Sowerby Bridge
| Sowerby Bridge | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||
| Coordinates | 53 ° 42 ′ N , 1 ° 55 ′ W | ||
|
|||
| Residents | 9948 (status: 2001) | ||
| administration | |||
| Post town | SOWERBY BRIDGE | ||
| ZIP code section | HX6 | ||
| prefix | 01422 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | West Yorkshire | ||
| District | Calderdale | ||
| British Parliament | Halifax | ||
Sowerby Bridge is a small town in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in the English county of West Yorkshire . According to the 2001 census, Sowerby Bridge had a total of 9,948 residents.
geography
Sowerby Bridge is located approximately 15 km west of Bradford, 15 km northwest of Huddersfield, 25 km northeast of Rochdale, 30 km east of Burnley and 40 km northeast of Manchester.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Sowerby Bridge is located on the A-road A58, about 8 km from the M62 removed. From here, the Calder Hebble Canal leads to Wakefield and the Rochdale Canal to Manchester, both of which are mainly used for recreational boating. The city is also connected to the rail network: trains on the Calder Valley Line run to Halifax , Bradford and Leeds in the east and to Burnley , Rochdale and Manchester in the west.
Personalities
- Frederick Walton (1834–1928), entrepreneur and inventor of linoleum and linkrusta
