Discussion on the HebWeb: Are Extinction Rebellion adopting the most effective strategies, changes to the rail timetable and is Greta Thunberg inspiring everyone? See Forum. (1 Oct)

The Future of Hebden Bridge’s Economy a meeting on Monday 7th October 2019 organised by by Hebden Bridge Partnership and Hebden Bridge Community Association. More info

Doctors' Practice Manager to face the Council: Tony Martin was unable to attend so Dr Nigel Taylor answered councillors' questions about the many issues which have been raised on the HebWeb over the past couple of years. Read more

Climate Strike Action in Hebden Bridge Friday, 20 September. Photo: Michael Prior. Click photo to enlarge. More photos and info

The Future of the Birchcliffe Centre Pennine Heritage has opened a series of consultation events to invite the local community to become involved in planning the Centre’s future use. And there is an Open Day this Saturday, 21 Sept. Read more

Sing for fun with Calder Valley Women Singers All women are welcome to join this friendly group, regardless of previous singing experience. Find your voice and discover something new in singing. More info (17 Sept)

Hebden Bridge Camera Club Exhibition Winners The Club’s annual exhibition was an extremely successful week as in previous years. Over 1200 visitors from near and far viewed the 66 prints on display at the Town Hall and almost 900 of those took part in the vote for the ‘People’s Choice’. Read more (11 Sept)

HebWeb Forum: Stop the Coup - other recent discussions include: Parking, Brexit and medicines, Caldene Avenue Bridge, Keighley Road closure, building next to the Little Park,  new street lights, house break-ins and local Group Practice problems. It’s easy to browse and search the HebWeb discussions going back over many years.

Local History Talks - from September. Details now on the HebWeb What's on section. Talks include Ted Hughes childhood, Foster Mill, saving Hardcastle Crags, Singing and Socialism, our woodland heritage, common land in Northern England and more. (27 Aug)

Hebden Bridge Camera Club Annual Exhibition was for the week from 24 August at the Town Hall. All visitors had the opportunity to vote for their favourites from approximately 60 framed prints. More info

Peterloo: Actress Maxine Peake unveiled political banner created by a Calder Valley artist Joan Heath who lives in Todmorden and is a former resident of Hebden Bridge. The banner unveiling was part of a series of events remembering the massacre at Peterloo, 200 years ago. Read more (11 Aug)

Yorkshire Post on Hebden Bridge: "A Yorkshire town with an independent streak… Hebden is a striking town in an even more striking location." (5 Aug)

The aftermath of the Walkley Clogs Mill fire on the morning of 2 August, 2019, photographed by Craig Shaw. Click photo to enlarge

Hebden Bridge to Mytholmroyd - the road re-opened Satuday morning, 3 August after the Walkleys Clogs fire. Walking and Cycling routes via the towpath are also open. (3 Aug)

Communities pull together during weekend flooding: Local residents, flood wardens, Council teams, the Environment Agency, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, West Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Water were amongst those braving the bad weather on Sunday and working throughout the night to help flood-affected communities. Read more (30 July)

Mytholmroyd flood works - more Burnley Road diversions. Diversion during August through Mytholmroyd Fire Station forecourt. Scheme won't now be completed before summer 2020. More info (15 July)

Colour, music, dancing and smiles: The sun shone and the crowds gathered as the Handmade Parade’s 'Once upon a Time' tales wound through the streets of Hebden Bridge yesterday for the 12th annual Handmade Parade. Thousands of people from across the north and beyond watched the Parade of hundreds of people of all ages in as it filled the town with colour, music, dancing and smiles. See HebWeb photo gallery. (1 July)

Wuthering depths: the Brontë country graphic novel about floods and fracking, set in a fictionalised version of Hebden Bridge and featuring “industrialisation” of grouse-shooting. See Guardian review (2 Oct)

Community grants available There is a small pot of grant funding available locally to help Community groups and projects. More info (1 Oct)

Wainsgate Concert: ME and Deboe

The Wainsgate summer concert series continues next Saturday, 5 October with the Chester-based acoustic duo ME and Deboe making a welcome return to Wainsgate Chapel. More info

Council cracking down on bad behaviour Enforcement Action Week will focus on issues which blight our communities, such as fly-tipping, dog owners not using leads, dangerous parking and speeding, litter, anti-social behaviour, animal welfare and food safety issues, and more. More info.

