Bingley

Town in West Yorkshire, England

This article is about the town in England. For other uses, see Bingley (disambiguation).

Human settlement in England

Bingley

Damart Mills, Bingley

Bingley

Location within West Yorkshire

Population| 18,040 (Ward, 2021 census)
OS grid reference| SE108389
• London| 210 miles (338 km)
Civil parish|

* Bingley

Metropolitan borough|

* City of Bradford

Metropolitan county|

* West Yorkshire

Region|

* Yorkshire and the Humber

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| BINGLEY
Postcode district| BD16
Dialling code| 01274
Police| West Yorkshire
Fire| West Yorkshire
Ambulance| Yorkshire
UK Parliament|

* Shipley

Councillors|

* Marcus Dearden (Labour)
* Joe Wheatley (Labour)
* Susan Fricker (Labour)

List of places

England
Yorkshire

53°50′46″N 1°50′10″W﻿ / ﻿53.846°N 1.836°W﻿ / 53.846; -1.836

Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is sited on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The town had a population of 18,040 at the 2021 Census.[1]

## History

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In 1775, a farmer near Bingley discovered a chest of silver coins, of which some dated to the rule of Julius Caesar, on his land.[2]

### Founding

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Bingley was likely founded by the Saxons, by a ford on the River Aire. This crossing gave access to Harden, Cullingworth and Wilsden on the southern side of the river.

Bingley's entry in the Domesday Book, 1086AD

The origins of the name are from the Old English personal name Bynna \+ ingas ("descendants of") + lēah ("clearing in a forest"). Altogether, this would mean the "wood or clearing of the Bynningas, the people called after Bynna".[3]

### Normans

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In the Domesday Book of 1086, Bingley is listed as "Bingheleia":

> m In Bingheleia hb. Gospatric iiij car' tra e' ad gld. tra ad ii car' Ernegis de burun h't. & Wast' e'. T.R.E. val, iiij lib'. Silva past' ii leu' lg' & i lat'. Tot' m' e iiij leu' lg' & ii lat'[4]

which roughly translated reads:

> In Bingheleia, Gospatric has a manor of four carucate of land to be taxed, land for two ploughs. Ernegis de Burun has it and it is waste. In the time of King Edward the Confessor it was valued at four pounds. Woodland pasture two leagues long and one broad. All the manor is four long and two broad.

### Medieval

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The ford was superseded by Ireland Bridge. Bingley was a manor which extended several miles up and down the Aire valley, extending upstream to Marley on the outskirts of Keighley and downstream to Cottingley. Bingley became a market town with the grant of a Market Charter in 1212 by King John.

According to the poll tax returns of 1379, Bingley had 130 households, and probably around 500 people. The nearby towns of Bradford, Leeds and Halifax had about half this population. Therefore, at this time Bingley was the largest town in the area.

No records tell of how Bingley fared in the Black Death that swept Europe in the 14th century. Approximately one third of all the people in Europe died of this plague, sometimes wiping out whole towns and villages. According to the 1379 Poll tax records, the nearby town of Boulton had no survivors worth taxing.

### Tudors

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In 1592, Bingley was shown on a map by Yorkshire map-maker Christopher Saxton as a single street with about 20 houses on each side. The church sits at the west end of the street opposite a single large house, possibly a manor house. Since Bingley was a market town, the market stalls would have been set up on either side of the main street. One of the oldest buildings in Bingley is a coaching inn, the Old White Horse Inn, on the flatter north bank of the River Aire by Ireland Bridge.

### Industrial Revolution

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Bingley Five Rise Locks.

Like many towns in the West Riding, Bingley prospered during the Industrial Revolution. The Bingley section of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was completed in 1774, linking the town with Skipton, and Bradford via the Bradford Canal. The canal passes through the town centre and ascends the side of the valley via the Bingley Five Rise and Bingley Three Rise Locks. Several woollen and worsted mills were built and people migrated from the surrounding countryside to work in them. Many came from further afield such as Ireland in the wake of the Great Famine. A railway and line goods yard were constructed bringing further trade. The villages of Gilstead and Eldwick became conurbated with Bingley. The Bingley Building Society was also founded in this period.

