Editing Hebden Bridge (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Greens-Vegetarian-Cafe-Hebden-Bridge.jpg|thumb|An independent business in Hebden Bridge]]
{{As of|2017}}, the weekly market has moved to Lees Yard adjoining the pedestrian centre of St George Square, and the market days have been increased from two and a half to four full weekly market days: Thursdays to Sundays.

Walkley's Clog Mill is one of the country's leading [[English clogs|clog]] manufacturers. It moved from its original home at Falling Royd to a site on Midgley Road in Mytholmroyd.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clogs.co.uk/index.htm |title=Welcome page |website=Walkley Clogs |access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref>

Acre Mill was an [[asbestos]] factory in the hilltop settlement of [[Old Town, West Yorkshire|Old Town]], owned by [[Cape plc|Cape Insulation Ltd]].<ref name="acremill">{{cite web |url=http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/features/acremill.html |title=Asbestos and the legacy of Acre Mill |website=Hebden Bridge Web |access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> It was opened in 1939 to meet the demand for [[WWII gas mask|gas mask]] filters made from [[Asbestos#Blue|blue asbestos]] during the Second World War, and diversified into the production of other asbestos products, including rope, pipe lagging and textile, after the war. In 1970, the company closed the mill and moved to [[Westmorland]]. The mill was the subject of a 1971 ''[[World in Action]]'' investigation entitled "''The Dust at Acre Mill''" which revealed how the factory broke the law regarding asbestos-dust control between 1940 and 1970.<ref name="acremill" /><ref name="wia">{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/193761 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717130752/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/193761 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2010 |title=World in Action: The Dust at Acre Mill |work=[[British Film Institute|BFI]] Film & TV database |access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref> By 1979, 12% of a total of 2,200 former employees had asbestos-related disease.<ref name="lhc">{{cite web |url=http://www.lhc.org.uk/members/pubs/books/asbestos/asb10.htm |title=The Myths About Asbestos |work=London Hazards Centre |access-date=19 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414071148/http://www.lhc.org.uk/members/pubs/books/asbestos/asb10.htm |archive-date=14 April 2010}}</ref> The mill was demolished in 1979. Cape Insulation also operated a second factory at Hangingroyd Mill.

Hebden Bridge has built a reputation for "great little shops" and has an unusually high density of independent shops for a UK town of its size with more than 20 cafes and tea rooms, and about 20 pubs, micro pubs and restaurants. In a national survey by the New Economics Foundation in 2010 Hebden Bridge was ranked sixth on a diversity scale and was praised for its independent shops and unique shopping experience.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/community/local-businesses/think_tank_praises_thriving_and_diverse_town_1_2028638 |title=Think-tank praises 'thriving and diverse' town |date=12 October 2010 |newspaper=Hebden Bridge Times |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> The Fox and Goose, West Yorkshire's first Co-Operative pub, is owned by 262 residents of Hebden Bridge. It was established in March 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/mallinsons-fox-goose-hebden-birthday-8758730 |title=Huddersfield brewer supplies birthday beer for West Yorkshire's only co-operative pub |first=Robert |last=Sutcliffe |date=3 March 2015 |newspaper=[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>

In February 2016, Hebden Bridge won as the "Best Small Outdoor Market" in the Great British Market Awards run by the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/news/hebden-bridge-outdoor-market-move-stalls-1-8052393 |title=Hebden Bridge outdoor market move stalls.... |date=5 August 2016 |work=Hebden Bridge Times |access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref> In December 2016, Hebden Bridge won the "Great British High Street Award" in the "Small Market Town" category, after most shops, cafes and businesses had bounced back better and more flood resilient than before the Boxing Day floods 2015; Hebden Bridge also won a second award as the People's Choice.

[[File:Rochdale Canal Hebden.jpg|thumb|Rochdale Canal]]