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Luddenden won a Gold Medal and best in the Village Category at Britain in Bloom 2011
Click here to see the Official Photograph with Roly and Sue collecting the awards from Rachel de Thame (photo courtesy of Fife Council). Click here to read the letter of congratulations from the Mayor Of Halifax. View the press releases in the photo gallery. Click here for the Bloom Newsletter.
About Luddenden
Luddenden is a village in West Yorkshire, England, close to Halifax. It was made a Conservation Area in 1973, and the Luddenden Conservation Society, a charity, was established in 1975.
The village used to have many shops and a number of churches / chapels and pubs, but now there only remain one pub (the Lord Nelson Inn) and one Church or Chapel (St Mary’s Church) now that the Methodist Chapel has closed (click here to read the Hebden Bridge Times article about the closure) .
The village regularly enters Yorkshire in Bloom, and won the village category in 2010. The Luddenden in Bloom group won a Gold Medal and best Village awards in Britain in Bloom in 2011. There are a number of Bloom-related competitions held during the year, including Christmas Wreath and House Frontage.
Luddenden has its own ”Mayor”, who raises funds for local good causes. The Mayor for 2010/11, invested at the September Mayor Making ceremony is Geoff Dardis, who is also landlord of the Lord Nelson.
The village also has an annual music festival (LuddFest) held in June, bi-annual Open Gardens Day (unsually in June), and a Christmas Tree provided by the Luddenden Conservation Society. The village is one of the sites for the performance of the Pace Egg Play at Easter.
Luddenden Conservation Society
The Luddenden Conservation Society was established to:
- stimulate interest in Luddenden
- promote high standards of planning and architecture
- secure the preservation of features of historical interest
- improve amenities.
The Luddenden Conservation Society is open to all who support these objectives.
Membership is free and there is a regular open meeting at 8pm on the last Thursday of the month (except December) at St Mary’s Church. The Luddenden in Bloom group is supported by the Luddenden Conservation Society.
A monthly newsletter is distributed to around 400 homes in the area.
The Society also carries out projects in accordance with the above aims. Recent projects include:
- new equipment in the children’s playground
(in association with other local organisations) - purchase of a Roll of Honour (in association with the Mayor’s Fund)
- village historical displays
- historical and visitor signage
- Millennium Car Park.
Current officers are:
Chair: Steve Thompson
Vice-chair & Treasurer: Tony Hillyard
Joint Secretaries: John Vaul & Jill Smith-Moorhouse
Honorary President & Newsletter Editor: Rodney Collinge
Luddenden In Bloom Secretary: Brenda McArdle
Planning Applications Secretary: Rod Atkinson
Trustees: Rodney Collinge, Peter Layfield and Trevor Oaten.
We can be contacted by email here
Location
Luddenden is located between Halifax and Hebden Bridge in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. The location is SE042262, with the most useful map being the Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure 21 (South Pennines)
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You can reach Luddenden by bus from Halifax and Hebden Bridge. The nearest Railway Stations are at Mytholmroyd and Sowerby Bridge.