Damart buildings Crosley Wood high-rise flats; demolished in 2020

### Post-industrial

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Bingley Teacher Training College opened in 1911 with Helen Wodehouse as principal. The first intake of students was 102 women from in and around the then West Riding of Yorkshire. Before its closure in 1979, the college produced approximately 16,000 teachers.

The Beeching Axe demolished the goods yard, although the station still has trains to Leeds, Bradford, Skipton, Morecambe and Carlisle. The textile mills have largely been closed. The Damart mill still stands and trades in textiles. Since 1995 the tannery, Bingley Mill & Andertons, have been converted into flats. The most cramped and outdated terraced housing was partly replaced with council housing, Bingley Arts Centre and the headquarters of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society. Further council housing was built up the hill towards Gilstead including three tower blocks, which were later demolished in 2020. In the wake of Margaret Thatcher's reforms of council housing much of the council estate was sold and a substantial portion has been knocked down and rebuilt as private housing. The Bingley Permanent Building Society merged with the Bradford Equitable Building Society to form the Bradford & Bingley Building Society in 1964. It was decided to site the corporate headquarters in Bingley. This brought several thousand jobs to the town, but the building itself did not meet with universal acclaim and was demolished in 2015. The Bradford and Bingley collapsed in the 2008 credit crunch.

### Criminal

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Bingley's most infamous son is Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper,[5] who was convicted of the murders of 13 women and the attempted murder of seven others.

Mark Rowntree, a spree killer, started his murderous campaign in Bingley before moving on to Eastburn and Leeds. He was convicted in 1976 of four murders.[6]

In 1966, bookie Fred Craven was brutally murdered in his betting shop on Wellington Street, Bingley. Craven, who was well known in the area because of his short stature (he was 4 ft 7in tall), had gone into his shop to collect papers despite there being no racing that day. It is believed that he had £200 in his wallet (£3,200.00 in 2015 prices)[7] which went missing. Mr Craven suffered extensive injuries at the hands of the killer. Because the local constabulary had a very narrow time frame for the murder, and the fact the killer must have been covered in blood, they anticipated a quick arrest. The Craven murder remains unsolved,[8][9][10] but rumours that Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, was responsible for his murder resurfaced in 2017. ITV Calendar News asked Sutcliffe about Craven's death and also that of a taxi driver on Bingley Moor. In what was described as a "bizarre letter", Sutcliffe responded that he was not responsible for either crime to presenter Christine Talbot.[11]

## Road history

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The main road through Bingley has been re-sited twice in its history. In 1904, a new cut of the road heading north west out of the town created a mini-bypass between All Saints Parish Church and the Railway. The cobbled road around the front of the church became Old Main Street. A huge section of the graveyard was taken out to lay the new road and the gravestones were used as flags on the paths around the church. A small section of the graveyard still exists on the east side of the new road bounded by the old path to Treacle Cock Alley and the railway.[12]

Plans had been on the table for a trunk road through Bingley and the Aire valley since at least 1970.[13] In 1992 preparatory work was undertaken to lengthen Park Road bridge so that the Leeds Liverpool Canal could be moved slightly to the east. This work would allow the formation of the new road to be sandwiched between the railway and the canal. In 1998, the Government, gave the go ahead for the trunk road to be constructed.[13][14]

### Post-relief road Bingley

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Panoramic view over Bingley

In 2004, the Bingley Relief Road opened. The £47.9 million road stretches from Crossflatts to Cottingley, threading through Bingley between the railway and the canal. One of the most expensive parts of the construction was moving a 160-yard (150 m) stretch of the canal. The construction involved the removal of Treacle Cock Alley pedestrian tunnel and the Tin Bridge, which have been replaced by the Three Rise Bridge, and the Britannia Bridge

In 2004, the average home price in Bingley rose 30% to £196,850 – the second fastest appreciating area in the UK (after the nearby Hebden Bridge[15]).

