Todmorden
Sign in to saveTodmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax. In 2011, it had a population of 15,481.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Todmorden
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Calderdale
- UK place.population
- 15,481
- UK place.population_ref
- (Including Cornholme and Portsmouth, West Yorkshire. 2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Todmorden
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Calderdale
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Calder Valley
- UK place.post_town
- TODMORDEN
- UK place.postcode_district
- OL14
- UK place.postcode_area
- OL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01706
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD936241
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
- UK place.static_image_name
- Tod from golf course.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A westerly view over Todmorden
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
31 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Prehistory
- Early history
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Governance
- Todmorden Town Council composition
- Twin towns
- Geography
- Economy
- Landmarks
- Culture and media
- Filming
- Nightlife
- Sport
- Cricket
- Notable people
- Science and engineering
- Nobel Prize winners
- Politics and law
- Arts and culture
- Sport
- Other
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Todmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax. In 2011, it had a population of 15,481.
Todmorden is at the confluence of three steep-sided Pennine valleys and is surrounded by moorlands with outcrops of sandblasted gritstone.