50-580: Keighley bus station serves the town of Keighley , West Yorkshire , England. The bus station is owned and managed by Metro . The bus station is situated in Keighley town centre next to the Airedale Centre and can be accessed from Bow Street and Towngate. The bus station was opened off Lawkholme Crescent in the town in 1940. Bus shelters were added in 1970 after the Airedale Shopping centre opened up on
100-553: A Lancashire knight , was granted a charter to hold a market in Keighley on 17 October 1305 by King Edward I . The poll tax records of 1379 show that the population of Keighley, in the wapentake of Staincliffe in the West Riding of Yorkshire , was 109 people (47 couples and 15 single people). From 1753, the Union stage coach departed on the Keighley and Kendal Turnpike from what was
150-703: A heritage railway that passes through Haworth (part of the Brontë Country , home of Anne , Charlotte and Emily Brontë ) and terminates at Oxenhope . At Ingrow is the Museum of Rail Travel . Top Withens and the Brontë Waterfall are within walking distance of Stanbury , a mile and a half from Haworth. East Riddlesden Hall is in Riddlesden. Keighley Police Museum is in the Keighley Civic Centre opposite
200-479: A municipal borough on 28 July 1882 under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 in the West Riding of Yorkshire . In 1938, the boundaries of the borough and civil parish of Keighley were expanded to include the former urban districts and civil parishes of Haworth , Oakworth and Oxenhope , along with the parish of Morton from the abolished Keighley Rural District and a small part of
250-428: A planetarium , a simulated rocky planet surface and many other space -related items. Keighley has a parish church , Keighley Shared Church, and is home to many Christian denominations. It has churches and places of worship for Anglicans , Methodists , United Reformed , Mormons , Quakers , Salvation Army and Jehovah's Witnesses . Keighley has a significant Roman Catholic , minority re-established following
300-651: A good idea for Keighley to become an independent authority once again. The town has a local history society, Keighley and District Local History Society , and a family history society, Keighley and District Family History Society. Keighley lies at the confluence of the rivers Worth and Aire in Airedale , in the South Pennines . It benefits from an electrified railway service with connections to Leeds , Bradford , Shipley , Bingley , Skipton , Carlisle and Morecambe . The post town of Keighley's northern boundary
350-457: A majority of just 249 over the previous incumbent, Conservative Kris Hopkins . In 2015, Hopkins won the seat at the 2015 general election – securing a second term. Hopkins increased the Conservatives vote share in the area from 41.9% in 2010 to 44.3% in 2015. The Conservatives won the seat in 2010, taking over from Ann Cryer , who had been in office since 1997. Keighley was contested by
400-493: A manufacturer of CNC machine tools, particularly precision lathes , until 2008. Keighley is home to Timothy Taylor Brewery , the makers of CAMRA , Champion Beer of Britain award-winning ales Landlord and Boltmaker (previously known as 'Best Bitter'). They also brew Ram Tam, Golden Best, Dark Mild, Knowle Spring and a new French style blonde ale, Le Champion, which was first brewed for the Tour de France in 2014 and has been brewed for
450-687: A population which amounted, in the year 1801, to 5,745." Utley Cemetery contains the grave of Christopher Ingham, a veteran of the conflict against Napoleon . He was a member of the Duke of Wellington 's elite 95th Rifle Regiment and fought in ten battles against the French in Spain , France and Belgium , including the Spanish Peninsula War and the Battle of Waterloo , for which he was awarded several medals, including
500-526: A small souvenir from me. God bless you! The carnations were placed on the grave and the two boys kept the postage stamps and the postcard. The crucifix was placed in St Anne's Church to avoid it being stolen. Keighley is represented in the House of Commons by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Robbie Moore , who won the seat by defeating his predecessor John Grogan at the 2019 general election . Grogan had
550-461: Is a large indoor shopping precinct which houses most of the town's high street retail chains. The Airedale Shopping Centre housed the 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) statue of the giant Rombald holding a boulder above his head. It was moved to a different part of the centre when a glass ceiling was added to the whole complex. A public consultation favoured placing the statue on the Beechcliffe roundabout on
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#1733106093995600-473: Is said to be the former wing of a much bigger property), converted barns and 18th-century cottages. On the outskirts of town is Cliffe Hall, also known as Cliffe Castle, now Keighley Museum . The Keighley and Worth Valley railway is a heritage steam railway , which links the town with Haworth, Oakworth, Oxenhope and the Bronte Country. Keighley is the location of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway ,
