Ovenden

For other uses, see Ovenden (disambiguation).

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

Ovenden
Ovenden railway building
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]}

External links

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