Editing Brighouse

{{Short description|Town in West Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.707|-1.794|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Calderdale
| official_name            = Brighouse
| population               = 32,360
| population_ref           = (2001)<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D8271.xls Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Urban Areas : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population''] Retrieved 26 August 2009</ref> (Brighouse/Rastrick urban area)
| metropolitan_borough     = [[Calderdale]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[Calder Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Calder Valley]]
| post_town                = BRIGHOUSE
| postcode_district        = HD6
| postcode_area            = HD
| dial_code                = 01484
| os_grid_reference        = SE135235
| static_image_name        = Brighouse Town Hall 002a.jpg
| static_image_caption     = The former [[Brighouse Town Hall]]
| london_distance_mi       = 150<!-- straight line per MOS – constant and comparable with other place distances -->
| london_direction         = SSE
}}

'''Brighouse''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|I|g|h|aʊ|s}},<ref name="ForvoBrighouse">
{{cite web|url=http://www.forvo.com/word/brighouse/|title=Forvo|year=2010|work=Word: Brighouse. Pronunciation in English|access-date=3 October 2012}}
</ref><ref name="Glossary1883">
{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/glossaryofdialec00hopeuoft/glossaryofdialec00hopeuoft_djvu.txt|title=Internet archive|year=1883|work=Full text of "A glossary of dialectal place-nomenclature, to which is appended A list of family surnames pronounced differently from what the spelling suggests"|access-date=3 October 2012}}
</ref><ref name="Collins English Dictionary">{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/brighouse/|title=Collins English Dictionary|year=2012|access-date=3 October 2012}}
</ref><ref name="Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion">{{cite web|url=http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/kk_211.html|title=Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion|access-date=28 Jul 2024}}
</ref> locally also {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|I|g|aʊ|s}}<ref name="PronounceBrighouse">
{{cite web|url=http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/brighouse|title=Pronounce names|date=2005–2009|work=Brighouse|access-date=3 April 2010}}
</ref>) is a town within the metropolitan borough of [[Calderdale]], in [[West Yorkshire]], England. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] within the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], it is situated on the [[River Calder, West Yorkshire|River Calder]],<ref name=EB1911>
{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Brighouse}}</ref> {{convert|4|mi|km}} east of [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]]. It is served by Junction 25 of the [[M62 motorway]] and [[Brighouse railway station]] on the [[Caldervale Line]] and [[Huddersfield Line]].  In the town centre is a mooring basin on the [[Calder and Hebble Navigation]]. The [[United Kingdom Census 2001]] gave the Brighouse / Rastrick subdivision of the [[West Yorkshire Urban Area]] a population of 32,360.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-areas-in-england-and-wales/urban-areas-in-england-and-wales-ks01-usual-resident-population.xls| title = [ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive - The National Archives}} </ref> The Brighouse ward of Calderdale Council gave a population of 11,195 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E05001371|title=Brighouse Ward (as of 2011)|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref> Brighouse has an HD6 postcode, despite being associated with Halifax for local government. 

The name Brighouse (or "Bridge House") originates from a building on (or close to) the bridge over the River Calder. In its early history, it was a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of the nearby village of [[Rastrick]].

Brighouse is [[sister cities|twinned]] with [[Lüdenscheid]] in Germany, the link beginning with an exchange by Brighouse Children's Theatre in 1950 followed by a civic twinning charter in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brighousetwinning.co.uk/|title=Introduction|access-date=7 June 2009}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Brighouse bridge 019.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rastrick Bridge]]]]
There was a [[ford (river)|river crossing]] called Snake Hill Ford across the Calder – believed to have formed part of the [[Roman Britain|Roman]] route between [[Wakefield]] and [[Manchester]]. A wooden structure called [[Rastrick Bridge]] was recorded in 1275.  The bridge was replaced by another built with timber donated by John Hanson in 1514.  Hanson's son funded a stone replacement for this bridge in 1558. The river provided power for the flour milling industry and the [[textile]] mills. Brighouse's industry received a boost through the [[construction]] of the [[Calder and Hebble Navigation]], started in 1757 by the engineer [[John Smeaton]]. The town was incorporated in 1893.<ref name=EB1911/>

The [[Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike Act 1824]] ([[5 Geo. 4]]. c. ciii) allowed for the building of Calder Bridge, or [[Brighouse Bridge]], over the river on what was to become the [[A roads in Zone 6 of the Great Britain numbering scheme|A641 road]]; tolls were abolished on the bridge in 1875 and extensive widening work was undertaken in 1905 and 1999 (both of these latter dates being commemorated in dedication stones on the bridge).

