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 miles
- Bradford 4.7 miles
- Oldham 24.4 miles
- Burnley 18 miles
- Huddersfield 13.8 miles
- Wakefield 17.2 miles
- Rochdale 21.8 miles
- Harrogate 14.8 miles
- Halifax 8.6 miles
- Barnsley 24.6 miles
- Castleford 21.2 miles
- Morley 11.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Bingley Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Baildon Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Shipley Built-up area 2 miles
- East Morton Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Heaton Ward 2.3 miles
- Harden Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Wilsden Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Sandy Lane Parish 2.6 miles
- Windhill and Wrose Ward 2.9 miles
- Keighley East Ward 3 miles
- Wrose Parish 3.2 miles
- Toller Ward 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Bingley
BD16 3HJ, BD16 2TA, BD16 1ET, BD16 4ED, BD16 4QB, BD16 4QT, BD16 4RH, BD16 3AY, BD16 3EJ … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 6.5 miles
- Manchester Airport 39.1 miles
- Bingley Railway Station 0.8 miles
- Crossflatts Railway Station 1.3 miles
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 6.6 miles
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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 miles
- Esholt Priory Historic site 4.2 miles
- The University of Bradford University 4.6 miles
- National Media Museum Museum 4.8 miles
- Bronte Parsonage Museum Museum 5.8 miles
- Daffy Wood Forest 8.1 miles
- Spring Wood Forest 8.2 miles
- Clayton Wood Forest 8.5 miles
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 9.3 miles
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 9.4 miles
- Bolton Abbey Historic site 9.5 miles
- Elland Road Stadium 11.2 miles