Hebble Brook is the body of water passing south from Ogden Reservoir, at Ogden, through Halifax and empties into the River Calder at

Salterhebble Salterhebble is an area of Halifax, West Yorkshire, Halifax, a town within the Calderdale, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. The town falls within the Skircoat (UK electoral ward), Skircoat ward of Calderdale Counci ...

Toponymy

The name Hebble is a back formation from the local dialect for a narrow, short planked bridge.

Ogden Water

The reservoir itself (known as Ogden Water) is sourced from water draining off Skirden Edge, through Skirden Clough, to the west and from the north the reservoir takes in water from Deep Gulf and Spa Flat, above the now disused Fly Delph Quarry, through the Great Scar and Ogden Clough. The reservoir is deep, holds of water and was completed in 1858 to supply fresh water to Halifax. The water is surrounded by of mixed conifer and broad leafed nature reserve that attracts 300,000 visitors a year. The construction of the reservoir was started in 1854. The scheme employed 500 men. It was finished in 1858. It can supply Halifax with water by gravity alone.

Course

The Middle Grain Beck and Carrs Beck flow into Hebble Brook, from the land around Halifax golf course, at Brookhouse, just south of Ogden Reservoir; it then continues south past Mixenden, where various small springs and old quarry workings add to the water volume. The brook heads south past

Ovenden Ovenden is a village in West Yorkshire, England, next to Boothtown and Illingworth about a mile from Halifax town centre. It is also a Calderdale Ward whose population at the 2011 Census was 12,351. Ovenden railway station on the Halifax and ...

and Wheatley and flows underground in Brackenbed Sports Park. Thereafter it flows under and above ground intermittently (picking up Ovenden Brook in the Lee Bridge area) until it reaches Sedburgh Road in Halifax. It then flows in the open parallel to the Halifax Branch of the

Calder and Hebble Navigation The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a broad inland waterway, with locks and bridgeholes that are suitable for boats, in West Yorkshire, England. Construction to improve the River Calder and the River Hebble began in 1759, and the initial sch ...

before flowing into the River Calder. The Hebble gives its name to nearby village Salterhebble, where the river flows through. There was a pub located in Salterhebble named the Calder and Hebble, after the two local rivers.

Geology

Mapping indicates that the watercourse starts at the outflow point of Ogden Water. The

Environment Agency The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enha ...

list the brook as starting at the Ogden wind farm on Nab Hill some west of Ogden Water. The water is shown as flowing through Ogden Clough, a narrow valley of

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and

sandstones Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) b ...

with many small waterfalls as it easily erodes the mudstone, but not the sandstone.

References

Rivers of Calderdale Halifax, West Yorkshire {{England-river-stub

Toponymy

Ogden Water

Course

Geology

See also

References