Brighouse market revamp completes 

Part of the £19.1m Town Deal, West Yorkshire-based Triton led on construction on behalf of Calderdale Council.

Funded by the government’s Towns Fund, redevelopment work on the market started last October.

The project team was led by Turner & Townsend, with Bond Bryan Architects.

The canalside site now includes 21 fixed stalls, each equipped with water, drainage and power, with seating areas for people to socialise.

There is space for a further 19 pop-up stalls and new decorative gates, cycle parking, and accessible entrances create a better connection to the town centre, through Bethel Street Car Park, Briggate, and Thornton Square.

Market traders were temporarily trading from Daisy Street Car Park and are now preparing to move to the new market building.

The market revitalisation is part of wider plans for the Brighouse Town Deal, which will also deliver improved links between the town centre and green spaces, a community space in Thornton Square, and a safer and cleaner town centre, being delivered by Esh Construction. 

The Brighouse Town Deal is a joint project between the town’s private and voluntary sector, community and residents’ groups, Calderdale Council and Calderdale College.

Cllr Sarah Courtney, Calderdale Council’s cabinet member for regeneration and transport, said: “We want Calderdale’s towns and places to thrive, and this milestone for Brighouse is a key part of the aspiration to build a town where history lives, communities come together, memories are made and the economy can grow.”

Paul Clarkson, Triton Construction Ltd Managing Director, said: “Being a local contractor to Brighouse with our HQ at Hightown Liversedge, we were very pleased to be appointed to deliver this key part of the exciting ongoing re-development of Brighouse.

“The facility looks amazing, and my congratulations go to Calderdale Council for supporting and developing this vision and to the design team and my own teams for delivering so well on it.”