==Governance==
[[File:Brighouse & Rastrick, viewed from Thornhills Lane,UK,(RLH).JPG|thumb|center|600px|Brighouse, viewed from Thornhills Lane, Clifton]]
Brighouse was historically part of the [[Township (England)|township]] of Hipperholme with Brighouse in the large ancient parish of Halifax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/203|title=History of Brighouse, in Calderdale and West Riding - Map and description|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk}}</ref> The township became a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in 1866, but was abolished in 1894 and divided: Brighouse became a [[municipal borough]] (and civil parish), [[Hipperholme]] became an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] and [[Norwood Green, West Yorkshire|Norwood Green]] and Coley became a civil parish in Halifax Rural District. The [[Municipal Borough of Brighouse]] was expanded in 1915 when Rastrick was absorbed, and in 1937 when Clifton CP, Hipperholme UD, Norwood Green and Coley CP and part of Southowram UD were added. Brighouse borough and civil parish were abolished in 1974 when it became part of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough.<ref>Youngs, 1991 {{full|date=April 2023}}</ref> The mayor's mace was removed in 1974 to the Town Hall, Halifax, where it is displayed in the mayor's parlour to denote the authority of the Halifax mayor.<ref name="Halifax">{{cite book|last=Law and Administration Dept.|title=Halifax Town Hall; a brief guide|publisher=Halifax Borough Council|location=Town Hall, Halifax|date=August 1998<!--|access-date=4 July 2009-->}}</ref>

=== Brighouse Town Board ===
[[Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council|Calderdale Council]] established Town Boards to assist with regenerating Calderdale's Town Centres. The boards are made up of local councillors and community representatives. The first Brighouse Town Board meeting (28 March 2017) appointed Councillors from Brighouse, Hipperholme & Lightclifee, Rastrick Wards, and community members, who represent local business and residents. Brighouse Town Board works with public, private and voluntary organisations, and takes a strategic view of the needs and opportunities of the local area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/v2/residents/environment-planning-and-building/regeneration/brighouse-development-board|title=Brighouse Town Board|website=www.calderdale.gov.uk|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>

==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>

<gallery class="center">
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
</gallery>

==Religion==
===St James Church, Brighouse===
St James's Church, which was a [[chapel of ease]] for the Parish Church of Saint Martin in Brighouse, opened in 1870, with a congregation of 450. An organ was installed in the same year. Two [[stained glass]] windows from the [[William Morris]] factory, designed by [[Edward Burne-Jones]] were installed in July 1871.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/c109_p.html#p14|title=RootsWeb.com Home Page|website=freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com}}</ref> Further windows were added at later dates by other designers. In 1900 William Camm<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/c.html#c706|title=RootsWeb.com Home Page|website=freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com}}</ref> the organist paid for the fitting of a window in memory of his mother. A further window to commemorate the curate Rev Alban Bodley Mace (1915), who was killed in action at [[History of Thessaloniki#Balkan Wars and World War I|Salonika]] during 1916, serving with the Allied [[Expeditionary warfare|Expeditionary Force]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~calderdalecompanion/m.html#m47|title=RootsWeb.com Home Page|website=freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com}}</ref> The chancel screen was designed by G. H. Woodhouse of Manchester. St James Church was last used on 27 December 1970; and then demolished, with the land used for residential properties. The stained glass windows were removed and taken into the care of the [[Cliffe Castle Museum]] in [[Keighley]] where they can now be viewed.<ref Name=2007leaflet>Leaflet: ''Cliffe Castle Museum'', 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bull |first1=Malcolm |title=St James's Church, Brighouse |url=http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/ph3799.html |website=calderdalecompanion.co.uk |publisher=Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion |access-date=10 August 2020 |date=2020}}</ref>