650-476: 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 north-eastern 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
700-457: The A650 road approaching Keighley from the east. According to local legend, the giant Rombald threw a giant rock at his enemies (or in some versions of the tale his wife) killing them. The rock is the "calf" of "cow and calf" rock fame, which can be seen today at the top of Rombald's Moor on Ilkley Moor . Keighley has one cinema, The Picture House on North Street. It opened in 1913, making it one of
750-562: The Bingley urban district. On 1 April 1974, Keighley borough became part of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District in accordance with the Local Government Act 1972 in the newly formed county of West Yorkshire . The merger caused a lot of bitterness among Keighley people, who resented being 'taken over' by Bradford and accused the city's council of neglecting the town. Civil parish status
800-554: The British National Party (BNP) in the May 2005 general election , when the party's leader Nick Griffin stood for Parliament. He was defeated by Ann Cryer, one of a small number of Labour MPs with an increased majority. In March 2006, the town's mayoress, Rose Thompson, announced she had joined the BNP and was immediately dismissed by the mayor Tony Wright. The town was incorporated as
850-483: The West Riding of Yorkshire , it lies between Airedale and Keighley Moors. At the 2011 census, Keighley had a population of 56,348. The name Keighley, which has gone through many changes of spelling throughout its history, means "Cyhha's farm or clearing", and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086: "In Cichhelai, Ulchel, and Thole, and Ravensuar, and William had six carucates to be taxed." Henry de Keighley,
900-409: The 1960s and lost many historic buildings. However, the town managed to retain some of its heritage and has many Victorian buildings. The local millstone grit gives many of the buildings a distinctive look. East Riddlesden Hall , Cliffe Castle Museum and Whinburn Mansion are fine country houses . There are large townhouses along Skipton Road, which contrast with the rows of smaller terraces in
950-657: The 1960s from the Mirpur region of Azad Kashmir , in Pakistan , and the Sylhet region of Bangladesh . As of 2013, there were eight mosques in Keighley, including the purpose-built Markazi Jamia Masjid ('Central Community Mosque') in Emily Street and the purpose-built Jamia Masjid Ghosiyah (Ghosiyah Community Mosque – named after the saint Abdul Qadir Jilani ), on Skipton Road. The rest are buildings which have been converted into Mosques, with
1000-538: The Devonshire Arms coaching inn on the corner of Church Street and High Street. Rebuilt about 1789, this public house has a classical style pedimented doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns in the high fashion of that age. The original route towards Skipton was Spring Gardens Lane – Hollins Lane – Hollins Bank Lane. Keighley was to become an intersection with other turnpikes , including the Two-Laws to Keighley branch of
1050-525: The Peninsula Medal. He died in 1866. Some local historians believe Mr Ingham's heroism may have inspired the author Bernard Cornwell 's saga about Major Richard Sharpe . The TV series episode Sharpe's Justice , which focuses on the roots of the title character, is set in and around Keighley. On 22 May 1936, the Zeppelin Hindenburg crossed Yorkshire in a diversion of her normal route between
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#17331060939951100-616: The Toller Lane – Blue Bell turnpike (1755) from Bradford to Colne , the Bradford to Keighley turnpike (1814), and the Keighley— Halifax turnpike. The 1842 Leeds Directory description of Keighley reads, "Its parish had no dependent townships though it is about six miles [10 km] long and four miles [6 km] broad, and comprises 10,160 acres [4,110 ha] of land (including a peaty moor of about 2,000 acres or 800 ha) and
1150-565: The Tour de Yorkshire in 2015 and 2016. They also own many pubs in the area, including the Albert Hotel, Boltmakers Arms, Lord Rodney, Royal Oak and The Fleece Inn in Haworth. "On-street trading took place in Keighley, around the Church Green area, for 500 years before the establishment of a formal market in 1833. The market was situated at the west end of Low Street. This area was redeveloped in
1200-694: The Town Square. The old police station has many pieces of police memorabilia, including a Victorian horse-drawn Black Mariah. Local high schools are Carlton Keighley in Utley , Beckfoot Oakbank , Parkside School in Cullingworth and the Holy Family Catholic School . Keighley College , formerly the local campus of Leeds City College , itself formerly known as Park Lane College, is situated near Keighley railway station on Bradford Road. In 2010,
