Ripponden and Barkisland railway station was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on the Rishworth branch in 1878 as Ripponden. Ripponden is in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Its name was changed to Ripponden and Barkisland on 1 December 1891. The Lancashire and Yorkshire railway was absorbed by the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, which became one of the constituents of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on grouping in 1923.
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Ripponden is a village and civil parish on the River Ryburn near Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. Historically it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Its population was 6,412 at the time of the 2001 Census, and 7,421 in 2011.
Ripponden is the main settlement in a small group of villages whose citizens are represented on Ripponden Parish Council. The area is a substantial part of the Ryburn Ward, itself part of Calderdale metropolitan borough.
Ripponden and its villages were formerly served by the Rishworth branch line from Sowerby Bridge; Ripponden and Barkisland railway station closed to passengers in 1929 and the line was closed completely in 1958.
The area is of archaeological note as it is rich in Neolithic and Bronze Age remains. At nearby Ringstone Edge can be found a small stone circle.
Ripponden is the terminus of the annual Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival.
The village is on the route of the Calderdale Way, a 50-mile circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale.
Ripponden Junior & Infant School has a capacity of 240 children ages 4–11.
The Old Bridge Inn in the village is the home of an annual pork pie competition. The Old Bridge Inn is a Grade II listed building and is one of the oldest pubs in Yorkshire; its construction is dated to 1307. The Old Bridge, or Waterloo Bridge, near the Inn is on the old packhorse road through the village and is also known as the Packhorse Bridge.
On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France, from York to Sheffield, passed through the village. On leaving Ripponden at the 112.5-kilometre point, riders undertook the third climb of the stage, the Category 3 Côte de Ripponden. It was 1.3 km long with an average gradient of 8.6%. The first rider over the top to claim two points in the King of the Mountains competition was Cyril Lemoine of Cofidis. The other point available was claimed by David De La Cruz Melgarejo.
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Soyland is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is just north of Ripponden off the A58 road and is 5 miles south west of Halifax. The village referred to as Soyland Town, used to be the site of several textile mills, but these have closed down. The walking route Calderdale Way passes through the area. The name Soyland derives from the Middle English soghland meaning 'boggy land'.
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Rishworth railway station was a railway station on the Rishworth branch, built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, to serve the village of Rishworth in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1881 and closed to passenger services in 1929; goods traffic ceased in 1953.
While the station was open, services ran from and to Sowerby Bridge north of Rishworth. A planned extension of the line towards Rochdale was never built.
None of the buildings are still standing intact, however, some station remains can be seen on the overgrown site, as well as the platform.
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Rishworth is a village in the civil parish of Ripponden, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a small church, farms and schools, including Rishworth School. In 1931 the parish had a population of 838.
St. Johns Rishworth CofE Primary School provides primary-level education for children in Rishworth. The school is a Church of England school, with classes making occasional trips to the church situated on Godley Lane.
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Barkisland is a village in civil parish of Ripponden, in the Calderdale district, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one mile east of Ripponden, two miles south of Sowerby Bridge and four miles southwest of Halifax town centre.
The village is in the Ryburn ward of Calderdale. Barkisland has a school, a church, a post office and a cricket club that plays in the Huddersfield Cricket League. There are two pubs in Barkisland, The Fleece Countryside Inn and The Griffin Inn.
The latter company closed the station to passengers on 8 July 1929 and British Railways ceased goods traffic in 1958 after which the line was dismantled. The branch connected Sowerby Bridge to the north with the terminus Rishworth to the south.
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