Hebden Bridge Yorkshire | voted the greatest town in Europe

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  • čas přidán 10. 06. 2023
  • Welcome to the delightful town of Hebden Bridge, a hidden gem nestled in the breathtaking beauty of West Yorkshire, England! Prepare to be captivated by its enchanting charm and the warm embrace of its vibrant community.
    Step into the heart of this picturesque market town, and you'll find yourself immersed in a world of creativity and inspiration. Hebden Bridge has become a haven for artists, writers, and musicians, who are drawn to its irresistible allure. The streets are alive with an artistic energy that is simply contagious.
    As you wander along the cobbled streets, you'll be greeted by a colorful tapestry of independent shops, boutiques, and galleries. Explore the treasures within, and you'll discover an array of unique crafts, locally made goods, and one-of-a-kind pieces that will leave you truly enchanted. The town is a hub of creativity, buzzing with the infectious passion of talented individuals who call this place home.
    Hebden Bridge is a living testament to the harmonious blend of old and new. Traditional stone buildings stand proudly alongside converted mills, their architectural splendour adding to the town's allure. Immerse yourself in the inviting ambiance of its cozy cafes, where the aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafts through the air, inviting you to take a moment and savour the simple joys of life.
    But it's not just the town's aesthetic appeal that will capture your heart; it's the spirit of community that permeates every corner. Hebden Bridge is renowned for its strong sense of togetherness, a place where neighbors become friends and visitors are welcomed with open arms. The locals exude warmth and friendliness, eager to share their stories and experiences with anyone who cares to listen.
    Nature lovers will find themselves in paradise as they venture beyond the town's boundaries. The surrounding countryside reveals a tapestry of rolling hills, picturesque valleys, and meandering rivers. Lace up your walking boots and explore the countless trails that wind through this idyllic landscape. Feel the fresh breeze against your face as you embark on a journey of discovery, immersed in the beauty of nature at its finest.
    Hebden Bridge is a town that has faced challenges head-on and emerged stronger than ever. The indomitable spirit of its residents shines through, embodying resilience and determination. It's a place where community bonds are forged in the face of adversity, where floods have been met with unwavering support and an unwavering commitment to rebuild.
    So, come and experience the magic of Hebden Bridge for yourself. Lose yourself in its artistic tapestry, embrace the warmth of its community, and let the beauty of its surroundings wash over you. This little town has a big heart and a contagious energy that will leave an indelible mark on your soul. Welcome to Hebden Bridge, where dreams are nurtured, creativity thrives, and positivity abounds.
    The singer Ed Sheeran was born and raised in Hebden Bridge and lived in his childhood home overlooking the town
    Hebden Bridge is also known as the lesbian capital of the world, and was voted the best small market town in the UK.
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Komentáře • 122

  • @bexhil7
    @bexhil7 Před rokem +5

    Another great & fantastic video of Hebden Bridge Yorkshire | voted the greatest town in Europe✔✔👍👍

  • @nicolasutcliffe1406
    @nicolasutcliffe1406 Před rokem +4

    A lovely example of a Yorkshire village 💝💝💝

  • @totomesch1940
    @totomesch1940 Před měsícem

    I did the Pennine Way 3 years ago & ended-up staying in Hebdon Bridge for 3 days, such a lovely wee town...... Nice to see it again, was similar weather when I was there in Sept '21.

  • @chris53small
    @chris53small Před rokem +8

    looks absolutely lovely and i can feel another booking coming on
    I visited Yorkshire , Scarborough - Whitby after watching in 2022 after watching one of your visits and in fact a few more of your encouraging videos and now im getting that desire again.
    Yorkshire is truly beautiful and everyone we had the pleasure of meeting made us feel very welcome
    York was also interesting but a bit more hustle and bustle like London so i didn't enjoy as much
    but thats just me i guess.
    Thanks Gimbal Walk TV

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem

      Thank you and well said ❤️

    • @Angela-by7qb
      @Angela-by7qb Před 9 měsíci

      lots of places on air b n b its worth a visit

  • @davidfitzgerald4003
    @davidfitzgerald4003 Před rokem +3

    I was a hippy in my youth when i lived down there.

