Friendly is a settlement near

Sowerby Bridge Sowerby Bridge ( ) is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The Calderdale Council ward population at the 2011 census was 11,703. History The town was originally a fording point over the once mu ...

in Calderdale,

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

, England, lying on the A646 road in the valley of the River Calder. It was described in Bartholomew's 1887 ''Gazetteer of the British Isles'' as a village 3 miles west of Halifax. It is the home of The Friendly Band, a brass band founded in 1868, and has two

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

s, the White Horse and The Friendly Inn.

Government

The settlement straddles the boundary of the

, Warley and

Luddenden Luddenden is a district of Calderdale west of Halifax on the Luddenden Brook in the county of West Yorkshire, England. History The name means Ludd valley, or valley of the loud stream and refers to the Luddenden Brook. An alternative meanin ...

wards of the Metropolitan borough of Calderdale, part of the Metropolitan county of

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Populated places in West Yorkshire Geography of Calderdale Sowerby Bridge {{WestYorkshire-geo-stub

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