Keighley

Also known as Keighley, Bradford, Keighley, West Yorkshire

Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Keighley
UK place.population: 57,345
UK place.population_ref: (2021 Census)
UK place.os_grid_reference: SE058412
UK place.civil_parish: Keighley
UK place.metropolitan_borough: City of Bradford
UK place.metropolitan_county: West Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.country: England
UK place.post_town: KEIGHLEY
UK place.postcode_area: BD
UK place.postcode_district: BD20, BD21, BD22
UK place.dial_code: 01535
UK place.dial_code1: 01274
UK place.constituency_westminster: Keighley and Ilkley
UK place.static_image_caption: Clockwise from top : View over Keighley, Dalton Mills, Markazi Jamia Mosque, North Street, Town Hall
UK place.parts_type: Areas of the town
UK place.p1: Braithwaite

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: market town
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Bradford
Population: 56348
Time zone: UTC±00:00
Shares border with: Ilkley
Image: A view over Keighley (31st July 2010).jpg
Dialing code: 01535

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category of associated people: Category:People from Keighley
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
topic's main category: Category:Keighley
twinned administrative body: Myrtle Beach
OS grid reference: SE058412
Commons category: Keighley
Commons gallery: Keighley
historic county: Yorkshire
P12749: Ferdinand Cohn

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Encyclopedic overview

31 sections

Contents

History
Toponymy
Town charter
18th and 19th centuries
Christopher Ingham
Hindenburg parcel
Governance
Constituency
Parish
Arms
Geography
Demography
Economy
Community and culture
Media
Town twinning
Landmarks
Architecture
Attractions
Education
Religion
Sport
Filmography
Film
Television
Notable people
Freedom of the Town
Individuals
Military Units
References
External links

Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.

Keighley is north-west of Bradford, north-west of Bingley, north of Halifax and south-east of Skipton. It is governed by Keighley Town Council and Bradford City Council. Keighley is 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.

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