Todmorden
Market town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Todmorden (/ˈtɒdmərdən/ TOD-mər-dən; locally /ˈtɒdmɔːrdən, ˈtɒdmərdən, ˈtɔːmdɪn/)[1][2] is a market town and civil parish[3] in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is 17 miles (27 kilometres) north-east of Manchester, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Burnley and 9 miles (14 km) west of Halifax. In 2011, it had a population of 15,481.[4]
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Todmorden | |
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A view over Todmorden | |
Population | 15,481 (Including Cornholme and Portsmouth, West Yorkshire. 2011 census) |
Demonym | Todmordian |
OS grid reference | SD936241 |
• London | 174 mi (280 km) SSE |
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Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | TODMORDEN |
Postcode district | OL14 |
Dialling code | 01706 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
53.713°N 2.096°W / 53.713; -2.096 |
Todmorden is at the confluence of three steep-sided Pennine valleys and is surrounded by moorlands with outcrops of sandblasted gritstone.
The historic boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire is the River Calder and its tributary, Walsden Water, which run through the town. The administrative border was altered by the Local Government Act 1888 placing the whole of the town within the West Riding.
The town is served by Todmorden and Walsden railway stations.