1250-553: The United States and Germany. As the airship passed over the town, a parcel was dropped and landed in the High Street, where two boys, Jack Gerrard and Alfred Butler, picked it up. The parcel contained a bunch of carnations, a small silver and jet crucifix, some postage stamps, a picture postcard and some Hindenburg notepaper. The note was written by John P Schulte , who called himself the first flying priest. The note requested that
1300-482: 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
1350-407: The bus station around the town of Keighley. They also run as far afield as Burnley (extending to Padiham and Accrington until 2011), Skipton (extending to Grassington until 2011), Ilkley (extended to Otley and Leeds Bradford Airport in 2016), Leeds (extending to Wetherby from 1993 to 1997), Bradford and Hebden Bridge (previously Todmorden until 2007). Keighley's previous bus station
1400-471: The carnations and crucifix be placed on the grave of his brother, Lieutenant Franz Schulte, who had died of Spanish flu , during the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918, as a Prisoner of War at Raikeswood Prisoner of War Camp, Skipton, originally built as a training camp for the Bradford Pals, in 1915. Schulte was, at that time, buried at Morton Cemetery, two miles (three kilometres) east of Keighley (though
1450-431: The college opened this new £30 million campus, moving away from the former site on Cavendish Street, which was in need of repair and has since been demolished. The college includes an Industrial Centre of Excellence and a nationally acclaimed Star Centre facility, designed to encourage more young people to study STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). This features a mock mission control centre ,
1500-405: The current bus station was being constructed. In 1997 many services were withdrawn these included through services from Bradford to Haworth , Oxenhope and Oakworth. Keighley Keighley ( / ˈ k iː θ l i / KEETH -lee ) 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
1550-475: The faith. Staincliffe (wapentake) Staincliffe , also known as Staincliff , was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire , England. The wapentake was named from a place called Staincliffe, now lost, in Bank Newton , not to be confused with Staincliffe near Dewsbury . Staincliffe was presumably where the wapentake originally met, although in the 12th century it met at Flasby . The wapentake
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1600-472: The late 1960s and a purpose-built covered market hall was constructed...The new building was opened by Keighley town mayor Sydney Bancroft in June, 1971." Much of the town centre has been pedestrianised. Keighley has Keighley Market Hall , four large supermarkets, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Asda. There are several budget supermarkets situated in small retail parks around the town. The Airedale shopping centre
1650-464: The letter stated that he was buried at Skipton, which was incorrect). To the finder of this letter. Please deposit these flowers and the cross on the grave of my dear brother, Lieutenant Franz Schulte, I. Garde Regt zu Fuss. Prisoner of War in Skipton Cemetery in Keighley near Leeds. Many thanks for your kindness, John P Schulte, the first flying priest. N.B. Please accept the stamps and picture as
1700-467: The local TV transmitter. Keighley's local radio stations are BBC Radio Leeds on 102.7 FM, Heart Yorkshire on 107.6 FM, Capital Yorkshire on 105.6 FM, Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 97.5 FM, Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire on 96.3 FM, and Rombalds Radio, a community based radio station that broadcast online. Local newspapers are the Keighley News and Telegraph & Argus . Keighley has
1750-613: The long terrace of Cavendish Street with its 220-yard (⅛ mile/a furlong ) ornamental canopy. There is a bus station which opened in 2002 near the Airedale Shopping Centre. There are several tower blocks in Parkwood Rise, Holycroft and Ingrow and a central multi-storey car park . Amongst the modern houses in Laycock, two miles (three kilometres) outside Keighley town centre, is a 17th-century, three-storey manor house (which
1800-475: 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 people 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 ; as it drops back down into Wharfedale and
1850-583: The oldest being the Shahjalal Jami Masjid and Jamiah Quraniah (ShahJalal Community Mosque and Quran Teaching School – named after the saint Shah Jalal ), on Temple Row, which was previously the Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1845–46. There is a Buddhist centre on Lawkholme Crescent, in the town centre. The Keighley Kadampa Buddhist Centre is used by lay and ordained Buddhist practitioners and also runs day and evening classes for newcomers to
1900-609: The oldest in Britain. A brief closure in the mid-1990s prevented it from being listed as one of the oldest in continuous operation – a record that goes to the Curzon Cinema , which opened in Clevedon , Somerset , in 1911. It was restored from its derelict condition in 1996 by Northern Morris Associated Cinemas and operates to this day. Keighley has a popular local music scene. There have been various venues where local bands play. Most notable
