Baildon

Baildon is a town and civil parish in the Bradford Metropolitan Borough in West Yorkshire, England and within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

This article is about the town in Yorkshire, England. For the hamlet in Canada, see Baildon, Saskatchewan. For the rural municipality which surrounds said hamlet, see Rural Municipality of Baildon No. 131.

Baildon
Baildon, Browgate roundabout
Baildon
Location within West Yorkshire
Population15,360 
OS grid referenceSE155395
• London185 mi (298 km) south-east
Civil parish
  • Baildon
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
  • West Yorkshire
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townShipley
Postcode districtBD17
Dialling code01274
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
  • Shipley
Councillors

It lies 3 miles (5 km) north of Bradford city centre. The town forms a continuous urban area with Shipley and Bradford, and is part of the West Yorkshire Built Up Area. Other nearby suburbs include Shipley to the south and Saltaire to the west. As of the 2011 census, the Baildon ward has a population of 15,360.

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