Queensbury, West Yorkshire

Queensbury
Queensbury and the chimney of the former Black Dyke Mills
Queensbury is located in West Yorkshire
Queensbury
Queensbury
Location within West Yorkshire
Population16,273 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE105311
• London175 mi (282 km) SE
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRADFORD
Postcode districtBD13
Dialling code01274
PoliceWest Yorkshire
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53°46′06″N 1°50′43″W / 53.768333°N 1.845278°W / 53.768333; -1.845278

Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough and city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Halifax, Clayton and Thornton and overlooking Bradford, Queensbury is one of the highest parishes in England, with views beyond the West Yorkshire conurbation to the hills of Brontë Country and the Yorkshire Dales to the north and north west. Its population of 8,718 in 2001[2] increased to 16,273 in the 2011 Census.[1]

Queensbury is known as being the home of Black Dyke Mills, and the Black Dyke Band.

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Queensbury Ward (E05001360)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Census 2001 : Urban Areas : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.

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