  • @bunabuna9287
    @bunabuna9287 Před rokem +1

    Nice classic 👌 the underside looks really good. Just a clean makes a massive difference 👌 can't wait for the next video 🙌

  • @honestholidayguide
    @honestholidayguide Před rokem +3

    Definitely worth a visit - especially in summer

  • @YorkshireWalkingGirl
    @YorkshireWalkingGirl Před rokem +2

    Sunny weather in Yorkshire🤩 😱 thank you for sharing!

  • @Ajay_the_invincible_1997
    @Ajay_the_invincible_1997 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Thanks for the Video. It was the Hebden Bridge that Poetess Sylvia plath and her husband Ted Hughes once walked and toured. They lived in Heptonstall. I have read about Hebden bridge and Heptonstall in Sylvia Plath's biography "Red Comet." That's why I came on CZcams searching about Heptonstall and Hebden bridge.

  • @sue1016
    @sue1016 Před rokem +3

    Lovely video of a beautiful town, thanks

  • @TheBigDaddyDReviews1
    @TheBigDaddyDReviews1 Před rokem +4

    Gorgeous place to visit, another Yorkshire gem. And it's where Vocation Brewery is based too!

  • @honestholidayguide
    @honestholidayguide Před rokem +3

    Great place!

  • @mikewood142
    @mikewood142 Před rokem +3

    Another brilliant video as usual Gimbal walk TV.
    I really enjoy watching your videos and it inspires me to visit a few of the places that you've been too as well.
    Your doing a great job, please keep it up.
    On another note, have you by any chance thought of doing a video in New Mills Derbyshire?
    It's a lovely little town and I visit the place myself on a regular basis.
    Lots of nice walks to do in the area, especially around the old mills and the millennium bridge too, which goes over the river Dove.
    Anyway there's an idea for Hopefully a new video in the near future?
    All the best from.
    Mike.

  • @tabitha4135
    @tabitha4135 Před rokem +1

    Beautiful town

  • @markcollinson5665
    @markcollinson5665 Před rokem +7

    The water by the theatre was the Rochdale Canal. The River Calder is near though.

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem +1

      Ahhh I had a feeling I'd got that wrong - I went by Google Maps!

  • @user-li1vb1fe5j
    @user-li1vb1fe5j Před rokem +1

    Love your work! Plese do Dunston on Tyne, Boldon Collery, East Boldon, West Boldon, Boldon, Boldon Hill and the rurals around these areas, Hope to visit some day. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU.

  • @jazzydebs
    @jazzydebs Před rokem +2

    Thanks so much , great video 🙌 I have friends that live there & get to visit quite often! It’s such a lovely place 😍

  • @vishnujmohan5089
    @vishnujmohan5089 Před rokem +4

    Beautiful place 😍

  • @LANCSKID
    @LANCSKID Před rokem +2

    Visit in Winter when the water is three foot deep at the shop fronts …

  • @David.W.Kelsey
    @David.W.Kelsey Před rokem +3

    Another great walk, and being that part of the country, very Holmfirth like 🤗👍

  • @thebigh9324
    @thebigh9324 Před 5 dny

    Fab video 🎉🎉 What are the other funkiest towns ???

  • @lynnballington8467
    @lynnballington8467 Před rokem +2

    Hello Neil how are you another Great walk around hebden bridge fantastic its my birthday today I had a good day best wishes stay safe xx ❤

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem +1

      Happy Birthday Lynn!
      Hope you have a lovely week!

  • @elainehowell2836
    @elainehowell2836 Před rokem +3

    Thanks for showing us around the beautiful town of hebende in the nice weather and sunshine day and being very busy place to stay and walk round and visit and the rivers as well and thanks for that Neil

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID Před rokem +2

      Hebende? Isn’t that in The South Sahara?

  • @adebrade172
    @adebrade172 Před rokem +3

    Ace,you should have walked up the steep hill to heptonstall fantastic place

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem +2

      Yes I think I'm going to try that very soon!