Croquet at the Bowling Club, built 1898, which stopped being a bowling club around five years ago and is now owned by the Blue Pig. The pavillion has been renovated and vegetation cleared. Read more.(19 Sept)

Re-opening of the Rochdale Canal towpath on Sat, 14 Sept. at 11am. Important cycling and walking link to be officially re-opened following improvement works as part of a £2.9m package. Read more - updated with what speakers said.

A Hundred years’ service to Wadsworth Parish Council. John Lynch elected in the mid 1970s and Mavis Ring and Geoff Hughes both elected in the 1980s retired in May, this year, with over a hundred years’ service between them. Read more (15 Sept)

Changes to the rail timetable - see HebWeb Forum

Filming in Hebden Bridge - for a BBC2 comedy series called The Other One. Photo: Chas Nicholson. Click to enlarge. (11 Sept)

Call for businesses to support Pumpkin Festival on 26 October. Retail stands available at the festival hub in the Memorial Gardens. More info

Keighley Road Closures planned during September and beyond as part of a programme to increase safety on one of the top 50 of ‘A’ roads in England where the risk of road traffic incidents resulting in death or serious injury is the highest. Read more

Vintage Car Weekend 3-4 August 2019. The annual rally for vintage, veteran and classic vehicles with over 800 cars, motorcycles, military and commercial vehicles. Click photo above, taken Sat 3 Aug, to enlarge. See What's On for info.

Flood siren sounded for Hebden Bridge at 9.55pm, Sunday evening, 28 July. Flood wardens were out helping people much of the night. The river peaked around 11pm and the risk of further flooding has been averted - for now. More rain forecast over the next few days - see Environment Agency and Facebook's Calder Valley Flood Support. (29 July)

Free public toilets from 1 August This year Calderdale Council will mark Yorkshire Day by making all of its public toilets free of charge, initially for a trial period. So from Thursday 1 August, there’ll be no cost if you need to spend a penny. More info (19 July)

Hebden Bridge farmer convicted of animal cruelty - A farmer from Hebden Bridge has been banned from keeping livestock for seven years, sentenced to 250 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay over £36,000 costs. Read more. (12 July)

"Britain at its best: Hebden Bridge where Ed Sheeran was born is a true northern star,” declares Mail Online article. Apparently, our town is  'just the right side of gentrified’. Read article (7 July)

More tree cover still needed in Hebden Bridge, say Friends of the Earth. The organisation claims trees can act as effective flood defences, helping to reduce peak water levels by as much as a quarter. See ITV report.

BBC1 Countryfile at Hardcastle Crags "We're in West Yorkshire and this is one of its true hidden gems." And featuring the work of Slow the Flow Calderdale. (17 June)

Schoolchildren bike across Yorkshire Over 100 pupils in Calderdale got on their bikes and took part in the Schools Yorkshire Tour. A baton is travelling 400 miles across Yorkshire, passed on by children on bikes from 160 schools, including, today, Hebden Bridge. Read more. (18 June)

Green screen for Burnley Road Academy To help absorb harmful pollutants, Calderdale Council has installed a plant-based perimeter fence around the school playground as part of its plans to tackle air pollution. More info (12 June)

Hebden Bridge Group Practice - "no advance appointments". See HebWeb Forum message

The National Geographic’s Cool List for 2019 has West Yorkshire at number 7. The Calder Valley is highlighted - "with hippyish Hebden Bridge as its epicentre" - as a "burgeoning hub for restaurants and independent shops." (29 May)

Historic Narrow Boat Club Gathering in Hebden Bridge, 24-27 May. See What's on for more info. Thanks to Andrew Smith for the photo - click to enlarge.

Small Ads: "Hebweb scores again! I have sold my electric lawnmower today" (12 May)

HebWeb Small Ads We've been overwhelmed with the response and quality of applicants! Thanks so much!

Station Passenger Lifts take first passengers, this morning, Tuesday, 19 March 2019. Read more

Grouse estates investigated over heather burning including our own local Walshaw Moor who wouldn't go along with the voluntary agreement other estates signed up to. See Guardian article

Council reviews weedkiller use and is exploring a range of alternative options, including manual techniques, to keep weeds at bay and which are kinder to the environment than is glysophate. Read more.

The weekend of 21-23 June saw the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival kicks off, the Great Community Get Together, KidsFest, garden party at the Fox and Goose, Alice Longstaff exhibition, Witness for the Prosecution at Little Theatre and its the summer solstice. See What's on for these and more events.

More Wall Tops Stolen on the Mayroyd Hall driveway. See HebWeb Forum (30 May)

Road closure: the main road through Mytholmroyd will be closed for the nights of 28-30 May from 11.30pm until 5am, as part of the Flood Alleviations works.