The road was a target of road protest camp where protesters occupied tree houses for nearly two years.[16]

## Governance

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Myrtle Grove, which became the council headquarters in 1926

Bingley was part of the Wapentake of Skyrack, which was in turn part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The ancient parish of Bingley included the chapelry of Morton and several other hamlets, including Cullingworth.[17] In 1866, the parish was divided into the new civil parishes of Bingley and Morton. In 1898, Bingley Urban District was formed; by 1926, all council administration had been transferred to Myrtle Grove which became the town hall.[18] In 1974 the urban district and civil parish were abolished and absorbed into the City of Bradford Metropolitan District in the new county of West Yorkshire. Bingley became a ward in the Bradford metropolitan district. A civil parish called Bingley Town Council was established on 1 April 2016 following a petition to Bradford Council in October 2015. This followed a two-year campaign by the Bingley Community Council Group. Elections were held in May 2016 for the first councillors for the new Bingley Town Council.[19][20] It has 16 councillors representing eight wards: Bingley Central, Crossflatts, Lady Lane and Oakwood, Eldwick, Gilstead, Priestthorpe, Crownest and Cottingley.

### Councillors

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Bingley ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Labour party councillors; Susan Fricker,[21] Marcus Dearden,[22] and Joe Wheatley.[23]

Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor

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2004 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Robin Owens (Con)  |  | Colin Gill (Con)
2006 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Robin Owens (Con)  |  | Colin Gill (Con)
2007 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Robin Owens (Con)  |  | Colin Gill (Con)
2008 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Robin Owens (Con)  |  | Colin Gill (Con)
By-election
4 December 2008[24][25] |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Robin Owens (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2010 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Robin Owens (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2011 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Mark Shaw (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2012 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Mark Shaw (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2014 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Mark Shaw (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2015 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Mark Shaw (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2016 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Mark Shaw (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2018 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Mark Shaw (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2019 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Geoff Winnard (Con)  |  | John Pennington (Con)
2021 |  | David Heseltine (Con)  |  | Geoff Winnard (Con)  |  | Marcus Dearden (Lab)
2022 |  | Joe Wheatley (Lab)  |  | Geoff Winnard (Con)  |  | Marcus Dearden (Lab)
2023 |  | Joe Wheatley (Lab)  |  | Susan Katherine Fricker (Lab)  |  | Marcus Dearden (Lab)
2024 |  | Joe Wheatley (Lab)  |  | Susan Katherine Fricker (Lab)  |  | Marcus Dearden (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election.  indicates seat won in by-election.

## Transport

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Bingley's railway station entrance

Bingley railway station is situated in the town centre. It is a stop on the Airedale Line, part of the West Yorkshire Metro railway network, with services to Leeds, Bradford Forster Square and Skipton. Services are operated by Northern Trains.[26]

The A650 connects Bingley to Keighley and Skipton to the north-west, and to Shipley and Bradford to the south-east. Through traffic has been diverted onto the new dual carriageway avoiding the town centre.

Bingley is served by several bus routes, operated by two companies.[27]

First West Yorkshire:

* 680 between Bradford and Bingley
* 616 / 619 between Bradford and Eldwick
* 622 between Bingley and Bradford.

Keighley Bus Company:

* 662 between Bradford and Keighley
* 60 between Leeds and Keighley
* K17 / K19 between Keighley and Cullingworth.

Leeds Bradford International Airport is located 10 miles (16 km) to the east.

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the town. There are several flights of locks in the Bingley section, the famous Five Rise Locks, the smaller Three Rise and a further two lock flight at Dowley Gap. The canal climbs steeply up the side of the Aire Valley through this section.

## Climate

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As with all of the United Kingdom, Bingley experiences a maritime climate (Cfb), characterised cool to mild weather, with often cloudy and damp conditions. This is amplified by Bingley's hilly northern situation. The nearest official met office weather station for which data is available is 'Bingley No. 2", actually located a couple of miles south of the town centre and at a relatively high 262 metres above sea level – More elevated than all of the urbanised area of Bingley. It is therefore likely that temperatures in central Bingley, at as little as 80 metres above sea level, tend to be 1 to 1.5 °C milder year round – though on cold clear nights this may be reversed as a temperature inversion takes hold.