  • @pavelkorsak
    @pavelkorsak Před rokem +4

    Your adventure is just fantastic and the weather looks glorious too.
    As always. 😎

  • @nialloneill5097
    @nialloneill5097 Před rokem +2

    Yes, very nice. Used to pass through this place, and as someone sad, quite similar to Holmfirth, another special little jewel which I used to visit in the 60's as a child, when my Aunt lived there. Big hill though!. Nearer home for me, and the best village in Europe by far (with the biggest fronted House in Europe, bigger than Buckingham Palace) is Wentworth. It has the enormous house-now owned by the National Trust, the mausoleum, the garden centre which was the secret garden for the house-with an old bear pit, needle's eye-made for a bet, the Keppel's column, beautiful, undeveloped ancient oaken woods, and a mile away is the museum for mining (in Elsecar), and a canal that led onto either east or west coasts via various waterways, and rail tracks. The village centre is a beautiful cluster of cottages, one called Paradise Place, and there is a Church-built by the local Lord of the House nearby, which is quite splendid, a few minutes walk from the gardens, and behind the village main street, which has two good bars/inns and one local shop. Well worth a visit and a video!!! Callander in Scotland is very nice too. Thank for the video.

    • @anne-mariemarshall
      @anne-mariemarshall Před 11 měsíci

      Yes, I was thinking of Holmfirth which is really nice. Credited as being the place where the TV programme (of yesteryear was filmed - not quite true though) but still well worth a ramble. The sandwich shop on the high st (near the crossing) is well worth a visit if you are peckish as is the chip shop😊. Shame that Kirklees decided to close the indoor market though. Still a nice place to explore. Uppermill in Oldham borough is also worth a visit as are some of the other small towns in Saddle worth like Diggle, Dobcross and Delph. There are also some lovely little towns in the Ribble Valley which are equally as nice for a visit. In Derbyshire there are places like Bakewell and Glossop which are also worth a visit with some fantastic walks in and around the Peaks.
      So many really nice places to visit in this part of the world which are well worth a visit including Hebden Bridge😊😊😊

    • @nialloneill5097
      @nialloneill5097 Před 11 měsíci

      @@anne-mariemarshall Last of the Summer Wine was reputed to have been made there. There were a few candidates for Nora Batty when I was last up there in the 60s.

  • @keithshortland609
    @keithshortland609 Před rokem +3

    Ashamed to say I’ve never heard of the place but it looks wonderful!

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem

      Yeh it’s fab!

    • @RoseTylerxx
      @RoseTylerxx Před rokem +1

      If you get the chance to go-do it! I've been twice and loved it both times-it's such a cute little place!

    • @jg4171
      @jg4171 Před rokem +2

      It's an overhyped dump

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem

      @@jg4171 ok

    • @peterflynn7083
      @peterflynn7083 Před rokem

      I live just 7 miles away used to go regular until tourism made it overpriced for everything

  • @bobarty
    @bobarty Před rokem +1

    Nicely put together Vid I used to watch a Busker who live streamed outside the Shoulder of Mutton was in Bakewell Derbyshire recently might be up you street to film ignore if already done so I,m new to your channel

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem

      Ah yes will have a look into that! Thank you!

  • @chris-5891
    @chris-5891 Před rokem +3

    Happy Valley

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem +1

      Lovely place

    • @anne-mariemarshall
      @anne-mariemarshall Před 11 měsíci +1

      Actually Happy Valley was filmed mainly in Sowerby Bridge. I'm not sure how this common misconception came about.

  • @johnbatch9276
    @johnbatch9276 Před rokem +4

    Best thing about Hebden bridge is the bus service to Haworth 😊

  • @sethbailey-tq7pz
    @sethbailey-tq7pz Před rokem +6

    please can you next go to the neighbouring village above hebden that is called heptonstall
    🥰

  • @anne-mariemarshall
    @anne-mariemarshall Před 11 měsíci +2

    When was the last time Hebden Bridge got flooded? With all the rain we're getting at the moment, it's probably going to flood again fairly soon😮 then it won't be thought of as quite so nice a place.
    There are also loads of equally nice (and nicer), quaint, friendly towns in and around Lancs, York's and Derbyshire that are well worth a visit.
    BTW, many people think that the hit TV series Happy Valley was filmed in Hendon Bridge. Wrong! That was filmed mainly in Sowerby Bridge.
    Enjoy😊😊😊

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před 11 měsíci

      What other towns would you recommend?

    • @Innes771
      @Innes771 Před 8 měsíci

      Lots of the flooding was due to poor management of the waterways in the past, allowing debris to build up and the like. Over the past years the council has improved and hired people to control it better. There is still a decent risk of flooding but I think it's going to be rarer now as it's much better controlled.
      My family are native to Hebden and lived there for generations, and I'm told in the old days flooding was rare, but at some point they got rid of the people in charge of clearing the canals and that's when it all kicked off again lol. Every time I've been back in the past few years there's been folk clearing wading around and clearing out potential blockages.

