Guidebook for Hebden Bridge

Liz
Guidebook for Hebden Bridge

Arts & Culture

Hebden Bridge is full of quirky venues, artist's studios and creativity. Here are a few suggestion so places to start your explorations.
A community owned venue with a nice riverside cafe, and a regular programme of exhibitions and events.
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Hebden Bridge Town Hall Cafe
Saint George's Street
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A community owned venue with a nice riverside cafe, and a regular programme of exhibitions and events.
A gem - 1930s cinema with a varied regular programme. Great programming for kids, especially in the school holidays.
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Hebden Bridge Picture House
New Road
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A gem - 1930s cinema with a varied regular programme. Great programming for kids, especially in the school holidays.
The best independent small music venue in the country. Nuff said.
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Trades Club
Holme Street
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The best independent small music venue in the country. Nuff said.
Ignore the rather odd picture of a gravestone the comes up with the location - this is a magical spot up on the hill at Old Town - a magnificent but decaying Baptist Chapel, built by the local farmers. Now used as artist's studios, and a performance venue. They run an eclectic programme of dance and music events. Well worth checking out their website at https://www.wainsgate.co.uk/
Wainsgate Chapel
Wainsgate Lane
Ignore the rather odd picture of a gravestone the comes up with the location - this is a magical spot up on the hill at Old Town - a magnificent but decaying Baptist Chapel, built by the local farmers. Now used as artist's studios, and a performance venue. They run an eclectic programme of dance and music events. Well worth checking out their website at https://www.wainsgate.co.uk/
Artist's studios with regular exhibitions of the likes of Paula Rego.
Artsmill Limited
46 Market St
Artist's studios with regular exhibitions of the likes of Paula Rego.
Artists - in an egg factory! A creative space that often runs workshops, events, and fairs selling locally made artefacts of all kinds.
The Egg Factory
Victoria Road
Artists - in an egg factory! A creative space that often runs workshops, events, and fairs selling locally made artefacts of all kinds.

Sightseeing

Beautiful and atmospheric medieval village with cobbled streets, a great cafe, and very interesting history. Burial place of Sylvia Plath and the King of the Coiners. A short walk from Hebden.
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Heptonstall
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Beautiful and atmospheric medieval village with cobbled streets, a great cafe, and very interesting history. Burial place of Sylvia Plath and the King of the Coiners. A short walk from Hebden.
World famous home of the Bronte sisters with fascinating well-presented display, set in picturesque Howarth. Plenty of tea rooms and interesting small shops. Buses run from Hebden station.
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Bronte Parsonage Múzeum
Church Street
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World famous home of the Bronte sisters with fascinating well-presented display, set in picturesque Howarth. Plenty of tea rooms and interesting small shops. Buses run from Hebden station.