===St Joseph's Church, Brighouse===
St Joseph's Catholic Church was built in the early 1900s, on Martin Street. In 1879 a [[primary school]] was established, using the church hall from Monday to Friday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjosephsbrighouse.org.uk/home/history.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322041729/http://www.stjosephsbrighouse.org.uk/home/history.htm|url-status=dead|title=St Josephs School Website|archivedate=22 March 2009}}</ref> It remained in use until 4 September 1961, when a new school was built on Finkil Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjosephsbrighouse.org.uk/home/the_school.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622022347/http://www.stjosephsbrighouse.org.uk/home/the_school.htm|url-status=dead|title=St Josephs School History|archivedate=22 June 2009}}</ref> The church is aligned with St Patrick's Catholic Church in [[Elland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stjosephschurchbrighouse.co.uk/our-faith |title=St Joseph's Catholic Church| accessdate= 20 June 2022}}</ref>

===Central Methodist Church, Brighouse===
The Central Methodist Church is situated at the west end of Brighouse backing on to the Lüdenscheid Link with a side entry at the lower part of Parsonage Lane. The frontage overlooks a small car park.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenwood |first1=Anthony |title=Calderdale Methodist Circuit : Brighouse Central Methodist Church |url=https://calderdalemethodists.org.uk/churches/brighouse.php |website=calderdalemethodists.org.uk |publisher=Calderdale Methodist Circuit |access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref>

<gallery class="center">
St James Brighouse 004.jpg|Former St James Church
St Martin's Church, Brighouse - geograph.org.uk - 150077.jpg|St Martin's Church
St Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighouse - geograph.org.uk - 1640683.jpg|St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
</gallery>

==Arts and media==
Smith Art Gallery is in the Brighouse Library and features many paintings from the [[Victorian era]] displayed in the main hall, in addition to a changing programme of exhibitions of artwork by local artists.

The "Calderdale Nightingale", [[Susan Sunderland]], was born in Brighouse in 1819 and lived here all her life. She never sought fame but was considered one of the best singers in the country and she sang concerts including those for Queen Victoria.<ref>{{cite ODNB|title=Sunderland [née Sykes], Susan (1819–1905), singer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-38430|access-date=20 November 2020|year = 2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/38430}}</ref>

Brighouse was the original home of the [[Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band]], founded in 1881 and associated with neighbouring [[Rastrick]]. They originally formed under the name the ''Brighouse and Rastrick Temperance Brass Band'' taking their current title in the early 20th century.
They are currently based next to Brighouse High School in Hove Edge, just north of Brighouse. In 1977 the band recorded "[[The Floral Dance]]" which reached Number 2 in the [[UK Top 40]] and stayed there for 6 weeks. In 1968, the band won the inaugural Brass Band World Championship, and in 1993 became the first Yorkshire team to win the All England Masters Brass Band Championship, a feat repeated in 1998. The band won the National Brass Band Championship Finals in 1946, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1980, 1997, 1998, 2010, 2011 and 2017, and the European Championships in 1981 and 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://brighouseandrastrick.com/contest-successes/|title=Contest Successes|date=12 December 2014|work=Brighouse and Rastrick Band|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?id=30324|title=Report & Results: 2017 National Championships of Great Britain|work=4barsrest|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref>

The town is also home to the Yorkshire Co-op Brass band, formed in 1999 by merger of the Jayess '87 and Jayess Queensbury bands.

The area is home to rock band [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]], who have had three UK number one albums. The town is mentioned in "[[It's Grim Up North]]" by the [[The KLF|Justified Ancients of Mu Mu]] (The JAMS).{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

A local drum & bugle corps, Conquest Alliance was formed, in 1985, by the merger of the Northern Skyryders and Brighouse RBL (Legion). The following year, 1986, Conquest Alliance appeared on the [[Drum Corps United Kingdom|Drum Corp United Kingdom (DCUK)]] field of competition and were declared co-champions of the DCUK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/rollofhonour.html|title=DCUK Roll of Honour|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> In 1987 the corps was placed 1st,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/years/1987.html |title=DCUK Honours 1987|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> 5th in 1988,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/years/1988.html |title=DCUK Honours 1988|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> 2nd in 1989,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/years/1989.html |title=DCUK Honours 1989|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> and 4th in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcuk.org.uk/archive/years/1990.html |title=DCUK Honours 1990|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref>
The corps disbanded in 1990.

===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]] TV transmitter. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Emley_Moor|title=Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=7 October 2023}}</ref> 

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]], [[Heart Yorkshire]], [[Capital Yorkshire]], [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]], [[Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] and [[Phoenix Radio]], a community based radio station. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.phoenixfm.co.uk/|title=Phoenix FM |access-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>

The local newspapers are the ''Brighouse Echo'', the ''[[Halifax Courier]]'', the ''[[Mirfield Reporter]]'' and the ''[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]''

==Sport==
{{more citations needed|section|date=March 2021}}
{{Main|Brighouse Rangers RFC}}
[[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.

