Josh Milton
Published November 29, 2025 9:40pm
Updated November 29, 2025 9:40pm
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Travis Lodge was ‘genuine and funny’, a friend said (Picture: Facebook)
Tributes have been paid to a man who died after falling from a block of flats in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire.
Travis Lodge, 25, fell from the ninth floor of the 14-storey Houghton Towers complex on Tower Hill at around 10.05am on Thursday.
The builder was taken to hospital but died later that night.
A 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and has since been released on bail.
A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault (Picture: Apple Photos Clean Up)
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One of Travis’ close friends, Adam Chapman, said he ‘doesn’t know where to begin’.
‘An absolute shock, you’re no longer here with us, Travis,’ Adam wrote on Facebook.
‘Growing up with you, from scraped knees to our recent late-night talks about our plans for the future, you’ve shaped me more than you could ever know.
‘Losing you at 25 doesn’t feel real to me. I’ll carry your memory forward till the day I die, until we meet again.’
Another friend recalled how he met Travis while seeing Metallica play at Download, a rock festival in Leicestershire, in 2023.
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‘We met one night and spent two days seeing wicked bands and raving early hours in the night and became friends,’ said Josh Niner.
‘Genuine, honest and funny lad was great meeting him. We was suppost to meet at Download the following year, but he never ended up going.’
Flowers have been left outside Houghton Towers, with one reading: ‘I love you, always and forever.’
Police said that they are treating Travis’ death as ‘unexplained’, adding that officers are still calling for witnesses to come forward.
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