Brighouse ( pronounced Brig-ouse, the h being silent ) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.

It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line.

Brighouse is situated in the so called " golden triangle " commuter belt between Halifax, Ripponden and Brighouse ( entailing Elland, Stainland, Holywell Green and Greetland ).

Brighouse library is a large building and in addition to its normal lending library services provides facilities for language courses ; internet access and fax facilities.

The Smith art gallery is located within the Brighouse library and features many paintings from the Victorian era displayed in the main hall, in addition to a changing programme of exhibitions of artwork by local artists.

The Brighouse area is home to the britpop band Embrace, who are most notable for their song " World at Your Feet ", the official England anthem for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Brighouse Rangers Amateur Rugby League Club, founded in 1878, is part of the Brighouse Sports Club Complex on Russell Way ( Off A641 Bradford Road ) between Brighouse town centre and Bailiff Bridge.

It is located on the A644 road between Brighouse and Dewsbury.

It is perhaps best known for its association, along with its neighbour Brighouse, with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band.

Along with Brighouse, it is part of Calderdale, but shares a Huddersfield postcode and phone number.

The ward of Rastrick is bordered to the north by the River Calder, which separates it from the ward of Brighouse.

The village is neighboured by the towns of Brighouse to the north and Elland to the west.

The nearest railway station is named Brighouse but it is actually situated in Rastrick.

The Church of St John the Divine is located off Gooder Lane close to Brighouse railway station.

Cleckheaton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds.

Hartshead Moor Top is a hamlet in the county of West Yorkshire, England, half way between Brighouse and Cleckheaton on the A643.

Hobson's Choice is the title of a full length stage comedy written by Harold Brighouse in 1915.

Hobson's Choice is a play by Harold Brighouse, the title coming from the popular expression, Hobson's choice — meaning no choice at all.

Further indications of the legend's connection with West Yorkshire ( and particularly Calderdale ) are noted in the fact that there are pubs called the Robin Hood in both nearby Brighouse and at Cragg Vale ; higher up in the Pennines beyond Halifax, where Robin Hood Rocks can also be found.

Brighouse was part of Hipperholme with Brighouse civil parish until 1893, when Brighouse Municipal Borough was created.

Other parts of Hipperholme with Brighouse, Norwood Green and Coley, became a civil parish in Halifax Rural District.

St James ' Church, which was a chapel of ease for the Parish Church of Saint Martin in Brighouse, opened in 1870, with a congregation of 450.

Brighouse was the original home of the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, founded in 1881 and associated with neighbouring Rastrick.

The A641 northward links Brighouse with Bradford and southward with Huddersfield.

Brighouse Railway Station was reopened in 2000 and provides the town with access to the National Rail network.

The Brighouse bus station has been refurbished with funding from Metro and was re-opened in May 2009.

The bus station and some bus stops within the Brighouse area are equipped with Real Time Passenger Information Screens.

The Calder and Hebble Navigation links Brighouse with Wakefield ( junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation ), Mirfield ( junction with the Huddersfield Broad Canal ) and Sowerby Bridge ( junction with the Rochdale Canal ).

* Brighouse Online – A site full of information about Brighouse with guides, shops, maps etc

A new cut and a lock were constructed at Brookfoot near Brighouse between 1805 and 1808, while the Elland cut was extended to link up with the Sowerby cut in 1815.

The Sound Barrier ( 1952 ) had a screenplay by the playwright Terence Rattigan and Hobson's Choice ( 1954 ) was based on the play by Harold Brighouse.

A local drum & bugle corps: Conquest Alliance was formed, in 1985, by the merger of two other drum corps, the Northern Skyryders and Brighouse RBL ( Legion ).

There are many Junior football teams in the area too such as Brighouse Juniors, which was started by parents in 1989, who go from Under 6's up to Under 17's.

A new cut at Brighouse was added in 1780, while the two staircase locks at Salterhebble and the single lock at Brooksmouth were replaced at Smeaton's suggestion by three new locks in 1782.

* Zack by Harold Brighouse with Tim Healy and Bridget Turner ( 1986 )

The Trust was launched in 2004 by Tim Brighouse, Tom Conti, Bill Nighy, Mark Stephens and Geoffrey Robertson QC to raise funds for bursaries and to promote democratic education around the world.

Calderdale was formed by the merger of six former local government districts, spanning ( from east to west ), the towns of Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the then county borough of Halifax, the boroughs of Brighouse, Todmorden and the urban districts of Elland, Hebden Royd, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, and part of Queensbury and Shelf urban district, and also Hepton Rural District.

Category: Plays by Harold Brighouse

In 1976 the famous Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band recorded an arrangement of the Moss song made by their Musical Director Derek Broadbent.

St Francis has 243 children on roll and was opened in 1979 and the 26 place nursery was officially opened by Professor Tim Brighouse in November 1998.

The story is based on the play Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse.

* Hobson ’ s Choice by Harold Brighouse.

In 1915, Payne produced the first staging of Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse for The Shubert Organization. In 1916 he directed John Barrymore in his first success in a serious role, in the American premiere of Justice by John Galsworthy.