Brighouse

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Brighouse

Total population

32,360

Coordinates53.70°, -1.78°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Brighouse is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of 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. The Brighouse ward of Calderdale Council had a population of 11,195 at the 2011 Census. Brighouse has an HD6 postcode, despite being associated with Halifax for local government.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.