Fountainhead Village Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.736°N -1.904°W
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Calderdale
Official Name:Fountainhead
Static Image Name:Fountain Head Road - Ovenden Wood Road - geograph.org.uk - 1883945.jpg
Static Image Caption:Fountain Head Road
Population:800
Metropolitan Borough:Calderdale
Metropolitan County:West Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Halifax
Post Town:Halifax
Postcode Area:HX
Postcode District:HX2
Dial Code:01422
Os Grid Reference:SE065266
London Distance Mi:171
London Direction:S

Fountainhead is a hamlet in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, built on the old site of the Webster's Brewery at the turn of the 21st century. It is situated approximately 2miles north-west from Halifax town centre. The hamlet is in the Warley ward of Calderdale.

Founded in 2004, developer David Wilson Homes started developing a new sustainable village[1] on the brownfield site. Completed in 2018 with over 300 houses and an estimated population of 800, it has one public house, Long Can Hall, which has been used for filming Last Tango in Halifax.[2]

The Maltings College opened in 2013 and offered a range of vocational sixth form courses until its closure in 2018. The former site was a nursery school until its closure in 2018. Subsequently, Trinity Multi Academy Trust took over the building as its administrative head office and training centre.

The village has two parks and backs onto Ovenden Wood and has beer-themed names for roads, such as Cask Court, Maltings Road, and Golding Hop Close.

The former professional rugby league footballer Wilf George lives in the village.

The hamlet is served by buses from Halifax bus station. The disused Halifax High-Level Railway skirts the northern end of the village, with the Signal View development area built on the site of the old Maltings Brewery Goods Yard.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/lifestyle/lifestyle-leisure-and-features/luxury-brewery-homes-on-way-1-1958090 "Luxury brewery homes on way"
  2. https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/last-tango-halifax-filming-locations-used-series-five-2449741 "Last Tango in Halifax"