Luddendenfoot

Luddendenfoot
Luddendenfoot Luddendenfoot shown within West Yorkshire
Population	2,233 (2001)
OS grid reference	SE041246
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX2
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Luddendenfoot or Luddenden Foot is a community in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It lies along the Upper Calder Valley below the village of Luddenden, between Sowerby Bridge and Hebden Bridge.

History

Between 1840 and 1962 the village was served by Luddendenfoot railway station.

There is a primary school called Luddendenfoot Junior and Infant school.

Luddendenfoot is the subject of a poem by Simon Armitage, in which he comments on the rumoured pagan practices of the town.
The actor Peter Alexander, who starred in Emmerdale Farm and numerous pantomimes in Yorkshire, lives here.

Ludderdenfoot was also used as the exterior funeral parlour for the then great yorkshire televisions "In loving memory"