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 miles21.4 km
- Bradford 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Oldham 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Burnley 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Huddersfield 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Wakefield 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Rochdale 19.9 miles32 km
- Harrogate 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Halifax 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Bury 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Castleford 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Morley 12.5 miles20.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Harden Built-up area 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Wilsden Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- Cullingworth Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Bingley Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Bingley Rural Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Keighley East Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- Keighley Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Sandy Lane Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- East Morton Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Keighley Central Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Denholme Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Thornton and Allerton Ward 2.9 miles4.6 km
Example postcodes in Harden
BD16 1FP, BD16 1BS, BD16 1LW, BD16 1UY, BD16 1LB, BD16 1HU, BD16 1BB, BD16 1BA, BD16 1DA … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 8.7 miles14 km
- Manchester Airport 37.5 miles60.4 km
- Bingley Railway Station 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Crossflatts Railway Station 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 8.8 miles14.1 km
Hotels near Harden Ad
- The Abbey Lodge Hotel 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Holdsworth House 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Wheatley Arms 6.5 miles10.4 km
- The Cow & Calf by Innkeeper's Collection 4 5.9 miles9.6 km
- Dalesgate Hotel - Self Check in 3 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Steeton Hall Hotel & Restaurant 4 5.1 miles8.3 km
- The Midland Hotel 3 5.7 miles9.1 km
- The New Hobbit Hotel Rooms 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Alton Apartments 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Holiday Inn Express Bradford City Centre 3 6 miles9.6 km
Schools in Harden
- Harden Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bronte Parsonage Museum Museum 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Valley Parade Stadium 5.1 miles8.2 km
- The University of Bradford University 5.3 miles8.6 km
- National Media Museum Museum 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Esholt Priory Historic site 6.3 miles10.2 km
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Bolton Abbey Historic site 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Daffy Wood Forest 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Spring Wood Forest 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Clayton Wood Forest 10.5 miles17 km
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 11.2 miles18 km
- Kirklees Priory Historic site 11.4 miles18.3 km