Small Ads - 3 two bed houses to rent, all announced the same day, on the HebWeb Smalls Ads page (22 May)

Local healthcare faces further threats as NHS campaign group urges GPs to refuse contract that cuts patients’ access. Read more. (9 May)

HebWeb Forum: concerns grow about the Hebden Bridge Group Practice, with doctors being urged not to sign up to the latest Primary Care Network contract

Music Video made in Hebden Bridge: a short film by Lyla Rose featuring US group Spud Cannon, using local countryside and The Picture House. See short film. (1 May)

Banking in Hebden Bridge: 'The only banks left in Hebden Bridge are grass ones down by the river'. See this weekend's article on the bankless town of Hebden Bridge in This is Money (14 April)

Pennine Heritage secures National Lottery support for a programme to restore and maintain the Birchcliffe Centre, new marketing campaign to get local groups, businesses, residents and visitors more involved and advice on improving working arrangements. More info (17 March)

Small Ads message - "Once again, great success by placing my house to rent on HebWeb!"

Huffington Post on Hebden Bridge: "You will find a town that was almost abandoned, but brought back to life by hippies, artists and lesbians looking for a place to make a life." Written by Sean Pert, who continues: "The town doesn't just tolerate its LGBT+ community, it values and embraces us." Read more (28 Feb)

2019 Hebden Bridge leaflet:
On this Tourist Info page, you can download a copy of the Hebden Bridge Tourism Guide 2019, and also a constantly updated separate and downloadable pdf list of Hebden Bridge’s 2019 festivals and events. (2 March)

No banks. No petrol. Lloyds Bank was the last bank left in Hebden Bridge. It closed this month. Shepherds was the last petrol garage still open in Hebden Bridge. It stopped selling petrol this month.

Air Pollution is a serious problem in some parts of Hebden Bridge, along the A646. What can be done about it? See this HebWeb Forum thread.

Hebden Bridge artist Kate Lycett featured in Yorkshire Post feature

Hebden Bridge: How a thriving town lost its last bank: This Guardian article reports that, "Residents feel angry and let down as Lloyds departs, but one man (David Fletcher) has a plan to fill the gap." Only a few years ago, Hebden Bridge had five full time banks. The last one, Lloyds, closed last week. Read article (26 Jan)

Europe: Craig Whittaker, our Calder Valley MP, voted with the 201 others who supported Theresa May's deal. (15 Jan)

Hebden Bridge is Cool - Hebden Bridge has made National Geographic's Cool list. "The Calder Valley - with hippyish Hebden Bridge as its epicentre - is a burgeoning hub for restaurants and independent shops." See article. (4 Dec)

Fox and Goose one of top 50 pubs according to The Guardian

Swimming pool latest. It's still going ahead but, because of the 2015 Flood, not yet. And not in Hebden Bridge. Read the latest statement from the Swimming Pool Association, and follow the links for how the HebWeb has covered this controversial issue over many years. More

Hebden Bridge Camera Club Exhibition Results People from near and far viewed the 60+ images on display at the Town Hall and over 1000 of those took part in the voting for the “People’s Choice”. Read more

Community toilet scheme launches in Mytholmroyd. The public toilets in Mytholmroyd have been demolished. While options for toilet provision elsewhere in the town are being investigated, Calderdale has been working with local businesses to encourage them to take part in a community toilets scheme. Read more

Crumbling Riverside School on Sky News "Room after room is damp or crumbling or flaking… The building is literally falling apart around them." Head Teacher Rachel Burton shows reporters around the school - 4 minutes into this report on lack of school funding. See report on YouTube (1 Oct)

Hebden Bridge features in The Spectator "The Yorkshire town that’s gone from dirty old buildings to New Age nirvana" by William Cook.

Call for electrification of the Calder Valley line which would improve journey times, make services more reliable, be cheaper to run, help cut congestion on the roads and reduce impacts on the environment. Read more

Small Ads message - "Just to say that my cottage has now been let. Thanks once again to HebWeb!"

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Small Ads: We had a prospective buyer view it, she loves the house and has put in offer we've accepted. So, thank-you!

"In a world where style often triumphs over substance, Hebweb is reassuringly informative, reliable and clear. An invaluable community resource and public information forum reflecting the independent spirit of Hebden Bridge. Lesley at Elmet Farmhouse.

Jeremy Corbyn in Mytholmroyd speaking to a packed Community Centre, supporting Labour's candidates for the local elections. Click photo to enlarge.

