Keighley East covers the eastern part of Keighley, sitting in the Aire valley with views towards the moors and convenient access into the Yorkshire Dales. The area still bears the imprint of its 19th‑century textile and engineering past - Victorian terraces and former mill buildings line streets near the course of the River Aire, and small pockets of green space give way to rising moorland on the town’s outskirts.
Today it is a socially mixed neighbourhood with a range of small businesses, light industry and local shops alongside community projects and ongoing regeneration work. Cultural life is shaped by links to local heritage and tourism, with attractions such as the preserved Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and nearby Brontë country around Haworth keeping the area connected to the region’s industrial and literary histories.
Postcode districts covering Keighley East
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 14.4 miles
- Bradford 7.3 miles
- Oldham 24.4 miles
- Burnley 15.7 miles
- Huddersfield 15.5 miles
- Wakefield 20.1 miles
- Rochdale 21.1 miles
- Harrogate 16.3 miles
- Halifax 9.5 miles
- Castleford 24.1 miles
- Morley 14.1 miles
- Dewsbury 16.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Keighley Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Keighley Central Ward 1.1 miles
- East Morton Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Harden Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Keighley West Ward 2.2 miles
- Bingley Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Cullingworth Built-up area 3 miles
- Oakworth Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Steeton with Eastburn Parish 3.3 miles
- Wilsden Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Haworth Built-up area 3.5 miles
- Bingley Rural Ward 3.7 miles
Example postcodes in Keighley East
BD20 5NG, BD21 4PL, BD21 4NT, BD21 4TW, BD21 4PY, BD20 5EY, BD20 5HW, BD21 5EY, BD20 5NR … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 9.1 miles
- Manchester Airport 39 miles
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Station 0.7 miles
- Ingrow West Railway Station 1.6 miles
- Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Station 9.1 miles
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Schools in Keighley East
- East Morton C of E Primary School Primary
- Long Lee Primary School Primary
- Parkwood Primary School Primary
- Riddlesden St Mary's C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Bronte Parsonage Museum Museum 3.9 miles
- Valley Parade Stadium 6.7 miles
- Esholt Priory Historic site 6.9 miles
- The University of Bradford University 7.1 miles
- National Media Museum Museum 7.4 miles
- Bolton Abbey Historic site 7.8 miles
- Barden Tower Archaeological site 10.5 miles
- The Shay Stadium Stadium 10.6 miles
- Daffy Wood Forest 10.9 miles
- Spring Wood Forest 11 miles
- Clayton Wood Forest 11.3 miles
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 12.3 miles