Bailiff Bridge is a village 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Brighouse

Brighouse

Brighouse is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Calder, east of Halifax in the Pennines. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and 5 miles (8 km) from Huddersfield

Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

 and 7 miles (11.3 km) from Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

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The village is served by the A641 main road which connects it to the nearby towns and cities.

History

The village was served by Bailiff Bridge railway station

Bailiff Bridge railway station

Bailiff Bridge railway station was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to serve the village of Bailiff Bridge north of Brighouse in West Yorkshire, England.-History:...

 on the Pickle Bridge Line

Pickle Bridge Line

The Pickle Bridge Line is a disused railway route in Northern England that ran between the cities of Huddersfield and Bradford.-History:The line was authorised in 1865 and amended 1873...

 between 1881 and 1917.
The main employer in the village was Firth's carpets. Most notable residents from the village were the brothers from the rock band Embrace, Danny and Richard McNamara, who grew up in the village.