The highest temperature recorded since 1980 at Bingley was 31.6 °C (88.9 °F)[28] during August 1990. More recently the temperature fell to −10.8 °C (12.6 °F)[29] on 20 December 2010.

Climate data for Bingley No.2, elevation 262 metres (860 ft), 1971–2000

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 5.1
(41.2)  | 5.2
(41.4)  | 7.5
(45.5)  | 9.9
(49.8)  | 13.8
(56.8)  | 16.3
(61.3)  | 18.8
(65.8)  | 18.4
(65.1)  | 15.5
(59.9)  | 11.8
(53.2)  | 8.0
(46.4)  | 6.1
(43.0)  | 11.4
(52.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 0.2
(32.4)  | 0.1
(32.2)  | 1.4
(34.5)  | 2.7
(36.9)  | 5.4
(41.7)  | 8.3
(46.9)  | 10.7
(51.3)  | 10.5
(50.9)  | 8.5
(47.3)  | 5.7
(42.3)  | 2.7
(36.9)  | 1.2
(34.2)  | 4.8
(40.6)
Source: YR.NO[30]

Data from the Met Office for the same weather station, but using more recent averages, showing changes to the climate in Bingley.

Climate data for Bingley No 2 (262 m elevation) 1981–2010

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 5.5
(41.9)  | 5.6
(42.1)  | 8.1
(46.6)  | 10.7
(51.3)  | 14.3
(57.7)  | 16.9
(62.4)  | 19.1
(66.4)  | 18.7
(65.7)  | 15.9
(60.6)  | 12.1
(53.8)  | 8.3
(46.9)  | 5.8
(42.4)  | 11.8
(53.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 0.5
(32.9)  | 0.3
(32.5)  | 1.7
(35.1)  | 3.2
(37.8)  | 5.9
(42.6)  | 8.8
(47.8)  | 11.1
(52.0)  | 10.9
(51.6)  | 8.9
(48.0)  | 6.1
(43.0)  | 3.2
(37.8)  | 0.9
(33.6)  | 5.1
(41.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)  | 109.8
(4.32)  | 77.2
(3.04)  | 81.5
(3.21)  | 72.9
(2.87)  | 65.2
(2.57)  | 77.1
(3.04)  | 63.0
(2.48)  | 81.1
(3.19)  | 77.1
(3.04)  | 99.8
(3.93)  | 105.2
(4.14)  | 114.3
(4.50)  | 1,024.1
(40.32)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.4  | 12.3  | 13.4  | 11.2  | 11.2  | 11.1  | 10.3  | 11.8  | 11.2  | 14.4  | 15.3  | 14.8  | 152.3
Source: metoffice.gov.uk[31]

## Education

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Bingley provides a range of primary and secondary schools. The secondary schools are Beckfoot School, Bingley Grammar School and Samuel Lister Academy. Bingley Grammar School was founded in the 16th century and is one of the oldest schools in the country. Heather Bank School was a private preparatory school which closed in the 1970s. Beckfoot Grammar School moved into new, purpose-built, premises in June 2011 and the old buildings were demolished in 2012.[32]

## Media

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Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire. Television signals are received from the Emley Moor TV transmitter and the Keighley relay transmitter.[33]

Local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds, Heart Yorkshire, Capital Yorkshire, Hits Radio West Yorkshire, Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire, and Rombalds Radio, a community based radio station that broadcasts online.[34]

The town is served by the local newspapers, Keighley News and Telegraph & Argus.[35][36]

## Culture

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Bradford City Council organises an annual music festival, Bingley Music Live in Myrtle Park. The festival evolved from Music At Myrtle and features a range of musical genres including rock, alternative rock, indie rock and pop music. It is held at the end of August. First held in 2007, it was shortlisted in the 'Best New Festival' category of the Virtual Festival Awards.[37] The ethos of the event is to present high quality music at an affordable price and give a platform for local bands from across West Yorkshire to a large audience.[38] Artists such as The Charlatans, Happy Mondays, Scouting for Girls, The Automatic, Echo & The Bunnymen, Doves, The Zutons, Editors, Desert Eskimo, Calvin Harris, James, The Enemy, Seasick Steve and Professor Green have performed at Bingley Music Live since 2007.

