Cragg Vale

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Cragg Vale
Cragg Vale (West Yorkshire)
Cragg Vale

Cragg Vale shown within West Yorkshire
Population 650
OS grid reference SE005225
Metropolitan borough Calderdale
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HALIFAX
Postcode district HX7
Dialling code 01422
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
European Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Calder Valley
List of places: UKEnglandYorkshire

Coordinates: 53°41′56″N 1°59′38″W / 53.698937, -1.993904

Cragg Vale is a village south of Mytholmroyd located on the B6138 road which joins the A58 and the A646, it is in the borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England.

During the late 18th century, the area was the home of a band of counterfeiters known as the Cragg Coiners.

Although Cragg Vale is a small liner village it has two pubs The Robin Hood Inn and the Hinchcliffe Arms as well as Cragg Vale Junior and Infants school and a caravan park.

Today, Cragg Vale has a population of about 650.

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