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Although Cragg Vale is a small linear village, it has two pubs The Robin Hood Inn and the Hinchliffe Arms, which was often visited by famous T.V. presenter and DJ, Jimmy Savile. as well as Cragg Vale J and I school and a Caravan park. In the last few years the village has expanded with a children's nursery called The Ark, a recording studio Aspire Technology and an online fancy dress retailer Atlantis Fancy Dress being added to the village. One of the businesses to launch most recently is Preserve Shop, a retailer of jam jars, jam making equipment and kitchenware for home preserving. The main business area in Cragg Vale is Top Land Country Business Park. Another enterprise is The Little Valley Brewery which produces such locally named brews as Cragg Vale Bitter, Stoodley Stout, Hebdens Wheat & Tod's Blonde among others.
Today, Cragg Vale has a population of about 650. It is claimed to be at the start of the longest continuous gradient in England - 968 feet over 5.5 miles
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