Ovenden

Ovenden

Coordinates: 53°44′36″N 1°52′40″W / 53.743241°N 1.877863°W / 53.743241; -1.877863

Ovenden
Ovenden-railway-building-by-Betty-Longbottom.jpg
Ovenden railway building
Ovenden is located in West Yorkshire
Ovenden

 Ovenden shown within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE081274
Metropolitan borough Calderdale
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HALIFAX
Postcode district HX3,HX2
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Ovenden is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, located next to Boothtown and Illingworth and about 1 mile from Halifax town centre.

Ovenden had a railway station, originally on the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway line. The station was closed in 1955.

The village's rugby league team, Ovenden RLFC, competes in the National Conference League.

Schools include The Ridings School, a comprehensive secondary school which gained national notoriety as one of the worst schools in the UK. The school closed on 15 July 2009 and the building may be demolished.

Notable residents

During the 1970s and 1980s the village was the home of American boogie woogie and blues pianist Champion Jack Dupree. A bronze plaque has been commissioned in his memory.[citation needed]

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