Luddendenfoot

Luddendenfoot
Burnley Road, 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
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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 Mytholmroyd

History

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

Government

The settlement is part of the Luddendenfoot ward of the Metropolitan borough of Calderdale, part of the Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.

Education

There is a primary school called Luddendenfoot Academy, formerly Luddendenfoot Junior and Infant school and also a school called luddenden ce school situated in the heart of luddendefoot village.

Cultural reference and notable people

• 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.
• Luddenden was also used as the exterior funeral parlour for the then Yorkshire Television's In Loving Memory.

External links

• Luddendenfoot Junior & Infant School website
• Sowerby Bridge Chronicle newspaper website