1950-472: The repeal of the penal laws. The Catholic population was boosted in the mid-19th century with the arrival of Irish immigrants escaping the 1840s Great Famine , who came to work in the textile and weaving industries. Keighley has two Roman Catholic churches (St Anne's – 1840 and St Joseph's – 1934) and four Roman Catholic schools (St Anne's – 1857, St Joseph's – 1922, Our Lady of Victories – 1960 and Holy Family – 1964). The first spiritualist church in Britain
2000-475: The south side of the bus station in the late 1960s. The station was re-built in 2002 by Metro. In the updated Pevsner's guide to West (Riding of) Yorkshire , Peter Leach made note of the jagged roofline and masonry at each end of the building. There are 17 stands at the bus station and the main operators are Keighley Bus Company and Burnley Bus Company with other services run by Jackson's of Silsden and Team Pennine (Formerly Yorkshire Tiger) Buses run from
2050-565: The streets behind them, although many of these larger buildings have since been converted into flats and bedsits. The town's central library was the first Carnegie library in England, opened in 1904 with a grant of £10,000 from Andrew Carnegie . The library has undergone refurbishment, which was completed in 2007. Many of the town's former mill buildings are still intact. The town centre contains modern buildings, such as Leeds City College, and examples of Victorian commercial architecture, including
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2100-719: The town of Ilkley , approximately five miles away, it becomes the more famous Ilkley Moor . † The 1939 population is estimated from the National Registration Act figures. The 1941 census did not take place because of the Second World War . The town's industries have typically been in textiles , particularly wool and cotton processing. In addition to the manufacture of textiles, there were several large factories making textile machinery. These included Dean, Smith & Grace , George Hattersley & Son , and Prince, Smith & Stell. The first of these operated as
2150-487: 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
2200-412: The unique record of having the first recorded town twinning agreement in the world, having entered into an agreement with Poix-du-Nord , France in 1920. This actually followed an even earlier sister city arrangement with two communes on the outskirts of Paris , France – Suresnes and Puteaux – starting in 1905. Like many other British towns and cities, Keighley was extensively remodelled in
2250-564: Was also 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
2300-407: Was constructed in 1940 and the bus shelters were added in 1970. It was closed in 2001 to make way for the current bus station which opened in 2002. It was served originally by West Yorkshire Automobile before 1987 and deregulation. After deregulation, it was served by Keighley & District and First Calderdale & Huddersfield . Between 2001 and 2002 buses waited in the surrounding streets whilst
2350-534: Was founded at Keighley in 1853 by David Richmond, who, although not originally from the town, stayed for many years and helped to establish the movement throughout the country. Spiritualism was at its height during Victorian times and Keighley Spiritualist church remains open. Muslims make up the second-largest religious group in the town. According to the 2011 census, there were more than 12,400 Muslims in Keighley in March of that year. Most had started coming to Britain in
2400-471: Was restored to Keighley in 2002, providing it with its own town council . The council's 30 members elect a mayor from amongst their number once a year. The parish boundaries are based on but not identical to the pre-1938 borough boundaries. In June 2006, the leader of Bradford District Council , Conservative Councillor Kris Hopkins, was quoted in the Craven Herald & Pioneer as suggesting it might be
2450-579: Was split into two divisions. The East Division included the ancient parishes of Barnoldswick , Bracewell , Broughton , Burnsall , Carleton , Gargrave , Hebden , Keighley , Kettlewell , Kildwick , Linton , Marton in Craven , Skipton , Thornton in Craven and parts of Arncliffe and Addingham . The West Division included the parishes of Bolton by Bowland , Giggleswick , Gisburn , Kirkby Malhamdale , Long Preston , Slaidburn and parts of Arncliffe, Browsholme , Mitton , and Sawley . Some parts of
2500-688: Was the now-defunct CJ's bar (also known as Chrome, VW's, Cheese and Trumpet) that played host to many popular touring bands. Examples of local bands are the Sailmakers , the Undecided, Foxes Faux , Random Hand , the Get Guns, Eyesore Angels and Dead Message, who recently parted ways after 9 years. The British rock bands Skeletal Family and Terrorvision were also originally formed in Keighley. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from
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