Food and Drink

Hebden is full of great places to eat, drink and hang out. These are the ones I warmly recommend. (If a place is not on my list it's because I don't think it's very good......)
Chapter 17 is another locally owned and run business. In the daytime it is more of a cafe vibe, but in the evenings they offer a interesting menu at reasonable prices. Great steak if you like that kind of thing! Open Wednesday to Saturday, late nights Friday and Saturday. http://www.chapter17.co.uk/
Chapter 17
17 Market St
Chapter 17 is another locally owned and run business. In the daytime it is more of a cafe vibe, but in the evenings they offer a interesting menu at reasonable prices. Great steak if you like that kind of thing! Open Wednesday to Saturday, late nights Friday and Saturday. http://www.chapter17.co.uk/
Nelson''s is a wine bar with an extensive range of imaginative veggie and vegan food and a friendly vibe. Good value and highly recommended. Run by my good friends Jack and Nuno. Open in the evenings. Very lively at the weekends - often with a DJ after 9pm. https://www.facebook.com/nelsonswinebar/
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Nelsons Wine Bar
Crown Street
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Nelson''s is a wine bar with an extensive range of imaginative veggie and vegan food and a friendly vibe. Good value and highly recommended. Run by my good friends Jack and Nuno. Open in the evenings. Very lively at the weekends - often with a DJ after 9pm. https://www.facebook.com/nelsonswinebar/
Mooch is quirky and informal - they do two or three main dishes each day, and a range of lighter options. Good for veggies. Independently run by Mark and Jana - a great space for meeting and hanging out. They open in the daytime till 8pm http://moochcafebar.co.uk/
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Mooch Cafe-Bar
24 Market St
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Mooch is quirky and informal - they do two or three main dishes each day, and a range of lighter options. Good for veggies. Independently run by Mark and Jana - a great space for meeting and hanging out. They open in the daytime till 8pm http://moochcafebar.co.uk/
Buddhist-run, selling vegan, veggie and meat curries. Freshly made with good ingredients. Very friendly. With take-out or a simple place to sit and eat. Three curries for £8, you cant argue with that!
Tibetan Kitchen Hebden Bridge
1-3 Market St
Buddhist-run, selling vegan, veggie and meat curries. Freshly made with good ingredients. Very friendly. With take-out or a simple place to sit and eat. Three curries for £8, you cant argue with that!
The Town Hall is community run. The cafe has the best terrace in town, right by the side of the river. They serve a decent, cheap filter coffee/tea, excellent cakes and sandwiches in the daytime.
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Hebden Bridge Town Hall Cafe
Saint George's Street
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The Town Hall is community run. The cafe has the best terrace in town, right by the side of the river. They serve a decent, cheap filter coffee/tea, excellent cakes and sandwiches in the daytime.
A co-operative, community run pub that fully expresses the true spirit of Hebden Bridge. Excellent beer. And wine. Very reasonable prices. Lovely garden on the side of the hill. And now they sell delicious pies too. Most dangerous pub doorway in town (you'll see what I mean when you go there! be very careful when you step out of the door, especially if you have been drinking from their well stocked cellar.)
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Fox and Goose
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A co-operative, community run pub that fully expresses the true spirit of Hebden Bridge. Excellent beer. And wine. Very reasonable prices. Lovely garden on the side of the hill. And now they sell delicious pies too. Most dangerous pub doorway in town (you'll see what I mean when you go there! be very careful when you step out of the door, especially if you have been drinking from their well stocked cellar.)
Run by notable Hebden character Liz Pea, and her partner Ems. Go into Drink? on your own and you will come out having made a heap of new friends. Craft beer, mainly.
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Drink?
15 Market St
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Run by notable Hebden character Liz Pea, and her partner Ems. Go into Drink? on your own and you will come out having made a heap of new friends. Craft beer, mainly.
