Series two of the BBC’s police drama Happy Valley has been a hit right form the off. Filmed in sites across Calderdale and West Yorkshre, writer and director Sally Wainwright has certainly put her childhood county on the map once again. Holdsworth House was lucky to welcome some of the cast again to stay at […]
From Spinning Wool to Spinning Tales – Calderdale reinvents itself as a hotbed for film and TV production
Calderdale in Yorkshire has been well known as the centre of wool manufacture and spinning mills, since the 15th century with high numbers of water-powered mills meandering along the valleys of the Calder River. In the 19th century the area took a central role in the Industrial Revolution with steam powered mills expanding rapidly into […]
