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Centre Vale Park in Todmorden is the setting for several pieces of local art, including tree carvings by the sculptor John Adamson, [52] and an iconic bandstand. The bandstand is unique in construction and is designed in an arc shape because this gives it better acoustics.
The largest optical telescope currently in regular use is a 30 inches (760 mm) open truss Newtonian on a mount inspired by the designs of John Dobson. [12] A 42.6 inches (1,080 mm) mirror blank is available for a future enhancement of the facilities but construction of the UK's largest reflector since the destruction of the 98 inches (2,500 mm) original Isaac Newton Telescope at Herstmonceux ...
This list contains the listed buildings in the town centre and those near the main roads leading from the centre, namely Burnley Road to the northwest, Halifax Road to the northeast, and Rochdale Road to the south, as far as its junction with Bacup Road. The listed buildings in the outer areas are in Listed buildings in Todmorden (outer areas).
In the mid-19th century Todmorden experienced significant population growth associated with the increasing number of cotton mills in the town. In this context, in the early 1860s, the local board of health decided to procure a town hall: the site they selected straddled the Walsden Water, a tributary of the River Calder , which formed the ...
Todmorden Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Centre Vale in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.Until the administrative border was changed in 1888, the historic boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire ran through the centre of the ground.
Dobroyd Castle, viewed from the north. Dobroyd Castle is an important historic building above the town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. [1] It was built for John Fielden, local mill owner and son of Honest John Fielden the Social Reformer and MP.
Todmorden bus station serves the town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by West Yorkshire Metro and was opened during 1997. [1] The bus situated in the town centre, next to the Todmorden Market. The bus station can be accessed from Burnley Road below the rail viaduct.
Todmorden is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It contains over 300 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, eleven are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. This list contains the ...