The civil parish of Bingley sits in the metropolitan district of Bradford in West Yorkshire, lying in the scenic Aire Valley on the banks of the River Aire. It includes the town of Bingley and nearby villages such as Eldwick and Gilstead, and combines a suburb-to-city commuter role with easy rail and road links towards Bradford and Leeds.
Historically shaped by 19th-century mills and the nearby Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the parish is best known for the dramatic Five Rise Locks, a popular heritage and visitor attraction, and the green spaces of the St Ives Estate. Local life mixes a retained sense of market-town community, small-scale industry and retail, and regular community events and agricultural shows that reflect its rural-urban fringe character.
Postcode districts covering Bingley
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Bradford 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Oldham 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Burnley 18 miles29 km
- Huddersfield 13.8 miles22.3 km
- Wakefield 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Rochdale 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Harrogate 14.8 miles23.9 km
- Halifax 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Barnsley 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Castleford 21.2 miles34 km
- Morley 11.2 miles18 km
Neighbouring places
- Bingley Built-up area 0.6 miles1 km
- Baildon Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Shipley Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- East Morton Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Heaton Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Harden Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Wilsden Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Sandy Lane Parish 2.6 miles4.3 km
- Windhill and Wrose Ward 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Keighley East Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Wrose Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Toller Ward 3.2 miles5.2 km
Example postcodes in Bingley
BD16 4SL, BD16 1ES, BD16 1EJ, BD16 2ER, BD16 4EL, BD16 3BD, BD16 3HG, BD16 1PE, BD16 2BS … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Manchester Airport 39.1 miles63 km
- Bingley Railway Station 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Crossflatts Railway Station 1.3 miles2 km
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 6.6 miles10.6 km
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Schools in Bingley
- Beckfoot Priestthorpe Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Beckfoot School Secondary
- Bingley Grammar School Secondary
- Cottingley Village Primary School Primary
- Crossflatts Primary School Primary
- Eldwick Primary School Primary
- Hazelbeck Special School Special
- Lady Lane Park School & Nursery Independent - all ages
- Myrtle Park Primary Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Trinity All Saints C of E VA Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Valley Parade Stadium 4 miles6.4 km
- Esholt Priory Historic site 4.2 miles6.7 km
- The University of Bradford University 4.6 miles7.3 km
- National Media Museum Museum 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Bronte Parsonage Museum Museum 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Daffy Wood Forest 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Spring Wood Forest 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Clayton Wood Forest 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 9.3 miles15 km
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Bolton Abbey Historic site 9.5 miles15.4 km
- Elland Road Stadium 11.2 miles18 km