Birchcliffe Centre

01/05/2026

It's May Day bank holiday this weekend, a celebration of the coming of springtime. Associated most with maypole dancing, we have an image here from the Pennine Heritage Digital Archive of the Birchcliffe maypole dancers in 1894.

It's also a holiday that has become associated with parades and marches, as we see in the image from Market Street. In different ways we can see communities coming together. Hope you all have a great May Day bank holiday weekend!

09/04/2026

This week we've installed our new defibrillator! Working with our friends at IOU Creation Centre and thanks to funding from the Hebden Bridge Rotary Club, we now have a registered defib machine sited next to the doors to our main hall and near the entrance to IOU Hostel.

This is a community asset - while we hope it won't be needed, it's there for the entire community to use in an emergency, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Instructions on what to do are helpfully right on the front of the box.

Check where your nearest defib is here 👇
https://www.defibfinder.uk.

20/03/2026

Just two days to go until our fantastic International Women's Day event with Annapurna Indian Dance Company and Marguerite Eccles. Tickets are available on Eventbrite or just come along on the day!

Birchcliffe Centre, Sunday 22nd March, 12pm.

Join us for an afternoon of dance, discovery and creativity!

19/03/2026

19/03/2026

Join us for an afternoon of dance, discovery and creativity!

19/03/2026

A week tomorrow we're hosting Vocal Highs and Under the Bridge for a special performance of moving melodies. Not one to be missed!

Birchcliffe Centre, Friday 27th March, 7pm-10pm

Get your tickets at Eventbrite - tickets are selling fast so get your ticket today!

A celebration of the spring with folk songs to stir the soul with two of West Yorkshire's highly acclaimed vocal a ca****la groups

13/03/2026

It just over a week until our International Women's Day event with Annapurna Indian Dance Company and Marguerite Eccles and her dance group! If you want to see some amazing dance performance, music and to learn more about how history and archives can inspire dance then come along! Book a ticket today on the Eventbrite link below!

Sunday 22nd March, 12pm, free entry!

Join us for an afternoon of dance, discovery and creativity!

06/03/2026

Last call for our heritage weekend at Blackshaw Head - photos, exhibitions, walks and more, what's not to like!!

Blackshaw Head Chapel
Saturday 7th March, 10am-3pm
Sunday 8th March 1pm-4pm

02/03/2026

We had a fantastic time at Heptonstall Social and Bowling Club on Saturday, it was amazing to see so many people!

Our next Pennine Stories event is taking place as part of the Blackshaw Head Heritage Weekend on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th March. As well as being able to look through our Digital Archive, you'll be able to scan some of your pictures into our database, see a past exhibition from local history group SHED, take part in a heritage walk around Blackshaw Head, and see videos and tributes to those who did so much for the local community like Dorothy Sutcliffe and Alice Newton.

Not one to be missed!

Blackshaw Head Chapel,
Saturday 7th March, 10am-3pm
Sunday 8th March, 1pm-4pm

Tea room will be open!

27/02/2026

Did you know that we have a series of walks and trails around the area? Each trail gives information on where you are and shows amazing photographs from our Digital Archive!

Available to download on Android and Apple, just search 'Pennine Horizons App' and get your walkiAvailable to download on Android and Apple, just search 'Pennine Horizons App' and get your walki boots on!

27/02/2026

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27/02/2026

Our next Pennine Stories session takes us to Heptonstall! Come and browse through our photos and tell us about your stories of the area!

Saturday 28th February, Heptonstall Bowling Club, 11am-1pm. Refreshments provided!