Hebden Bridge Yorkshire | voted the greatest town in Europe

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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[@bexhil7]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thanks Michael!

[@nicolasutcliffe1406]

A lovely example of a Yorkshire village 💝💝💝

[@chris53small]

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]

Thank you and well said ❤️

[@Angela-by7qb]

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

[@TheBigDaddyDReviews1]

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

[@sue1016]

Lovely video of a beautiful town, thanks

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you too

[@davidfitzgerald4003]

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

[@honestholidayguide]

Definitely worth a visit - especially in summer

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Agreed

[@mikewood142]

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.

[@honestholidayguide]

Great place!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Hell yeah!

[@Ajay_the_invincible_1997]

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 KZbin searching about Heptonstall and Hebden bridge.

[@jazzydebs]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

It really is!

[@YorkshireWalkingGirl]

Sunny weather in Yorkshire🤩 😱 thank you for sharing!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

You’re welcome 😊

[@bunabuna9287]

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

[@totomesch1940]

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.

[@thebigh9324]

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

[@elainehowell2836]

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]

Hebende? Isn’t that in The South Sahara?

[@tabitha4135]

Beautiful town

[@andrewwalker844]

Whilst you were in our part of the world (the South-East), we were in Yorkshire visiting many places we’d been inspired to visit by your videos, including Hebden Bridge, but also Whitby, Grassington, Malham, Harrogate and Bolton Abbey. Beautiful area and still so much for us to see, so we will definitely be back..

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Amazing - hopefully you had a good time?

[@andrewwalker844]

@@GimbalWalkTV Brilliant-loved it-will be back for sure. Maybe you could do Malham? Small place but you could extend it by walking up to Malham Cove perhaps. Watching your Grassington vid as I’m typing this. Have a great day!

[@GimbalWalkTV]

@@andrewwalker844 Thanks so much - Malham I'll definitely do for you - watch this space!

[@markcollinson5665]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

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

[@boldonboldon-d4c]

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.

[@nialloneill5097]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@David.W.Kelsey]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Many thanks!

[@lynnballington8467]

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]

Happy Birthday Lynn! Hope you have a lovely week!

[@pavelkorsak]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Many thanks!

[@LANCSKID]

Often seriously flooded!

[@keithshortland609]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Yeh it’s fab!

[@RoseTylerxx]

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]

It's an overhyped dump

[@GimbalWalkTV]

@@jg4171 ok

[@peterflynn7083]

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

[@vishnujmohan5089]

Beautiful place 😍

[@adebrade172]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

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

[@gerbilroyd]

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 😆😆

[@sethbailey-tq7pz]

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

[@anne-mariemarshall]

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]

What other towns would you recommend?

[@Innes771]

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.

[@nicolajones9537]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Ah no! Sorry my error

[@johnbatch9276]

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

[@nigelw512]

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]

Same. Used to live here xx

[@stephenmcdonagh2795]

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.

[@bobarty]

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]

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

[@sadisunel5764]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Thank you too!

[@維維-i2z]

😂 Who am I ?😢🎉KZbin ❤

[@chris-5891]

Happy Valley

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Lovely place

[@anne-mariemarshall]

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

[@davejl79]

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]

Great stuff thanks so much! ❤️❤️

[@LANCSKID]

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

[@dnstone1127]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Yeh

[@andyhyde6222]

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

[@davidfitzgerald4003]

I think he did. Born in Hebden though 👍

[@padraigbeag]

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]

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.

[@padraigbeag]

@@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]

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

[@juanrodriguez-ng3rb]

Life in a northern town :)

[@GimbalWalkTV]

Oh yes

[@BettySmith-f9z]

Greenholt Street

[@tabitha4135]

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

[@carltwidle9046]

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

[@LANCSKID]

Ed Sheeran has never ‘grown up’ … 👎

[@carltwidle9046]

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

[@LANCSKID]

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

[@carltwidle9046]

@@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]

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

[@soniamilewski3571]

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

[@davehorton7712]

brown water canal,say no more

[@LANCSKID]

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

[@jimmytenname2451]

calls the canal the river, lol . bloody tourists.

[@LANCSKID]

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

[@robertwood4681]

Not even the greatest town in Calderdale.

[@badgerboy4448]

Its not very diverse?

[@badgerboy4448]

@@wavelengthrecords-1 so it's a negative thing. The rest of Yorkshire is very diverse

[@badgerboy4448]

@@wavelengthrecords-1 no it's not you silly boy

[@jonathanstempleton7864]

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

[@tomfitz-tm6tz]

It's the lesbian capital of Europe!I....all middle class yuppies...

[@mattransom2044]

Hardly.

[@GimbalWalkTV]

😮

[@Cozycountry1]

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.

[@tabsntoot]

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

[@888ssss]

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

[@GimbalWalkTV]

I dont' know what that means

[@lynnepostings]

" Over speculated " ???

[@MENSA.lady2]

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]

There's no pleasing some people unfortunately

[@kathleenlynch5763]

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]

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