First, an admission: this wasn’t the advertised talk of two halves. Stephen Dean, Senior Archaeologist with the Environment ...

For a small town, Hebden Bridge has long punched above its weight. Situated in the Pennines, halfway between Manchester and Leeds, it was a centre for fabric production and trade in the 19th century.

Packhorse Bridge is more than an iconic 16th-century Yorkshire landmark – it’s a monument to survival, the defiant spirit of Calder Valley no flood could ever wash away.