Sowerby Bridge (/ˈsɔːrbi/ SOR-bi)[1] is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.

[7] From 1892 to 1930 Pollit & Wigzell manufactured stationary steam engines for the cotton and woollen mills of Yorkshire, Lancashire and India.

[8] In January 2019, it was announced that the council buildings on Hollins Mill Lane, which include the former offices of Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council, the old swimming pool and old fire station will be transferred to a community group, Sowerby Bridge Fire and Water, and will be renovated for community use.

[9][10] The town is part of the Sowerby Bridge ward of the Metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire.

Television signals received from the Emley Moor[12] and one of the three local relay transmitters (Halifax,[13] Luddenden[14] and Ripponden[15]).

[17] The town is served by Sowerby Bridge railway station, which sees a regular service to Manchester, Huddersfield (via Brighouse), Bradford and Leeds on the Caldervale Line.

Shire Cruisers run holiday hire canal barges, build narrow boats and provide mooring facilities.

Sowerby Bridge features in George Gissing's 1890 novel The Emancipated as the hometown of the protagonist Ross Mallard.

The 2014 BBC One drama Happy Valley was set in Sowerby Bridge and parts of the series were filmed in and around the town.

Known flood plains, such as Dixie Woods and Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club, were submerged to an estimated depth of 2 feet (61 cm).