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Rochdale Canal Mill In Hebden Bridge

Scene of old industrial mill buildings along the Rochdale Canal seen through a towpath tunnel on 7th June 2023 in Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom. in the 19th and 20th centuries the town was known as Trouser Town due to the large amount of cloth that was manufactured at the mills. Hebdens position in the valley with waterways and the nearby wool markets made it an ideal place for cloth production. Hebden Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. During the 1970s and 1980s the town saw an influx of artists, creatives and alternative practitioners as well as green and New Age activists. More recently, wealthier professional people which in turn saw a boom in tourism to the area which was compounded after the popular crime drama series Happy Valley was filmed and set in and around the town.

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20230607_hebden bridge canal_008.jpg
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Mike Kemp
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2023
Scene of old industrial mill buildings along the Rochdale Canal seen through a towpath tunnel on 7th June 2023 in Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom. in the 19th and 20th centuries the town was known as Trouser Town due to the large amount of cloth that was manufactured at the mills. Hebdens position in the valley with waterways and the nearby wool markets made it an ideal place for cloth production. Hebden Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. During the 1970s and 1980s the town saw an influx of artists, creatives and alternative practitioners as well as green and New Age activists. More recently, wealthier professional people which in turn saw a boom in tourism to the area which was compounded after the popular crime drama series Happy Valley was filmed and set in and around the town.
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