Salterhebble is an area of Halifax, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Salterhebble is located where the Hebble Brook flows into the River Calder. It is on the main route into Halifax from Huddersfield and Brighouse.
The road through Salterhebble towards Halifax follows a steep incline and the hill is a well known transport difficulty.
At the top of the hill is Calderdale Royal Hospital (part of Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust). It has specialist departments and Calderdale's A&E department and the Calderdale Birth Centre [1].
The hospital was built and opened in 2001, on the site of the original Halifax General Hospital, after that had merged with the Royal Halifax Infirmary.
The Calder and Hebble Navigation has a short branch at Salterhebble. This is officially called the Halifax Arm (because it used to lead into the town centre), but is usually called the Salterhebble Arm. The branch terminates at Salterhebble Basin. Next to the point where the branch leaves the main line is the triple flight of Salterhebble Locks, one of which is a candidate for the shortest lock on the connected inland waterway system of Britain.