page_title: Keighley
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Keighley / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: This street-level view depicts some of Keighey's fine old Victorian sandstone terraced buildings, located on Cavendish Street in the centre of town. Further pictures of the locality can be found online in this set of images.
context_page_description: Keighley is a former mill and market town as well as a civil parish in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, 11 miles north-west of Bradford, 11 miles south of Ilkley, 13 miles, north of Halifax, 12 miles south-east of Skipton, and 20 miles north-west of Leeds at the confluence of the rivers Aire and Worth.Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Keighley lies between Airedale and Keighley Moors. The town is the terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, a heritage steam branch line which has been restored and runs through the Worth Valley to Oxenhope via Oakworth and Haworth. At the 2011 census, Keighley had a population of 56,348.
context_section_description: Keighley lies at the confluence of the rivers Worth and Aire in Airedale, in the South Pennines. Its northern boundary is with Bradley and its southern limit is the edge of Oxenhope. To the west, the town advances up the hill to the suburb of Black Hill and in the east it terminates at the residential neighbourhoods of Long Lee and Thwaites Brow. The outlying northeastern suburb of Riddlesden is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a separate village but is part of the town.
  Past Black Hill and via Braithwaite Edge Road lies Braithwaite village which leads to Laycock, which was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Laycock is a conservation area which overlooks the hamlet of Goose Eye.
  The River Aire passes through north eastern Keighley, dividing the neighbourhood of Stockbridge and running roughly parallel to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The Worth links up with the Aire in Stockbridge and runs south-westerly, dividing eastern Keighley from central and western districts of the town. The Worth is lined with abandoned, semi-derelict industrial sites and tracts of waste ground dating from the period when Keighley thrived as a major textile centre.
  Parts of Keighley are prone to flooding and the town was particularly badly hit by floods in 2000. Since then, millions have been spent on strengthening flood defences.
  Other outlying villages around the town are Oakworth, Cross Roads, Haworth, Stanbury and Oxenhope. The two main settlements to the north are Silsden and Steeton. Although these villages are often referred to as separate places they are part of the wider Keighley area. These areas add a total of 22,669 to the Keighley area, taking the population of the wider Keighley area up to 74,098 (2001 Census).
  To the north east is Rombalds Moor which contains many signs of Stone Age and Bronze Age occupation including cup and ring marks, and as it drops back down into Wharfedale and the town of Ilkley, approximately five miles away, becomes the more famous Ilkley Moor.
caption: A ground-level view of the Victorian commercial quarter
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