Editing Brighouse (section)

==Buildings==
The town's mills have undergone an extensive programme of renovation and become loft-style apartments.

Brighouse Library is a large building and in addition to its normal lending library services provides facilities for language courses, internet access and fax facilities. Like most public buildings wheelchair access is provided. There is also a small cafe and a lift for access to all floors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brighouse Library |url=https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/v2/residents/leisure-and-culture/libraries/your-local-library/brighouse-library |website=calderdale.gov.uk |publisher=Calderdale Council |access-date=10 August 2020 |date=2020}}</ref>

The main shopping streets are Commercial Street and Bethel Street. In early 2000, a financial agreement made between [[Tesco]] and Brighouse Sports Club, allowed for a huge new Tesco superstore to be built on the site of the former club, and the old Tesco became Wilkos. The deal also enabled the sports club to build new premises almost a mile away (1.5&nbsp;km) on land at Russell Way, [[Bailiff Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shopping |url=http://visitbrighouse.com/shopping/ |website=visitbrighouse.com |publisher=Visit Brighouse |access-date=10 August 2020 |date=2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shops, Brighouse, West Yorkshire |url=https://www.localstore.co.uk/s/142/brighouse/ |website=localstore.co.uk |publisher=Local store |access-date=10 August 2020 |date=2020}}</ref>

The Old Ship Inn has a painted legend along the front, saying that the exterior timbers were salvaged from an old ship.<ref>[http://www.theoldshipinnbrighouse.co.uk/frontpitcure1.jpg Closeup of The Old Ship, showing painted legend above ground floor windows.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219164920/http://www.theoldshipinnbrighouse.co.uk/frontpitcure1.jpg |date=19 February 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/40251/|title=The Old Ship Inn in Brighouse|website=Pubs Galore}}</ref> Originally called ''The Prince of Wales'', the building was rebuilt from timbers reclaimed from [[HMS Donegal (1858)|HMS Donegal]] in 1926.<ref>{{cite book | last = Nortcliffe | first = David | year = 1990 | title = Buildings of Brighouse | publisher = Brighouse Civic Trust | location = Brighouse}}</ref>

The ROKT building on Mill Royd Street is the UK's tallest outdoor man-made climbing wall, at 36m tall it is taller than the [[Tower of London]], although it is temporarily closed as a result of flooding and financial losses during the COVID 19 Pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROKT Activity centre based in Brighouse, Yorkshire |url=https://www.rokt.co.uk/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=ROKT |language=en-US}}</ref>

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Brighouse Mill Royd Mill.jpg|Brighouse Mill Royd Mill flats
Brighouse library 022.jpg|Brighouse Library
Brighouse memorial 025.jpg|Winged Victory on [[war memorial]] in library grounds
Brighouse memorial 026a.jpg|[[War memorial]] statue, front view
The-Old-Ship-by-Humphrey-Bolton.jpg|Old Ship public house
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