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==Sport==
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[[List of defunct rugby league clubs#England|Brighouse Rangers]] [[Rugby league]] Club, founded in 1878, are based at the Brighouse Sports Club Complex on Russell Way (Off A641 Bradford Road) between Brighouse town centre and Bailiff Bridge. The club competes at amateur level in the [[Pennine League]]'s premier Division and fields a reserve side in Division Six. There is a junior section for under 18's, down to Under 8's, and a ladies side.

Before the [[History of rugby league#The schism in England|1895 schism in English rugby]], [[William Nicholl]] played rugby union for [[England national rugby union team|England]], and Brighouse Rangers. After the schism, Brighouse Rangers became a founder member of the Northern Rugby Football Union (now [[Rugby Football League]]), and the first Northern Rugby Football Union chairman was Mr. H. H. Waller from the club. Brighouse Rangers played from [[1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1895–96]] to [[1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1905–06]] winning the [[Rugby league county leagues|Yorkshire League]] in the [[1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1896–97]] season. Although finishing last in the 14-club elite league in the [[1901–02 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1901–02]] season, the club was not relegated as the league expanded to 18 clubs. In the [[1902–03 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1902–03]] season Brighouse finished 18th and was relegated. After finishing bottom of the 31-club recombined league in the [[1905–06 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1905–06]] season, the club withdrew from the Northern Union.

As of the 2023–24 season, [[Brighouse Town FC|Brighouse Town F.C.]] play in the Pitching In Northern Premier League Division One East at level 8 of the [[National League System]] (also known as 'The Football Pyramid'). Brighouse has its own Sunday League football competition, which in the 2007–08 season had one division of 10 teams. Junction (Rastrick) were crowned champions on 20 April 2008. There are many Junior football teams in the area too such as Brighouse Juniors, which was started by parents in 1989, who go from Under 6's up to Under 17's.

The town is on the route of the 50 mile [[Calderdale Way]] circular walk around the hills and valleys of Calderdale.