980s the town saw an influx of artists, writers, photographers, musicians, alternative practitioners, teachers, green and New Age activists and more recently, wealthier 'yuppie' types. This in turn saw a boom in tourism to the area. During the 1990s Hebden Bridge became a dormitory town due to its proximity to major towns and cities in West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire.
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