Bailiff Bridge

Bailiff Bridge
Bailiff Bridge
	Bailiff Bridge Bailiff Bridge Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE145245
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRIGHOUSE
Postcode district	HD6
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Calder Valley;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°43′00″N 1°46′54″W / 53.7167°N 1.7817°W

Bailiff Bridge is a village 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England, and is 5 miles (8 km) from Huddersfield and 7 miles (11 km) from Bradford.

Parish

Bailiff Bridge lies in the unparished area of the borough of Calderdale, who are responsible for all local government activity in the village and surrounding areas. It lies in the borough ward of Hipperholme and Lightcliffe and the parliamentary constituency of Calder Valley. As a village in an unparished area, there are no formal civil parish boundaries defining Bailiff Bridge, but mapping shows it as adjoining the settlements of Lightcliffe to the west, and Brighouse to the south.^[1]^[2]

Transport

The village is centred on the A649 and A641 roads which connect it to nearby towns and cities.^[3]

The village was served by Bailiff Bridge railway station on the Pickle Bridge Line between 1881 and 1917.^[4]

Buses are run by Arriva Yorkshire and First Huddersfield.^[5]

Employment

One of the main employers in the village was Firth's Carpets.^[6]

Notable People

Notable residents from the village are Danny and Richard McNamara from the band Embrace, who grew up in the village.^[7]

References

↑ OS Explorer - Bradford & Huddersfield (Map). 1:25000. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244852.
↑ "Bailiff Bridge". Election Maps. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
↑ "Bailiff Bridge Beck". bailiff-bridge.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
↑ Burgess, Neil (2014). The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding: the central section - Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 75. ISBN 9781840336573. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
↑ "Bailiff Bridge – Bus Times". bustimes.org. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
↑ Hirst, Andrew (18 November 2015). "Memories needed from people who worked at Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge or lived in the village". huddersfieldexaminer. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
↑ "Embrace – Songs, Playlists, Videos and Tours". BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

External links

Media related to Bailiff Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

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[ose288-1] OS Explorer - Bradford & Huddersfield (Map). 1:25000. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319244852.

[osem-2] "Bailiff Bridge". Election Maps. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 28 October 2025.

[3] "Bailiff Bridge Beck". bailiff-bridge.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

[4] Burgess, Neil (2014). The lost railways of Yorkshire's West Riding: the central section - Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield. Catrine: Stenlake. p. 75. ISBN 9781840336573. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[5] "Bailiff Bridge – Bus Times". bustimes.org. Retrieved 5 May 2026.

[6] Hirst, Andrew (18 November 2015). "Memories needed from people who worked at Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge or lived in the village". huddersfieldexaminer. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[7] "Embrace – Songs, Playlists, Videos and Tours". BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

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