Calderdale

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Region: Yorkshire and The Humber
Country: England

§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.

Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, is a district shaped by the steep-sided valleys of the River Calder and surrounding Pennine hills. Halifax, the main town, is known for the Piece Hall, a Georgian cloth hall, and Shibden Hall, a Tudor manor set in parkland. Market towns such as Hebden Bridge and Todmorden have thriving arts and cultural scenes, with historic mills converted into galleries and cafes. The rugged moorland landscapes of the South Pennines surround the towns, offering walking routes, reservoirs, and dramatic views. Villages built of gritstone cling to hillsides, adding to Calderdale’s unique character of industrial heritage set within wild countryside.

The local government for this district is: Calderdale Borough Council (Metropolitan District).

This district page, Calderdale, is a sub-page of this county page: West Yorkshire and this region page: Yorkshire and The Humber. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Calderdale

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 54 of them are in Yorkshire and the Humber region. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Calderdale

Calderdale is divided into 17 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Brighouse
  • Calder
  • Elland
  • Greetland and Stainland
  • Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
  • Illingworth and Mixenden
  • Luddendenfoot
  • Northowram and Shelf
  • Ovenden
  • Park
  • Rastrick
  • Ryburn
  • Skircoat
  • Sowerby Bridge
  • Todmorden
  • Town
  • Warley

Calderdale in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Calderdale is within an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) Yorkshire and The Humber
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ West Yorkshire
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Calderdale and Kirklees

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

Districts in West Yorkshire