Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby Bridge is a small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale the English county of West Yorkshire. According to the census Sowerby Bridge had a total of 9,948 inhabitants in 2001.

Geography

Sowerby Bridge is located about 15 km west of Bradford, 15 km north- west of Huddersfield, 25 km north east of Rochdale, 30 km east of Burnley and 40 km northeast of Manchester.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Sowerby Bridge is located on the A- road A58, about 8 miles from the M62. Here cross the Rochdale Canal and the Calder - Hebble Canal. The city is also connected to the railway network: From here trains to Halifax, Bradford and Leeds in the East as well as Burnley, Rochdale and Manchester to the west.

Personalities

  • Frederick Walton (1834-1928), entrepreneur and inventor of linoleum and the lincrusta
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