Friendly, West Yorkshire

The Friendly Inn, seen in 2009 and since renamed The Copper Cow
The Friendly Band's headquarters

Friendly is a settlement near Sowerby Bridge in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, lying on the A646 road in the valley of the River Calder. It was described in John Bartholomew's 1887 Gazetteer of the British Isles as a village 3 miles west of Halifax.[1]

It is the home of The Friendly Band, a brass band founded in 1868.[2] The former village pub, the White Horse, has closed.[3][4] The Friendly Inn on Burnley Road has been renamed The Copper Cow.[5][6]

Government

The settlement straddles the boundaries of the Sowerby Bridge, Warley and Luddenden wards of the Metropolitan borough of Calderdale, part of the Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Friendly". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "History 1868 to 1993". The Friendly Band. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "White Horse, Sowerby Bridge". CAMRA - The Campaign for Real Ale. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2026. This Pub is Permanently Closed
  4. ↑ Taylor, Arthur (12 December 2012). "Pint to pint: The White Horse, Friendly, West Yorkshire". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Copper Cow, Friendly". CAMRA - The Campaign for Real Ale. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2026. Formerly the Friendly Inn
  6. ↑ "Public Houses". Sowerby Bridge.org. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Sowerby Bridge". 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

53°42′52″N 1°55′18″W / 53.71444°N 1.92167°W / 53.71444; -1.92167


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