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Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.It is near the east Pennine foothills. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre.
Postcodes (total) 7,392. Statistics as at May 2020 [1] The HX postcode area, also known as the Halifax postcode area, [2] is a group of seven postcode districts in England, within four post towns. These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in western West Yorkshire, including Halifax, Elland, Sowerby Bridge and Hebden Bridge.
England. Yorkshire. 53°42′26″N 1°56′08″W / 53.707234°N 1.935608°W / 53.707234; -1.935608. Sowerby (/ ˈsɔːrbi / SOR-bi) [1] is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Pennines, contiguous with Sowerby Bridge, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) west-southwest of Halifax.
The conurbation of Bradford, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wakefield makes up the West Yorkshire Built-up Area, which is the fourth-largest in the United Kingdom and the largest within the historic county boundaries of Yorkshire. In Parliament, 13 out of 22 of West Yorkshire's MPs are Labour and 9 are Conservative. At local level ...
England. Yorkshire. 53°41′53″N 1°52′16″W / 53.698°N 1.871°W / 53.698; -1.871. Copley is a village in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax and east of Sowerby Bridge. It is situated by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation canal.
Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2023, it is estimated that the population of the Halifax CMA was 518,711, [6] with 348,634 people in its urban area. [3]
53°43′27″N 1°47′21″W / 53.72428°N 1.78926°W / 53.72428; -1.78926. Lightcliffe is a village in the Calderdale district in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated approximately three miles east of Halifax and two miles north west of Brighouse. [1] Lightcliffe was a ...
Borough Market is a Victorian covered market in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The market occupies a town centre site between Southgate, Albion Street and Market Street. The glass and wrought iron covered marketplace, surrounded by stone built shops and accommodation, was built between 1891 and 1896 and opened by the future King George V and ...