Where to Stay in the Hebden Bridge area - many of the listings in this popular section have been updated over the past couple of weeks. And following several requests, there is now a new page which features only Bed and Breakfast listings.

Small Ads: "Amazing but my house in Tod got rented out within 30 minutes after putting the house on Hebweb."

Accessible Venues guide - a brief guide to which venues for hire, might be suitable for community groups, classes, meetings, events or activities, to be accessible to disabled people. From the Disability Access Forum

Small Ads success - "Hi there I have found lovely tenants for my house in less than 24 hours. Amazing!" Re house to let in Mytholmroyd.

HebWeb Small Ads - The HebWeb is brilliant. Found tutor within 3 days… We have found a candidate. The response was excellent as was the calibre of the candidates.

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Hebden Bridge Station car park to expand: Calderdale Council is working with Network Rail, which owns the land to the east of the existing station car park to create 46 extra places. Read more.

From Steve Farrell, now living in Mysore, India: "As someone who lives abroad, the Hebweb site has always been critical for keeping in touch 'back home' in Hebden. I've just needed to re-advertise my home for rent, so where to turn to? The Hebweb, of course. The Ad was up within minutes and there were 10 enquiries within 24 hours. Superb!" See Small Ads.

Ackley Bridge, Channel 4’s school drama, was filmed in Halifax, particularly the old Catholic High School, and in Hebden Bridge.

'Greatest Town in Europe' - as well as being the 4th funkiest town in the world, Culture Trip gives 12 Reasons why Hebden Bridge 'is known as the greatest town in Europe'. Read article

Far more than a large home page, the HebWeb is now an essential local resource. It has been around for nearly 23 years, covering local news, events, opinions, tourist info, small ads, where to stay and much, much more. Updated every day. Read more and go deeper into the HebWeb.

Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire crowned best place in the UK - 'Machine learning' used millions of data points to discover top locations. Read more

From the archive: five years ago today The Times listed the 30 coolest places to live in Britain. Number one was Hebden Bridge.

Hebden Bridge losing key shops? Following the news of the closure of Holts, our town's last greengrocers, comes the warning on this Forum thread that our last hardware shop, Bonsalls is struggling.

Signs of past times. Photo: HebWeb

Let's move to Hebden Bridge From the Guardian. If the roots of its liberal and creative image are a mystery, its appeal is obvious. See also: HebWeb report from Sept 2005

HebWeb Small Ads message: "Please could you close the advert? We've been overwhelmed with the response and quality of applicants! Thanks so much!"

Some years ago in the Guardian, Martin Wainwright wrote, "Witness current comments on the community website, the Hebweb, which is one of the best of its kind in the country. No, world." 25 Oct 2012

Less than an hour from Hebden Bridge: try these halls, houses and galleries which many may not have heard about. Yet they are just on our doorstep. If you can’t find anything to do locally (see What’s On), have a look at this new HebWeb Feature.

Hebden Bridge, the UK's second city, BBC article by Evan Davis. "Hebden Bridge is an inverted city with a greenbelt centre and suburbs called Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool." Read the article

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Selling my house on HebWeb was "extremely successful - I hope to complete on the sale in 2 weeks time, and I think I could have sold it a few times over."

Smll Ads: "I had so many wonderful responses to my ad for someone to help me re-organize my house post-flood, I wanted to employ everyone! Thank you." - Susan

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HebWeb also available on the slightly shorter hebdenbridge.uk as well as hebdenbridge.co.uk

Guardian Northerner: What the UK can learn from Hebden Bridge? The BBC's Mind the Gap asks how London's success can be replicated elsewhere: Claire Donnelly argues that our small town could have the answer. Read more

"Many thanks Hebweb, the Small Ad asking for Volunteers to cook and help at Wadsworth Lunch Club has already had success. We now have someone coming to help cook. We'd still welcome a washer up, and occasional helpers please."

Small Ads - "We placed a job ad on the Hebweb recently, intending to keep it there for 2 weeks, but we had to take it down after 3 days due to the huge response generated"

Britain's favourite market town? Hebden Bridge has been shortlisted in the 'Britain's favourite market town' category in the BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards 2013. Read more

Guardian Northerner: Hebden Bridge the UK's coolest place? The Yorkshire Paradise has won its fourth accolade in a decade. Born, brought up and living here, Rachel Pickering is loyal, but has one or two cautionary thoughts.

Small Ads - "I am very pleased to say the response was terrific and both properties are now let." (Less than a week)

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