Brighouse

Brighouse est une ville située dans le district de Calderdale, comté du Yorkshire de l'Ouest, dans le Nord de l'Angleterre. Le recensement du Royaume-Uni de 2001 a donné à la subdivision Brighouse / Rastrick de la zone urbaine du Yorkshire de l'Ouest une population de 32 360 habitants. Il y a une gare. Historiquement dans le West Riding of Yorkshire, elle est située sur la rivière Calder, à 6,4 km à l'est d'Halifax. Elle est desservie par la jonction 25 de l'autoroute M62 et la gare de Brighouse sur la ligne de Caldervale et la ligne d'Huddersfield.

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Brighouse (, locally also ) is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Halifax. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the town centre is a mooring basin on the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the Brighouse / Rastrick subdivision of the West Yorkshire Urban Area a population of 32,360. The Brighouse ward of Calderdale Council had a population of 11,195 at the 2011 Census. Brighouse has an HD6 postcode, despite being associated with Halifax for local government. The name Brighouse (or "Bridge House") originates from a building on (or close to) the bridge over the River Calder. In its early history, it was a hamlet of the nearby village of Rastrick. Brighouse is twinned with Lüdenscheid in Germany, the link beginning with an exchange by Brighouse Children's Theatre in 1950 followed by a civic twinning charter in 1960.

Brighouse High School

Brighouse High School (and Sixth Form) is an academy school in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England.

Brookfoot

Brookfoot is a village in Calderdale West Yorkshire, England. It lies between the towns of Elland and Brighouse on the A6025 (Elland Road). The Calder and Hebble Navigation and the River Calder runs through Brookfoot. Near the River and canal there is a 3½-acre (1.4 hectares) lake known as Brookfoot lake owned by The Brighouse Angling Association.

Brighouse bus station

Brighouse bus station serves the town of Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro. The bus station is situated in the Brighouse Town Centre and could be accessed from Gooder Street and Ganny Road. The current station was opened from 10 May 2009 on the site of the previous one that dates back from the 1970s. The new bus station cost £2.38 million and provides passengers with more comfortable and safer enclosed waiting areas, new seating and lighting, real time electronic passenger information, 24-hour CCTV surveillance and additional footpaths and pedestrian access It has six stands.

Brighouse Town Hall

Brighouse Town Hall is a former municipal building in Thornton Square, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Brighouse Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.