Stylish cafe-bar. Excellent cocktails. Open late nights later in the week.
The Page
Stylish cafe-bar. Excellent cocktails. Open late nights later in the week.
Food, and beer. Very good beer. Very popular at weekends. Great buzz.
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Vocation & Co.
10 New Rd
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Food, and beer. Very good beer. Very popular at weekends. Great buzz.
Outside space right in the centre of town. A gathering place. Very wide range of everything including ridiculous number of beers on tap. Decent quality pub food.
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Old Gate Bar & Restaurant
1-5 Old Gate
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Outside space right in the centre of town. A gathering place. Very wide range of everything including ridiculous number of beers on tap. Decent quality pub food.
Olive Branch is deservedly popular – Turkish food with tasty veggie options. Simple but well cooked. Their lamb chops are a treat! Open from lunchtime. www.theolivebranchrestaurant.co.uk/
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Olive Branch
21 W End
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Olive Branch is deservedly popular – Turkish food with tasty veggie options. Simple but well cooked. Their lamb chops are a treat! Open from lunchtime. www.theolivebranchrestaurant.co.uk/
Vegan Cafe - a popular and quintessentially Hebden hangout. To be honest you can get vegan and gluten free food in most Hebden venues, but this one goes the whole way......
Humblest Of Pleasures
35 Market St
Vegan Cafe - a popular and quintessentially Hebden hangout. To be honest you can get vegan and gluten free food in most Hebden venues, but this one goes the whole way......
The White Lion is in one of the oldest and loveliest buildings in Hebden - the original traveller's inn next to the river crossing. A bit posher than some of the other places in town. they serve a solid menu with a few fish and veggie options. Food till 9pm most days. http://whitelionhotel.net/
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White Lion Hotel | Restaurant
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The White Lion is in one of the oldest and loveliest buildings in Hebden - the original traveller's inn next to the river crossing. A bit posher than some of the other places in town. they serve a solid menu with a few fish and veggie options. Food till 9pm most days. http://whitelionhotel.net/
Marco's Cafe is a Hebden institution. Italian food made from scratch by Italians. Pizza mainly. Open daytime and till eight Friday and Saturday nights - or until 'the pizza dough runs out'.
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Marco's Café
4 Valley Rd
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Marco's Cafe is a Hebden institution. Italian food made from scratch by Italians. Pizza mainly. Open daytime and till eight Friday and Saturday nights - or until 'the pizza dough runs out'.
Decent cafe with good coffee, right on the market square. Great place to watch the buskers. It's not the only good place for lunch or afternoon cake in town, but it is my favourite.
Square One Coffee Co.
19 St George's Square
Decent cafe with good coffee, right on the market square. Great place to watch the buskers. It's not the only good place for lunch or afternoon cake in town, but it is my favourite.
In the summer I highly recommend Park Life Café – in the middle of the park on the way from my place into town, run by the lovely Charlie, it is a hub of Hebden life. Really good simple food, with plenty of vegan options. Best vegan cakes ever. https://www.facebook.com/ParkLifeHebdenBridge
Park Life Cafe Ltd
In the summer I highly recommend Park Life Café – in the middle of the park on the way from my place into town, run by the lovely Charlie, it is a hub of Hebden life. Really good simple food, with plenty of vegan options. Best vegan cakes ever. https://www.facebook.com/ParkLifeHebdenBridge
A popular little cafe with a nice vibe. Runs very interesting evening pop-ups so check it out on FB. As you can see from the image, it is dog friendly - but then so is almost everywhere in Hebden.
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Cafe Solo
5 Market St
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A popular little cafe with a nice vibe. Runs very interesting evening pop-ups so check it out on FB. As you can see from the image, it is dog friendly - but then so is almost everywhere in Hebden.

