Fountainhead is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

Calderdale Calderdale () is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the ...

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, England, built on the old site of the

Webster's Brewery Webster's Brewery (Samuel Webster & Sons Ltd) was a brewery founded in 1838 by Samuel Webster which operated at the Fountain Head Brewery in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Webster's Green Label, a mild ale, light mild, and Yorkshire Bitter ...

at the turn of the 21st century. It is situated approximately north-west from Halifax town centre. The hamlet is in the Warley ward of Calderdale. Founded in 2004, developer David Wilson Homes started developing a new sustainable village on the brownfield site. Completed in 2018 with over 300 houses and an estimated population of 800, it has one public house, Long Can Hall, which has been used for filming Last Tango in Halifax."Last Tango in Halifax"
''Halifax Evening Courier'' Retrieved 19 February 2021.

The Maltings College The Maltings College is a free school sixth form In the education systems of Barbados, England, Jamaica, Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Wales, and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of seco ...

opened in 2013 and offered a range of vocational

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courses until its closure in 2018. The former site was a nursery school until its closure in 2018. Subsequently, Trinity Multi Academy Trust took over the building as its administrative head office and training centre. The village has two parks and backs onto Ovenden Wood and has beer-themed names for roads, such as Cask Court, Maltings Road, and Golding Hop Close. The former professional rugby league footballer Wilf George lives in the village. The hamlet is served by buses from Halifax bus station. The disused Halifax High-Level Railway skirts the northern end of the village, with the Signal View development area built on the site of the old Maltings Brewery Goods Yard.

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Fountainhead Village Residents Association
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