  • @gerbilroyd
    @gerbilroyd Před rokem +4

    Do come back again the Thursday before Good Friday and stay until the following day. Have a wander up to Heptonstall, it's a lovely ancient peaceful village now famous on screen as the setting for the BBC' s The Gallows Pole. On Good Friday the village shows its bizarre side and turns into something quite different. I guarantee you will be both surprised and amazed 😆😆

  • @davejl79
    @davejl79 Před 6 měsíci +1

    A few comments...
    1. Ed Sheeran didn't grow up in Hebden Bridge. He moved away as a baby.
    2. The main road has now been resurfaced.
    3. It's a great place to live. I live there!

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před 6 měsíci

      Great stuff thanks so much! ❤️❤️

  • @user-fc5mi9px3l
    @user-fc5mi9px3l Před rokem +2

    😂 Who am I ?😢🎉CZcams ❤

  • @dnstone1127
    @dnstone1127 Před rokem +2

    Everywhere else they're knocking down old buildings like these and putting up tower blocks.

  • @nicolajones9537
    @nicolajones9537 Před měsícem +1

    Just a little correction it’s not St George’s Bridge by the steps it’s the original Hebden Old Packhorse Bridge, ie the actual Hebden Bridge. The red and cream bridge behind is St George’s

  • @sadisunel5764
    @sadisunel5764 Před rokem +2

    👏👏👏 A brilliant video.Thanks for enjoy walking. Greetings from Izmir-TURKEY. 👋

  • @nigelw512
    @nigelw512 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Having been born and brought up in Hebden when it was still a industrial mill town it never fails to amaze me how it has evolved. Just a shame that a lot of locals including myself were priced out when they wanted to buy a house.

    • @Rachierooh
      @Rachierooh Před 11 měsíci +2

      Same. Used to live here xx

    • @stephenmcdonagh2795
      @stephenmcdonagh2795 Před 9 měsíci

      It's been turned into the worst virtue signalling town in Britain, the usual petit bourgeois artsy fartsy crowd of idol comfortably off hypocrites rule the.roost now. Most have ended up with houses through their 1960's squatting. I've visited quite often and know there are normal, down to earth people in Hebdon, but the faux virtuous have taken over- look at the woman recently snitched on for taking a photo of a sticker stating something about women only places that was placed over some banal transgender bs. Some nasty Stasi type moron must've followed this 78 yr old lesbian to her car and clocked her reg plate- despicable. The poor woman ended up being visited by the police for some unlawful reason. You've also got Mrs Palestine in the town square every week- the cause celeb of the far left- looking for praise whilst only stirring the pot and looking for praise. There's an ugly underbelly in Hebdon now.

  • @Dashcam_Drivers_Switzerland

    Another gem in Yorkshire. Have to spent in the next years a week in this county.
    BTW: always checking out for charging stations at the car parks for BEV 😊

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem +2

      I will try and remember to see if there’s any and film - can’t guarantee though as I have a memory like a sieve 🤣

    • @Dashcam_Drivers_Switzerland
      @Dashcam_Drivers_Switzerland Před rokem +1

      @@GimbalWalkTV 🥴😁👍🙏

  • @andyhyde6222
    @andyhyde6222 Před rokem +3

    I thought Ed S. went to school in Framingham , Suffolk where I went?

    • @davidfitzgerald4003
      @davidfitzgerald4003 Před rokem +2

      I think he did. Born in Hebden though 👍

    • @columroche435
      @columroche435 Před rokem +2

      Agree, early life in Hebden Bridge. His early childhood home was on Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge. His father was a curator at Cartwright Hall in Bradford and his mother worked at Manchester City Art Gallery. Ed's parents moved from London to Hebden Bridge in 1986, Ed born in 1991. They moved to Framlingham in Suffolk in 1995, running their art consultancy Sheeran Lock.

    • @anne-mariemarshall
      @anne-mariemarshall Před 11 měsíci

      Ed was born in Halifax.His early childhood home was on Birchcliffe Road in nearby Hendon Bridge. In December 1995, he moved with his family from Hebden Bridge to Framlingham in Suffolk and was educated at Brandeston Hall Prep and then Thomas Mills High In Framingham. So yes Andy, you are right.

