Editing Hebden Bridge (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Hebden Bridge Picture House. - geograph.org.uk - 142512.jpg|thumb|Hebden Bridge Picture House]]
Hebden Bridge is known as "the lesbian capital of the UK".<ref name="BBC-Robehmed"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/gay-friendly-yorkshire-mill-town-hebden-bridge-everyone-feels-home/ |title=In the gay-friendly mill town of Hebden Bridge, everyone feels at home |first=Dean |last=Kirby |date=22 July 2017 |work=[[i (British newspaper)|iNews]] |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Pert 2019">{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hebden-bridge_uk_5c77936fe4b0952f89de4f2c |title=Hebden Bridge Is Famously A Safe Home For Gay Men, Women And Allies – Here's Why |last=Pert |first=Sean |date=28 February 2019 |website=HuffPost UK |access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref>

The Stubbing Wharf is an 18th-century inn located alongside the [[Rochdale Canal]], in which the poet [[Ted Hughes]] set his poem "Stubbing Wharfe".<ref>{{cite book |last=Gifford |first=Terry |title=Ted Hughes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVwa4P1KqlEC&q=%22Stubbing+Wharfe%22&pg=PA68 |date=2009 |location=London, UK |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-41531-189-2 |page=68 |access-date=21 March 2010 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/5438784/Yorkshire-pub-guide-Stubbing-Wharf-in-Hebden-Bridge.html |title=Yorkshire pub guide: Stubbing Wharf in Hebden Bridge |first=Arthur |last=Taylor |date=5 June 2009 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref> Hughes was born in neighbouring Mytholmroyd, and his former home Lumb Bank on the outskirts of Hebden Bridge is run as a creative writing centre by the Arvon Trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arvon.org/centres/lumb-bank/ |title=Lumb Bank |website=Arvon Trust |access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>

The video for the [[Talk Talk]] song "My Foolish Friend" was filmed in and around Hebden Bridge in 1983.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nta13TQKDhI |title=My Foolish Friend (Official Video) |date=2019-04-04 |last=Talk Talk |access-date=2024-09-05 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The band [[The Dream Academy]] filmed the first video for their hit single "[[Life in a Northern Town]]" in Hebden Bridge in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5uxQElYu68  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/X5uxQElYu68| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=[HD] Dream Academy – Life In A Northern Town |date=16 April 2009 |website=YouTube |access-date=15 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The singer [[Haddaway]] also filmed a music video in the town in 1995 for his single "Lover Be Thy Name".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hebdenroydtowncouncil.gov.uk/about.htm |title=About Hebden Royd Town Council}}</ref>

The [[BBC One]] crime drama series ''[[Happy Valley (TV series)|Happy Valley]]'', written by [[Huddersfield]]-born [[Sally Wainwright]], broadcast in 2014-2023, was filmed and set in and around the town. Its ironic title refers to the drug users and providers in the area. Local landmarks, such as the graveyard at St Thomas the Apostle Church, the canal and the landscapes provided a backdrop to the narrative. The show received critical acclaim and was expected to lead to a noticeable increase in local tourism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/news/business/business-news/happy-tourists-will-flock-to-drama-set-1-6651022 |title=Happy tourists will flock to drama set |date=3 June 2014 |website=Hebden Bridge Times |access-date=3 June 2014}}</ref> A second series was filmed in 2015 and broadcast during 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28835051 |title=Happy Valley to return to BBC One in 2015 |date=18 August 2014 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref>

In 2020, [[Steve Coogan]]'s "From the Oasthouse" [[podcast]] featured his character [[Alan Partridge]] stating that his daughter Denise lived in Hebden Bridge, which Partridge says explains her reluctance to have children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast: An Audible Original (Audio Download): Amazon.co.uk: Alan Partridge, Alan Partridge, Audible Original: Audible Audiobooks|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oasthouse-Partridge-Podcast-Audible-Original/dp/B089M8GR4V|access-date=2020-11-17|website=www.amazon.co.uk}}</ref>

===Music===
[[File:Trades Club - Holme Street - geograph.org.uk - 482527.jpg|thumb|Trades Club]]

The Trades Club<ref name="The Trades">{{cite web |url=http://thetradesclub.com/ |title=Home |website=The Trades Club |access-date=2 April 2012}}</ref> is a nationally recognised music venue and socialist members' club. In the 1980s and 90s, the club became a renowned World Music destination for touring bands from Africa and elsewhere, including [[Thomas Mapfumo]], [[Ali Farka Touré]], and [[John Chibadura]]. [[Heavenly Recordings]] have a close association with the Trades Club and celebrated their 25th birthday with 'A Heavenly Weekend In Hebden', a four-day festival at the Trades Club, featuring performances from many of the artists on their roster and film screenings from Heavenly Films. The event was given its own catalogue number: HVN300.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/16621-heavenly-recordings-announce-hebden-bridge-event |title=Heavenly For Hebden Bridge Weekend |first=Laurie |last=Tuffrey |date=3 November 2014 |website=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref>

Until 2014, the town hosted the Hebden Bridge Blues Festival<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yorkshirebluesfestival.co.uk/ |title=Hebden Bridge Blues Festival, May 23rd to 25th 2014 |website=Yorkshire Blues Festival |access-date=26 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228081611/http://yorkshirebluesfestival.co.uk/ |archive-date=28 December 2014}}</ref> during the [[Spring Bank Holiday]] at the end of May. Established in 2011, the festival was voted the Best British Blues Festival in the 2012 and 2013 [[British Blues Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishbluesawards.com/winners-2012/4581377358 |title=Winners of The British Blues Awards 2012 |website=British Blues Awards |access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishbluesawards.com/winners-2013/4581356415 |title=Winners of The British Blues Awards 2013 |website=British Blues Awards |access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref>

The [[indie rock|indie]] band [[Bogshed]] were formed in Hebden Bridge in 1984, originally as the 'Amazing Roy North Penis Band'.<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin&nbsp;C. |title=The Great Alternative & Indie Discography |url=https://archive.org/details/greatalternative0000stro |url-access=registration |year=1999 |location=Edinburgh |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |isbn=0-86241-913-1}}</ref>

In 2017, the Hebden Bridge Community Association received The [[Queen's Award for Voluntary Service]], the MBE for voluntary groups.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/queen-s-awards-highest-honour-for-volunteers-1-8575098 |title=Queen's Awards 'highest honour' for volunteers |date=2 June 2017 |work=The Yorkshire Post |access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>

=== Local media ===
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] and the local relay transmitters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Hebden_Bridge |title=Freeview Light on the Hebden Bridge (Calderdale, England) transmitter |date=May 2004 |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref>

The town's local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]] and community station Calder Valley Radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.caldervalleyradio.co.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Calder Valley Radio |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> The area's commercial stations, which include daytime West Yorkshire news and travel, are [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]], [[Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire]], [[Heart Yorkshire]] and [[Capital Yorkshire]].

The ''Hebden Bridge Times'' is the town's local newspaper.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/features/pressgazette.html |title=Hebden Bridge Times and the Press Gazette |date=Autumn 2001 |publisher=Hebden Bridge Web |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref>