OS grid reference SE031349 Country England Post town KEIGHLEY Population 14,387 (ward. 2011) Dialling code 01535 | Metropolitan borough City of Bradford Sovereign state United Kingdom Metropolitan county West Yorkshire Postcode district BD22 | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
Keighley worth valley railway winter steam gala 2016
Worth Valley is a ward in the Bradford Metropolitan District. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 Census was 14,387. It is named after the River Worth that runs through the valley to the town of Keighley where it joins the River Aire In the north it is bounded by North Yorkshire, in the west by Lancashire and in the south by Calderdale District.
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- Keighley worth valley railway winter steam gala 2016
- Steam train journey on the keighley worth valley railway
- Notable people with Worth Valley links
- References
It contains the Keighley villages of Oakworth, Oldfield, Haworth, Cross Roads, Oxenhope and Stanbury; areas of farmland; and large expanses of moorland. Its attractive villages, particularly Haworth and its Pennine landscape are at the heart of Brontë Country and attract many visitors.
The Worth Valley has the Keighley and Worth Valley heritage railway running through it from Keighley to Oxenhope and has been used in several films, including The Railway Children, Yanks, the film of the Pink Floyd musical The Wall and an episode of the long-running situation comedy, The Last of the Summer Wine.
Kris Hopkins was a councillor in the until his resignation in May 2010 having been elected to Parliament for the Keighley constituency)
Steam train journey on the keighley worth valley railway
Notable people with Worth Valley links
The following people were born in the Worth Valley, have lived there in the past or are currently resident in the valley.