Editing Sowerby Bridge (section)

==In popular culture==
Sowerby Bridge features in [[George Gissing]]'s 1890 novel ''The Emancipated'' as the hometown of the protagonist Ross Mallard.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Coustillas |editor1-first=Pierre |editor2-last=Partridge |editor2-first=Colin |title=Gissing, the critical heritage; |date=1972 |publisher=Routledge and Kegan Paul |location=London |isbn=9780710073679 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/gissingcriticalh0000cous/page/432 432–434] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/gissingcriticalh0000cous/page/432 }}</ref>

The canal basin was used as a filming location for the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] comedy-drama ''[[Stay Lucky]]'', and the ITV drama ''[[Dead Clever]]'' was set in the town. The 2014 [[BBC One]] drama ''[[Happy Valley (TV series)|Happy Valley]]'' was set in Sowerby Bridge and parts of the series were filmed in and around the town.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.creativeengland.co.uk/index.php/2014/creative-england-provides-filming-location-and-crew-support-to-new-bbc-drama-happy-valley-when-filming-in-yorkshire/ | title=Creative England provides filming location and crew support to new BBC drama Happy Valley when filming in Yorkshire | work=Creative England| date=29 April 2014 | access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gildea |first=Samantha |date=19 May 2014 |title=20 facts about the police drama set in Sowerby Bridge |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/happy-valley-tv-series-trivia-7090272 |newspaper=Examiner Examiner|location=Huddersfield |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> Catherine's workplace is a former police station. The series writer and director [[Sally Wainwright]] grew up in Sowerby Bridge.<ref>{{cite news |last=Calkin |first=Jessamy |date=9 February 2016 |title=Behind the scenes of Bafta-winning drama Happy Valley |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/08/behind-the-scenes-of-bafta-winning-drama-happy-valley/ |newspaper=Telegraph |location=London |access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>