    • @columroche435
      @columroche435 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@anne-mariemarshall Agree Ed was born in Halifax as that is where the hospital is, never lived in Halifax. He went to early school at the primary school to Ripponden independent school, Rishworth School.

    • @anne-mariemarshall
      @anne-mariemarshall Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@columroche435 Yes, that's what I figured. Halifax is the primary town in Calderdale with (if I'm not mistaken) Hebden Bridge also being Calderdale.

  • @tabitha4135
    @tabitha4135 Před rokem

    Can you please do Skegness the beach is beautiful so are the donkeys ❤

  • @carltwidle9046
    @carltwidle9046 Před rokem +1

    Ed Sheeran grew up there. It's very historic. Why is it termed a funky town ?.

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID Před rokem +2

      Ed Sheeran has never ‘grown up’ … 👎

    • @carltwidle9046
      @carltwidle9046 Před rokem +1

      @@LANCSKID I don't like Ed Sheerans music. But I'm older generation now. I liked Punk Rock in the 1970s.

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID Před rokem

      @@carltwidle9046”… but, I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” 🎸😎

    • @carltwidle9046
      @carltwidle9046 Před rokem

      @@LANCSKID That's a lyric line from some song ?. An old one too. I have a huge music collection from the 1960s to the 2000s. I was a Beatles fan in the 1960s.

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID Před rokem

      @@carltwidle9046 Dylan’s ‘My Back Pages’ … now, that IS genius.

  • @soniamilewski3571
    @soniamilewski3571 Před rokem +3

    State of the main road. It's just getting worse every day

  • @davehorton7712
    @davehorton7712 Před rokem +1

    brown water canal,say no more

    • @LANCSKID
      @LANCSKID Před rokem

      It’s a ‘special place’ in Winter with turds and condoms a’floating by in the flooded pedestrianised areas.

  • @jimmytenname2451
    @jimmytenname2451 Před 4 dny

    calls the canal the river, lol . bloody tourists.

  • @badgerboy4448
    @badgerboy4448 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Its not very diverse?

    • @badgerboy4448
      @badgerboy4448 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@StarsandBarsRecords so it's a negative thing. The rest of Yorkshire is very diverse

    • @badgerboy4448
      @badgerboy4448 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@StarsandBarsRecords no it's not you silly boy

    • @jonathanstempleton7864
      @jonathanstempleton7864 Před 4 měsíci

      If BAME people don't want to live there, you can't make them

  • @mattransom2044
    @mattransom2044 Před rokem +1

    Hardly.

    • @GimbalWalkTV
      @GimbalWalkTV  Před rokem +2

      😮

    • @Cozycountry1
      @Cozycountry1 Před 9 měsíci

      It is quite nice, but yes, it is overhyped and full of pricey shops and individual expensive ones too. It is pretty enough and for a visit it's ok, but I wouldn't want to live there and you'd feel stuck in one tiny place without any bigger food stores etc. The organic produce is great, but you need enough money to live in Hebden Bridge.

  • @LANCSKID
    @LANCSKID Před rokem +3

    Only covered about half of the town. Not enough trendy coffee shops to cater for the skinny frappelattechino goons.

  • @robertwood4681
    @robertwood4681 Před rokem +1

    Not even the greatest town in Calderdale.

  • @888ssss
    @888ssss Před rokem

    Hebden Bridge Yorkshire | voted the most over speculated town in Europe

  • @tabsntoot
    @tabsntoot Před 11 měsíci

    nice scenery but shame there is a pretentios element with the wannabe artists and what not

  • @MENSA.lady2
    @MENSA.lady2 Před rokem

    Not rated by me. Like the rest of yorkshire it's cold, wet and windy. Somethimes all three at once.
    It's also North of the Watford Gap Services.
    Not for me.

    • @lynnepostings
      @lynnepostings Před rokem +2

      There's no pleasing some people unfortunately

    • @kathleenlynch5763
      @kathleenlynch5763 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Best not go again then leave it to the people who appreciate God's Own Country that is Yorkshire.they would be happier without you.keep your South of the Watford gap.not for me.

  • @christianjustice9586
    @christianjustice9586 Před 10 měsíci

    That park to the right hand side of the start is a drug den over the brudge is where the creatures reside