Keighley

Keighley
Clockwise from top : View over Keighley, Dalton Mills, Markazi Jamia Mosque, North street, Town Hall
Keighley is located in West Yorkshire
Keighley
Keighley
Location within West Yorkshire
Population57,345 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE058412
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the town
List
Post townKEIGHLEY
Postcode districtBD20, BD21, BD22
Dialling code01535
01274
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°52′01″N 1°54′40″W / 53.867°N 1.911°W / 53.867; -1.911

Keighley (/ˈkθli/ KEETH-lee[3][4]) is a market town and a civil parish[5] in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.

Keighley is 8 miles (13 kilometres) north-west of Bradford, 4 mi (6.5 km) north-west of Bingley, 11 mi (18 km) north of Halifax and 8 mi (13 km) south-east of Skipton. It is governed by Keighley Town Council and Bradford City Council. Keighley is located in West Yorkshire, close to the borders of North Yorkshire and Lancashire. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies between Airedale and Keighley Moors. At the 2011 census, Keighley had a population of 56,348.[6]

  1. ^ "Yorkshire and the Humber". City Population. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Keighley Town Council | Keighley, West Yorkshire, England". Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Keighley". Collins Online Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Keighley". Dictionary by Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Keighley CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  6. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Keighley Parish (E04000165)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

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