Shopping

Hebden is a town of independent shops. These are some of my favourites.
Unique designer jewellery.
Element Jewellery
25 Market St
Unique designer jewellery.
Local shop. Amazing range of gorgeous shoes.
Rubyshoesday Ltd
37 Market St
Local shop. Amazing range of gorgeous shoes.
Much loved local music shop, selling vinyl, CDs and delicious quiche made by Valeen.
Muse Music and Love Cafe
38 Market St
Much loved local music shop, selling vinyl, CDs and delicious quiche made by Valeen.
Hats! Custom made by the lovely Christine.
Hat Therapy
56 Market St
Hats! Custom made by the lovely Christine.
Beautiful gallery selling all manner of artist created objects from paintings and prints to fabric art and small scale sculpture.
Heart Gallery
Beautiful gallery selling all manner of artist created objects from paintings and prints to fabric art and small scale sculpture.
Specialising in Fairtrade. The closest thing we have in Hebden to a Department Store. Clothes, soft furnishings, toys, jewelery.... all kinds of treasures. Kind to people and kind to the environment.
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Spirals
11-13 Market St
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Specialising in Fairtrade. The closest thing we have in Hebden to a Department Store. Clothes, soft furnishings, toys, jewelery.... all kinds of treasures. Kind to people and kind to the environment.
Quintessential Hebden. Check out the notice board! Mark Steele did a huge riff on it when he did his radio programme about Hebden Bridge. All things spiritual - huge range of crystals, incense etc.
Earth Spirit
11-13 Market St
Quintessential Hebden. Check out the notice board! Mark Steele did a huge riff on it when he did his radio programme about Hebden Bridge. All things spiritual - huge range of crystals, incense etc.
Lovingly tended local bookshop. Great range of local history, geography etc. Strong poetry section. Great children's books. Go and browse there, it's a joy! Also regular readings etc so check out the programme.
The Book Case
29 Market St
Lovingly tended local bookshop. Great range of local history, geography etc. Strong poetry section. Great children's books. Go and browse there, it's a joy! Also regular readings etc so check out the programme.
Local musician Lucy Conroy curates a wonderful collection of vintage, quirky and individual clothes, accessories and objects.
Lucy & The Caterpillar
Local musician Lucy Conroy curates a wonderful collection of vintage, quirky and individual clothes, accessories and objects.
Proper farmer's markets (and yes, they are real farmers, selling actual produce from their farms!) on Thursday and Sunday. St George's Square is Hebden's market square, and is full of decent cafes. It is the home of a market four days a week. Farmers on Thursday and Sunday as i mentioned, bric a brac on Fridays (quite a treasure trove) and mostly locally made crafts on Saturdays.
Saint George's Square
Saint George's Square
Proper farmer's markets (and yes, they are real farmers, selling actual produce from their farms!) on Thursday and Sunday. St George's Square is Hebden's market square, and is full of decent cafes. It is the home of a market four days a week. Farmers on Thursday and Sunday as i mentioned, bric a brac on Fridays (quite a treasure trove) and mostly locally made crafts on Saturdays.
Exquisite ceramics and three dimensional art. Sometimes I go and browse just for the pleasure of looking.
Snug Gallery
58 Market St
Exquisite ceramics and three dimensional art. Sometimes I go and browse just for the pleasure of looking.
Christine who runs Hat Therapy make hats - and is a real Hebden original. She can do anything with a bit of fabric. It is well worth wandering down Market Street to look in her shop.
Hat Therapy
56 Market St
Christine who runs Hat Therapy make hats - and is a real Hebden original. She can do anything with a bit of fabric. It is well worth wandering down Market Street to look in her shop.
There are two highly recommended charity shops on Valley Road - go and explore, its away from the town centre but you can stop at Marco's for coffee and who knows what you will find!
Valley Road
Valley Road
There are two highly recommended charity shops on Valley Road - go and explore, its away from the town centre but you can stop at Marco's for coffee and who knows what you will find!

Essentials

Vegan bread, pastries, wholefoods etc.
Saker Bakery & Wholefoods
30 Market St
Vegan bread, pastries, wholefoods etc.
Organic food of every description, kept running by a very dedicated co-operative. High quality and excellent service.
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Valley Organics Workers Co-op
16-18 Market St
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Organic food of every description, kept running by a very dedicated co-operative. High quality and excellent service.
Boots
Valley Road
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Co-op Food - Hebden Bridge
41 Market St
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Late night shopping. Covers all the bases and open later than the Coop.
Oasis
4 Carlton St
Late night shopping. Covers all the bases and open later than the Coop.
Go and find Blue Sky - hidden in a side street, but makes excellent bread. Their 'Donker' loaf is so prized that people tweet when they have triumphantly secured the last one on Saturday morning!
Blue Sky Baker
11A Crown St
Go and find Blue Sky - hidden in a side street, but makes excellent bread. Their 'Donker' loaf is so prized that people tweet when they have triumphantly secured the last one on Saturday morning!

Food scene

Great brunch. Best coffee in Hebden. Delicious and imaginative Persian veggie and vegan food. Backgammon and chill in the afternoons.
Leila's Kitchen
Albert Street
Great brunch. Best coffee in Hebden. Delicious and imaginative Persian veggie and vegan food. Backgammon and chill in the afternoons.