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 1JR, BD16 1LE, BD16 1RY, BD16 1JH, BD16 1AF, BD16 1FP, BD16 1JW, BD16 1JD, BD16 1JQ … 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 Abbey Lodge Hotel 3.6 miles
- Holdsworth House 4 5.7 miles
- The Wheatley Arms 6.5 miles
- The Cow & Calf by Innkeeper's Collection 4 5.9 miles
- The Midland Hotel 3 5.7 miles
- The New Hobbit Hotel Rooms 9.8 miles
- Dalesgate Hotel - Self Check in 3 3.6 miles
- Steeton Hall Hotel & Restaurant 4 5.1 miles
- Best Western Bradford Guide Post Hotel 3 7.2 miles
- Ilkley Riverside Hotel 3 6.3 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