Each year Bingley Show is held in Myrtle Park and is one of the largest one day shows in Europe.[39] Its focus is on the horticultural and agricultural nature that reflects Bingley and its environs. The Bingley show has been held every year since 1867 apart from in 2012 when the event was cancelled due to flooding.

Bingley Little Theatre is both a venue and a major amateur group, with eight productions a year as well as studio pieces.

The first Airedale Terrier was bred in Bingley.

Since January 2015, Bingley is part of the Walkers are Welcome town network, aiming to make Yorkshire the friendliest place for walkers.[40] Bingley Walkers are Welcome now works with the local community and businesses to increase footfall into the area and boosting the local economy.

## Notable people

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* Frank W. Walbank (1909–2008), professor of Ancient History and world-renowned expert on Polybius. Born in Bingley.[41]
* Prof William Stuart Mcrae Craig (1903–1975), medical author[42]
* Ian Hutchinson, fifteen times Isle of Man TT winner, 2013 Macau Grand Prix winner and winner of the North West 200 road race. Born 12 August 1979[43]
* The Ickeringill family, which included the noted Chartists Isaac Ickeringill (b. 1803) and his brother George (b. 1810)[44][45] and Ira Ickringill (spelling accurate) (b. 1836), the Bradford mill founder,[46] inventor and Mayor of Keighley,[47] were born, raised and lived in Bingley.
* Percy Vear, professional boxer, born in Crossflatts, Bingley, 12 July 1911[48]
* Fred Hoyle, astronomer, born in Bingley, 24 June 1915[49]
* John Braine, author of Room at the Top. Worked in Bingley Library until 1942.[50]
* Peter Sutcliffe (1946–2020), serial killer, born Bingley 2 June 1946[51][52]
* Rodney Bewes, actor, most famous role Bob Ferris in The Likely Lads. Born in Bingley 27 November 1938.[53]
* Muriel Aked, actress, born 9 November 1887 in Bingley, died 21 March 1955 in Settle.[54]
* Pat Kirkwood, Musical theatre actress, lived in Bingley in her later years.[55]
* William Twiss, (1745–1827), Royal Engineer and designer of the Martello Tower, lived in Bingley on retirement and is buried in All Saints Church, Bingley.[56]
* Marmozets, rock band formed in Bingley who have released two albums (both UK top 30) on Roadrunner Records in 2014 and 2018.[57]
* Bernard Markham, Bishop of Nassau and former pupil of Bingley Grammar School.[58]
* Timothy Taylor, brewer of Fine Yorkshire Ales. Born in 1826, opened his first brewery, the Timothy Taylor Brewery, in 1858 – ales such as Landord, Ram Tam & Bolt Maker have won countless awards.[59]
* Jessica Knappett, comedian, writer and actor, plays Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie and is the creator, writer and acting lead in the E4 sitcom Drifters. Born in 1984.[60]

## See also

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* Listed buildings in Bingley

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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bingley.

* Bingley-Online Bingley Online Community Website
* This is Bingley A short history of Bingley
* Ancient Bingley (PDF) transcription of an 1897 book by Joseph Horsfall Turner
* West Yorkshire Archaeology Service Historical Development of Bingley
* Bingley Town Centre Archived 20 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) The Masterplan for the revitalisation of Bingley
* Bingley and District Local History Society Bingley and District Local History Society website
* Bingley Methodist Church Bingley Methodist church website including history of former Mornington Road Methodist Church
* Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bingley" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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Towns,
villages,
areas
and wards|

