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Keighley

Built-up area in Bradford, England

Coordinates:53.865, -1.898
OS grid ref:SE 06 41
Population:50,171
Dialling code: 01535

Keighley is a market town in the Worth Valley, part of the metropolitan borough of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It sits where the steep-sided valleys of the River Worth and River Aire begin to give way to the lower moors, making the surrounding hills and good rail and road links an important feature of its geography.

Once a 19th-century textile and engineering centre, the town still shows its industrial Victorian heritage in mills and terraces but now has a mixed economy of light industry, retail and tourism; the nearby heritage steam line and the proximity of Haworth and the Yorkshire Dales attract visitors. Keighley has a diverse, community-focused population, lively markets and cultural events, and a compact town centre with surviving period architecture.

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Transport links

  • Airport Leeds Bradford International Airport 9.7 miles15.6 km
  • Airport Manchester Airport 38.6 miles62.1 km
  • Railway station Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Station 0.2 miles0.4 km
  • Railway station Ingrow West Railway Station 1 mile1.7 km
  • Bus station Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 9.7 miles15.7 km

Schools in Keighley

  • Parkwood Primary School Primary
  • Long Lee Primary School Primary
  • Eastwood Community School Primary
  • St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary
  • Holycroft Primary School Primary
  • Keighley St Andrew's C of E Primary School and Nursery Primary
  • Victoria Primary School Primary
  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
  • Riddlesden St Mary's C of E Primary School Primary
  • Ingrow Primary School Primary
  • Carlton Keighley Secondary
  • Our Lady of Victories Catholic School Primary
  • Beechcliffe Special School Special
  • Beckfoot Oakbank Secondary
  • Merlin Top Primary Academy Primary
  • Beckfoot Phoenix Special
  • Worth Valley Primary School Primary

Local points of interest

  • Bronte Parsonage Museum Museum 3.3 miles5.4 km
  • Valley Parade Stadium 7.1 miles11.4 km
  • The University of Bradford University 7.4 miles11.9 km
  • Esholt Priory Historic site 7.5 miles12.1 km
  • National Media Museum Museum 7.7 miles12.4 km
  • Bolton Abbey Historic site 8 miles12.9 km
  • The Shay Stadium Stadium 10.4 miles16.8 km
  • Barden Tower Archaeological site 10.6 miles17 km
  • Daffy Wood Forest 11.5 miles18.5 km
  • Spring Wood Forest 11.6 miles18.7 km
  • Clayton Wood Forest 11.9 miles19.1 km
  • Gotts Park Mansion Country house 12.8 miles20.6 km