This unusual building was constructed in 1923 to house a water tank for the village of Thorpeness in Suffolk. 🔺

The House in the Clouds was built by architect Frederick Forbes Glennie as part of Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie's Arts and Crafts-style village design.

Book of The Month: The Moss House 📖

Introducing our new CultureDale ‘Book of the Month’ series! Throughout the Year of Culture, we will be promoting work from local authors and giving you a flavour of their books through synopses and reviews from Halifax Central Library, our…

The warmest day of the year #Calderdale for #LocalElections2024 always a joy visiting colleagues running Calderdale Council #elections & then returning to the mother ship 💚 AEA

Our amazing volunteers are opening the doors of Wainhouse Tower this Bank Holiday Monday 6th May.

Tickets go on sale at 12 Noon today (Thurs 2 May) eventbrite.co.uk/o/visit-calder…

Bring your Visit Calderdale passport with you & get it stamped at the Tower!
#visitcalderdale

Remember, while you are welcome to bring Daleks to polling stations today, they must be left outside unless they are for assistance.
(If you have a Dalek for emotional support, you may want to consider your choices)

#dogsatpollingstations
#daleksatpollingstations #DoctorWho

What a great afternoon to kick start the development of our #coproduction strategy with people who use Adult Social Care services, carers, partner agencies and others. Really looking forward to the future and seeing this come to life Cath Gormally Robin Tuddenham 💙 Calderdale Council

Help support International Day of the Midwife
Take part in a local parkrun UK event on 4 May to mark International Day of the Midwife
You can walk, jog, run or volunteer as we recognise and thank our #teamCMidO
midwives
parkrun.org.uk/register/

What marvellous news. Congrats Victor Adebowale 👏👏

We’re taking part in May Measure Month and encouraging people of West Yorkshire to get their blood pressure checked.

You can do this at your local community pharmacy. Visit maymeasure.org for more information #thebigsqueeze #WYLTCP

Before voting at a polling station tomorrow, find out what forms of ID are accepted first 👉electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele…

Remember, you can still use your photo ID if it's out of date, as long as it looks like you! 👀

#DoYourselfAFavour

What a great initiative by the Student Ambassadors at Calderdale Adult Learning. Let's celebrate CultureDale with coffee and cake on Tuesday 21 May. The funds raised generously go towards our Centre. Thank you 🧡
Calderdale Council

If you have an emergency that means you won’t be able to get to the polling station on 2 May, you may be able to apply for an emergency proxy.👥 You can apply for an emergency proxy until 5pm on polling day. Find out more on our website: electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/a…

📢Biffy Clyro are the final headliners for this summer’s record-breaking TK Maxx presents Live at The Piece Hall!
The superstar rock trio bring their electrifying and explosive live show to our historic open-air courtyard on Friday 23 August.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on…

Inside the once bustling old station house at #Mytholmroyd now saved for the community as #arts space 💚 yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-r…

📢 We will be announcing the final headliner for our 2024 TKMaxx presents Live at The Piece Hall lineup this Monday at 12pm.

You won’t want to miss this!!

TK Maxx

Our Council of Governor (CoG) elections for 2024 are open. We have vacancies for public governors across Calderdale and Kirklees, including East Halifax and Bradford.

Public governors sit on the CoG alongside our staff governors and governors from partner organisations. 🧵 👇

The St George's flag is flying at Halifax town hall today, in celebration of #StGeorgesDay ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The amazing Peter Vardy on how Hollywood came to Calderdale ⁦Calderdale Council⁩ ⁦CultureDale⁩

Barbie, Bridgerton and billions of pounds: how streaming – and tax breaks – fuelled the UK’s ‘Brollywood’ screen boom | The Guardian theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

Today we mark Earth Day, a day when environmental issues take centre stage. Read, download, watch or listen to Calderdale’s Climate Action Plan to find out more about how we will protect our distinctive environment from the impacts of the climate crisis new.calderdale.gov.uk/environment/su… 🌍

Kicking off our event, Jonny Marshall notes that Britain's electricity system is changing dramatically. Coal was king in the 20th century - but half of our power comes from non-fossil fuels today, and that will ramp up further.