Bingley

Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which had a population of 18,294 at the 2011 Census.

Bingley
5Rise Shopping Centre on Main Street, Bingley (November 2009)
Bingley
Location within West Yorkshire
Population18,294 (Ward. 2011 census)
OS grid referenceSE108389
 London210 miles (338 km)
Civil parish
  • Bingley
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
  • West Yorkshire
Region
  • Yorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBINGLEY
Postcode districtBD16
Dialling code01274
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
  • Shipley
Councillors

Bingley railway station is in the town centre and Leeds Bradford International Airport is 10 miles (16 km) away. The B6265 connects Bingley to Keighley.

Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Bingley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bingheleia".

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