Halifax (Royaume-Uni)

Halifax (prononcé : /ˈhælɪfæks/) est une ville du comté du Yorkshire de l'Ouest, dans le nord de l'Angleterre. La ville compte 88 134 habitants en 2011. C'est le quartier général de la banque anglaise Halifax Bank et le chocolatier Mackintosh, une filiale de Nestlé, y a son usine. Le comté d'Halifax doit son nom à cette ville. La ville homonyme, capitale de la province canadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse, a été nommée en hommage à George Montague-Dunk, 2e comte d'Halifax.

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Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. 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. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving landmark. In the 2021 census, the town was recorded as having a population of 88,134. It is also the administrative centre of the Calderdale Metropolitan Borough.

Halifax Town Hall

Halifax Town Hall is a 19th century town hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building. It is notable for its design and interiors by Charles Barry and his son, Edward Middleton Barry, and for its sculptures by John Thomas. The town hall is the headquarters of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council.

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Acapulco (nightclub)

The Acapulco, also known as the Acca is a nightclub in Halifax, Yorkshire, England that opened in 1961, and claims to be the UK's oldest. In March 2022, it attracted media attention for selling its 20-year-old swirly pattern carpet for £5 per A4-size piece.

Halifax bus station

Halifax bus station serves the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. Formerly consisting of several island platforms, after a period of part-closure and relocation to some temporary stands, the bus station was reopened on 1 October 2023 consisting of 19 reversal bays, a layover and 4 accessible entrances. The bus station is situated in the Halifax Town Centre and could be accessed from Northgate, Winding Road and Wade Street.

Phoenix Radio

Phoenix Radio 96.7 FM is a local radio station based in Halifax, in West Yorkshire, England. It broadcasts on the FM frequency, 24 hours a day to the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, and the surrounding areas and around the world online. It is owned and run by Phoenix Radio Ltd, which has also previously held six Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) in the past. It was awarded its full-time licence by OFCOM, thus becoming, on 10 December 2007, Calderdale's first and only local radio station.