==Transport==
The [[A641 road|A641]] northward links Brighouse with [[Bradford]] and southward with [[Huddersfield]]. The [[A644 road|A644]] runs eastward out of Brighouse to Junction 25 of the [[M62 motorway|M62]] and [[Dewsbury]]. In the opposite direction, the A644 leaves Brighouse to the north-west towards [[Hipperholme]], where it crosses the [[A58 road|A58]] Leeds-Halifax road, and continues through [[Queensbury, West Yorkshire|Queensbury]] to meet the [[A629 road|A629]] for [[Keighley]]. The [[A643 road|A643]] and [[A6025 road|A6025]] provide less important local links, although the A643 is an alternative route through to Leeds.

A bypass, originally called Elland Road, then renamed [[Lüdenscheid]] Link in the 1980s, after Brighouse's twin town in Germany, was constructed in the 1970s to clear heavy traffic from the narrow streets in the town centre.

[[Brighouse railway station]] reopened in 2000 and provides the town with access to the National Rail network. All services are sponsored by Metro and provided by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]]. The current service is part of both the [[Huddersfield Line]] and the [[Calder Valley line]], with services on the Huddersfield Line between Leeds and Manchester Victoria via Dewsbury and services on the Caldervale Line between Leeds and Huddersfield via Bradford and Halifax. Direct services to London Kings Cross are also available, with four services per day provided by [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]].

Bus services operate frequently to Halifax like the 549 and 548 and Huddersfield like the 549 and X63. Plus Bradford by using the 686, X63 and the 688 which runs at the weekend. There is also an hourly service to Leeds, the Arriva run service 254. These are coordinated by [[West Yorkshire Metro]]. Services are operated by [[First Bradford]], [[First Calderdale & Huddersfield]], [[Team Pennine]] and South Pennine Community Transport. [[Brighouse bus station]] has been refurbished with funding from Metro and re-opened in May 2009. The bus station is between Commercial Street and the bypass. The bus station and some bus stops in the Brighouse area are equipped with Real Time Passenger Information Screens.

The [[Calder and Hebble Navigation]] links Brighouse with Wakefield (junction with the [[Aire and Calder Navigation]]), [[Mirfield]] (junction with the [[Huddersfield Broad Canal]]) and Sowerby Bridge (junction with the [[Rochdale Canal]]).

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Brighouse station.jpg|[[Brighouse railway station]]
File:West Yorkshire PTE buses Verona Green and Buttermilk livery in Brighouse bus station, West Yorkshire 10 April 1985.jpg|Brighouse bus station (1985)
File:Brighouse Bus Station 2009.jpg|Brighouse bus station (2009)
File:Calder and Hebble Brighouse basin.jpg|Brighouse Basin on the [[Calder and Hebble Navigation]]
File:Brighouse Town Hall Thornton Square.jpg|[[Brighouse Town Hall]], built 1898
File:Civic Hall Brighouse 005.jpg|Civic Hall, by Mallinson and [[William Swinden Barber|Barber]], 1866
</gallery>

==Notable people==
{{see also|Category:People from Brighouse}}

* [[Katie Ormerod]], Olympic snowboarder<ref>{{cite web |title=Katie Ormerod interview: Resilient snowboard star hoping to complete Olympic journey from Brighouse to Beijing |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/katie-ormerod-interview-resilient-snowboard-star-hoping-to-complete-olympic-journey-from-brighouse-to-beijing-3537684 |website=[[Yorkshire Post]] |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>
* [[Divina de Campo]], Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK Season 1 Runner Up. 

==Nearby villages and suburbs==
{{Geographic location
|Northwest = [[Hipperholme]], [[Hove Edge]], [[Southowram]]
|North     = [[Lightcliffe]], [[Bailiff Bridge]], Waring Green
|Northeast = [[Scholes, Cleckheaton|Scholes]]
|West      = Brookfoot
|Centre    = Brighouse 
|East      = [[Clifton, West Yorkshire|Clifton]]
|Southwest = [[Elland]]
|South     = [[Rastrick]]
|Southeast = [[M62 motorway]]<br />(Junction 25)
}}

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Brighouse]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Brighouse}}

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