Continuing to ramp up the disabled facilities in Hebden Bridge

Ramps have now been issued to Quercus restaurant in St George’s Square and Blue Japanese Street Food on New Road.

Read: Former Masterchef finalist from Sowerby Bridge to appear in one-off BBC2 specialThis brings the number of ramps presented in Hebden Bridge to 14 – making the town an even more “disabled friendly” place.

HBDAF is also in the process of making improvements to the accessible toilet facilities in the White Lion Hotel, Bridge Gate and in Hebden Therapy Centre, providing additional support rails.

A HBDAF spokesman said: “These improvements will use the last of our remaining funds granted by CFFC from the Accessible Hebden Bridge project, which was carried out by Visits Unlimited in 2016 and 2017, and brought about some major improvements in access around Hebden Bridge.

Read: Todmorden food bank says a big thank you to generous valley“Improving access for the thousands of disabled people who live in Calderdale makes good business sense too, as the spending power of disabled people in the UK – ‘the Purple Pound’ – is £249 billion per year according to the DWP.”

HBDAF has published a map of accessible routes around Hebden Bridge, showing wheelchair friendly pavements, accessible toilets, bus stops and parking spaces.

Visit www.hebdenbridge.org to download the map.

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