Midgley is a traditional Pennine village sitting in a beautiful moorland-edge location on the hillside above the Calder valley, near to Hebden Bridge and Halifax. Midgley Community Forum operates this website and is the focus of the many strands of community activity taking place in the village.
This year, Midgley Shop celebrates 21 years of being a part of village life.
There is an article about this on the Halifax Courier website (which is beset by irritating adverts).
For more information about the shop, see the Shop page. For more history of the shop, see the Shop History page.
To help provide what loacal people want, the Community Forum is asking people for their opinions and preferences. Please take a moment to fill in the survey online form at https://forms.gle/5PbximL5h1YDDHNU6
Midgley Community Forum oversees the running of the shop and community room, along with the residential flat on the first floor of the building.
It organises social and community events to help raise funds to improve village facilities, including the eagerly-anticipated biennial Midgley Fete and the popular Open Gardens weekend.
The Forum compiles and distributes a regular village newsletter to over 400 homes in and around Midgley. You can read the latest edition and some back issues on the Newsletter page.
Midgley has lost its industrial economy but is a vibrant residential community with plenty going on. It has a thriving community room hosting a range of events and activities, and a renowned village shop, owned by the community and entirely run by volunteers.
Midgley School is a successful and popular primary school with over a hundred pupils.
Midgley has a 20mph speed limit. It runs from the top of Midgley Road through Midgley, including Oats Royd, and Luddenden, down to Luddenden Lane beyond the Kershaw junction.
Lots of people in Midgley are enthusiastic gardeners. We have had a Himalayan Balsam problem in parts of the village. PLEASE don't use weedkiller to treat it. This does not work, and it damages bees and other pollinators (the herbicide makers are not telling the truth when they say it does not harm bees). Just keep pulling the balsam out.
Your flowers and fruits depend on the bees. The bees depend on a healthy environment. Tug the balsam out before it seeds and you will halt it. Spraying does no good at all, and does a lot of harm to pollinators.