Colden, Yorkshire

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Colden
Yorkshire
West Riding
Colden School - geograph.org.uk - 562516.jpg
Colden School (2006)
Location
Grid reference: SD966287
Location: 53°45’17"N, 2°3’9"W
Data
Postcode: HX7
Local Government
Council: Calderdale

Colden is a hamlet in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It consists of scattered houses and farms on high ground west of Heptonstall, above the valley of Colden Water.

Colden School is a junior and infants school established in 1878.

Here, Colden Water is crossed by two old footbridges, possibly dating from the 17th century. Strines Bridge is a packhorse bridge,[1] and lower down a clapper bridge crosses the stream.[2] Both are Grade II listed structures.

The Pennine Way and Calderdale Way both pass through Colden.

References

  1. National Heritage List 1133947: Strines Bridge (Grade I listing)
  2. National Heritage List 1225939: Hebble Hole Footbridge (Grade II listing)