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 | |
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5Rise Shopping Centre on Main Street, Bingley (November 2009) | |
Bingley Location within West Yorkshire | |
Population | 18,294 (Ward. 2011 census) |
OS grid reference | SE108389 |
• London | 210 miles (338 km) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BINGLEY |
Postcode district | BD16 |
Dialling code | 01274 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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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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