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Todmorden
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Also known as Todmorden, Calderdale, Todmorden, West Yorkshire

Todmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax. In 2011, it had a population of 15,481.

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UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Todmorden
UK place.pushpin_map
United Kingdom Calderdale
UK place.population
15,481
UK place.population_ref
(Including Cornholme and Portsmouth, West Yorkshire. 2011 census)
UK place.civil_parish
Todmorden
UK place.metropolitan_borough
Calderdale
UK place.metropolitan_county
West Yorkshire
UK place.region
Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster
Calder Valley
UK place.post_town
TODMORDEN
UK place.postcode_district
OL14
UK place.postcode_area
OL
UK place.dial_code
01706
UK place.os_grid_reference
SD936241
UK place.london_distance
 SSE
UK place.static_image_name
Tod from golf course.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
A westerly view over Todmorden

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Population
15481
Image
Tod from golf course.jpg
Dialing code
01706
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Commons category
Todmorden
OS grid reference
SD936241
postal code
OL14
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31 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Toponymy
  • Prehistory
  • Early history
  • 19th century
  • 20th century
  • 21st century
  • Governance
  • Todmorden Town Council composition
  • Twin towns
  • Geography
  • Economy
  • Landmarks
  • Culture and media
  • Filming
  • Nightlife
  • Sport
  • Cricket
  • Notable people
  • Science and engineering
  • Nobel Prize winners
  • Politics and law
  • Arts and culture
  • Sport
  • Other
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

Todmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax. In 2011, it had a population of 15,481.

Todmorden is at the confluence of three steep-sided Pennine valleys and is surrounded by moorlands with outcrops of sandblasted gritstone.

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