Harden is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, perched on the northern edge of the South Pennines above Airedale. It sits between Keighley and Bingley and is served by Harden railway station on the Airedale Line, giving easy commuter links while still feeling like upland countryside.
Historically the settlement grew in the 18th and 19th centuries around textiles and local stone quarrying, and you can still see stone terraces and converted mill buildings. Today it is largely residential with a handful of shops, pubs and active community groups, popular with walkers and cyclists thanks to nearby moorland tracks and the waterways of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Aire valley.
Postcode districts covering Harden
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 13.3 miles
- Bradford 5.5 miles
- Oldham 22.8 miles
- Burnley 15.8 miles
- Huddersfield 13.4 miles
- Wakefield 18.4 miles
- Rochdale 19.9 miles
- Harrogate 16.9 miles
- Halifax 7.5 miles
- Bury 24.7 miles
- Castleford 22.8 miles
- Morley 12.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Harden Built-up area 0.2 miles
- Wilsden Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Cullingworth Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Bingley Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Bingley Rural Ward 1.7 miles
- Keighley East Ward 2 miles
- Keighley Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Sandy Lane Parish 2.4 miles
- East Morton Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Keighley Central Ward 2.7 miles
- Denholme Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Thornton and Allerton Ward 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Harden
BD16 1FJ, BD16 1AZ, BD16 1JX, BD16 1BU, BD16 1FN, BD16 1TF, BD16 1BN, BD16 1JA, BD16 1BZ … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 8.7 miles
- Manchester Airport 37.5 miles
- Bingley Railway Station 1.4 miles
- Crossflatts Railway Station 1.6 miles
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 8.8 miles
Hotels near Harden Ad
- The Old Registry Haworth 4 3.5 miles
- The Abbey Lodge Hotel 3.6 miles
- Premier Inn Bradford North 3 1.8 miles
- Bradford North (Bingley) 3 1.8 miles
- Oakwood Hall Hotel 2.1 miles
- The Old White Lion Hotel 4 3.6 miles
- Shibden Mill Inn 4 6.7 miles
- Hollins Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf 4 5.6 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Bradford City Centre 3 6 miles
- Travelodge Bradford Central 3 5.6 miles
Schools in Harden
- Harden Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bronte Parsonage Museum Museum 3.6 miles
- Valley Parade Stadium 5.1 miles
- The University of Bradford University 5.3 miles
- National Media Museum Museum 5.7 miles
- Esholt Priory Historic site 6.3 miles
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 8.6 miles
- Bolton Abbey Historic site 9.8 miles
- Daffy Wood Forest 10.2 miles
- Spring Wood Forest 10.3 miles
- Clayton Wood Forest 10.5 miles
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 11.2 miles
- Kirklees Priory Historic site 11.4 miles