Addingham
Allerton
Apperley Bridge
Baildon
Barkerend
Belle Vue
Ben Rhydding
Bingley
Bingley Rural
Bingley ward
Bolton and Undercliffe
Bowling and Barkerend
Bradford
Bradford Moor
Broomfields
Burley in Wharfedale
Burley Woodhead
Buttershaw
City of Bradford
City ward
Clayton
Cottingley
Craven ward
Crossflatts
Cross Roads
Cullingworth
Cutler Heights
Denholme
Dudley Hill
East Morton
East Bowling
Eastburn
Eccleshill
Egypt
Eldwick
Esholt
Frizinghall
Forster Square
Gilstead
Girlington
Great Horton
Greengates
Hainworth
Harden
Haworth
Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury
Heaton
Holme Wood
Idle
Idle and Thackley
Ilkley
Ingrow
Keighley
Keighley Central
Keighley East
Keighley West
Laisterdyke
Laycock
Little Germany
Little Horton
Long Lee
Longlands
Low Moor
Lumbfoot
Manningham
Menston
Oakenshaw
Oakworth
Odsal
Oldfield
Oxenhope
Queensbury
Ravenscliffe
Riddlesden
Royds
Ryecroft
Saltaire
Sandy Lane
Shipley
Silsden
Staithgate
Stanbury
Steeton
Steeton with Eastburn
Thackley
Thornbury
Thornton
Thornton and Allerton
Thorpe Edge
Toller
Tong ward
Tong village
Trident
Tyersal
Wharfedale ward
Wibsey
Wilsden
Windhill and Wrose
Worth Valley
Wrose
Wyke

Governance|

Bradford-Keighley Youth Parliament
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Constituencies
Council
Councillors
Parishes
Politics
Wards

Culture
Leisure and
Tourism|

| Countryside|

Airedale
Bradford Dale
Brontë Country
Harden Moor
Heaton Woods
Ilkley Moor
Judy Woods
Penistone Hill Country Park
Pennine Way
Wharfedale
Worth Valley
Yorkshire Dales

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Buildings and
Listed buildings|

The Gatehaus
Mechanics' Institute Library
Midland Hotel
Milligan and Forbes Warehouse
Old White Horse Inn
Salts Mill
Top Withens
White Wells
Wool Exchange
Halls
Bingley Town Hall
Bolling Hall
Bradford City Hall
Cartwright Hall
Cottingley Town Hall
East Riddlesden Hall
Heathcote
Ilkley Town Hall
Keighley Town Hall
Oakwood Hall
Oakworth Hall
Paper Hall
Ponden Hall
Royds Hall
Shipley Town Hall
Silsden Town Hall
Victoria Hall
Mills
: Drummond Mill
Lister Mills
Places of Worship
All Saints' Parish Church
Al Mahdi Mosque
Bradford Cathedral
Bradford Grand Mosque

Bradford Tree of Life Synagogue
Holy Trinity Church, Bingley
St Patrick's Church
Saltaire United Reformed Church
St Peter's Church, Addingham
Shree Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple

Entertainment|

Bradford Alhambra
Bradford Odeon
Bradford Playhouse
Cubby Broccoli Cinema
Ilkley Playhouse
IMAX
Keighley Picture House
Odeon Leeds-Bradford
Pictureville Cinema
St George's Hall

Museums
and galleries|

BD1 Gallery
Bolling Hall
Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum
Bradford Industrial Museum
Brontë Parsonage Museum
Cartwright Hall
Cliffe Castle Museum
Colour Experience
Ilkley Toy Museum
Impressions Gallery
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Manor House Museum
Museum of Rail Travel
National Science and Media Museum
Peace Museum
Transperience

Clubs and
societies|

Airedale Boat Club
Bradford Festival Choral Society
Bradford Girls' Choir
Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library
Fanderson
Idle Working Men's Club
Keighley and District Local History Society
The 1 in 12 Club

Shopping|

Sunbridge Wells
The Broadway
Wool Exchange

Parks|

Bingley St Ives
Bowling Park
Bradford City Park
Harold Park
Holden Park
Horton Park
Lister Park
Northcliffe Park
Peel Park
Roberts Park

Events|

Bingley Music Live
Bradford Literature Festival
Bradford Mela
Moor Music Festival
Ilkley Literature Festival
Infest
Ilkley Trophy
Keighley Festival
Saltaire Festival

Heritage|

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Saltaire International Heritage Centre
Shipley Glen Tramway
Undercliffe Cemetery

Services|

| Education|

Bradford College
Bradford Libraries
Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library
Bradford Schools
Shipley College
University of Bradford

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Health|

Airedale General Hospital
Bradford Royal Infirmary
St Luke's Hospital

Mass media|

| Publishing|

Emerald Group Publishing
Keighley News
Telegraph & Argus

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Radio|

Hits Radio West Yorkshire
Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire
RamAir
Sunrise Radio

TV|

AAP TV

Organisations|

| Companies|

Bradford Trades Council
British Wool Marketing Board
Club 18-30
Damart
Dean, Smith & Grace
Findel plc
Four Door Lemon
Grattan
Greenwoods
Hallmark Cards
Hield
JCT600
Kelda
Wm Morrison Supermarkets
Mumtaz Group
Pace Micro Technology
Safestyle UK
Seabrook Potato Crisps
Sports Turf Research Institute
Standard Wool
Telegraph & Argus
Timothy Taylor Brewery
Vanquis Banking Group
Wharfedale Brewery
Yorkshire Building Society
Yorkshire Water

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Other|

Anchor Hanover Group
Association of Nail Technicians
Bradford Mechanics' Institute Library
Ilkley Upstagers' Theatre Group
Charity
Christians Against Poverty
Human Relief Foundation
Sacar
Religious
Al-Mustafa Centre
LIFE Church UK

Sport|

| Clubs|

Basketball
Bradford Dragons
Cricket
Bradford Premier League
Cycling
Ilkley Cycling Club
Football
Albion Sports A.F.C.
Bradford City
Bradford City W.F.C.
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Eccleshill United F.C.
Ilkley Town A.F.C.
Silsden F.C.
Thackley A.F.C.
Golf
Ilkley Golf Club
Rowing
Bradford Amateur Rowing Club
Rugby
Bradford & Bingley RFC
Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls Women
Bradford Dudley Hill
Clayton A.R.L.F.C.
Ilkley Rugby Club
Keighley Cougars
Keighley RUFC

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Venues|

Cougar Park
Great Horton Road
Horsfall Stadium
Odsal Stadium
Park Avenue
Valley Parade

Waterways|

| Rivers|

Bradford Beck
Harden Beck
Holme Beck
River Aire
River Wharfe
River Worth
Tyersal Beck

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Canals|

Bingley Five Rise Locks
Bingley Three Rise Locks
Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Crossings|

Beckfoot Bridge
Ireland Bridge
Thornton Viaduct

Transport|

| Air|

Leeds Bradford Airport

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Rail|

Lines
Airedale
Calder Valley
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Shipley Glen Tramway
Wharfedale
Stations
Tunnels
Bowling
Thackley

Bus|

Stations
Bradford Interchange
Ilkley bus station
Keighley bus station
Services
Arriva Yorkshire
First West Yorkshire
Keighley Bus Company

Road|

Road
M62
M606
A647
A650
A658
A6036
A6177

Miscellaneous|

Crime
History
Military
Postcodes
Timeline
People
Geology
Aire Valley Fault
Denholme Clough Fault

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Metropolitan districts|

* City of Bradford
* City of Leeds
* City of Wakefield
* Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
* Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees

Major settlements
(cities in italics)|

* Baildon
* Batley
* Bingley
* Birstall
* Bradford
* Brighouse
* Castleford
* Clayton
* Cleckheaton
* Denholme
* Dewsbury
* Elland
* Farsley
* Featherstone
* Garforth
* Gomersal
* Greetland
* Guiseley
* Halifax
* Haworth
* Hebden Bridge
* Heckmondwike
* Hemsworth
* Hipperholme and Lightcliffe
* Holmfirth
* Horbury
* Horsforth
* Huddersfield
* Ilkley
* Keighley
* Kippax
* Kirkburton
* Knottingley
* Leeds
* Liversedge
* Meltham
* Mirfield
* Morley
* Normanton
* Ossett
* Otley
* Pontefract
* Pudsey
* Queensbury
* Rothwell
* Shipley
* Silsden
* South Elmsall
* South Kirkby
* Sowerby Bridge
* Stanley
* Thornton
* Todmorden
* Wakefield
* Wetherby
* Wyke
* Yeadon
See also: List of civil parishes in West Yorkshire

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