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Keighley, West Yorkshire - Where I Live

An article describing my hometown Keighleygradients which my 4 year old grandson loves
with details about living and working in theto  skateboard  on.
town  and  tourism.
Nights  Out
'The dark satanic mill town of Keighley' I
have never forgotten that headline from aThere has always been a lot of pubs in the
national newspaper in the late 60s. Thearea, maybe because we have an award winning
article was about the Keighley rugby leaguebrewery in the town. If you want to eat out
team  who  are  now  called Keighley Cougars.there are many restaurants offering different
cultural meals. Nightclubs are a bit thin on
Back then wherever you looked on the horizonthe ground with just 2 catering for different
you could see mill chimneys towering over theage ranges and they aren't that good. However
rest of the town. The mill chimneys werethere are plenty of good clubs within
gradually demolished and now as Keighley sitstravelling distance in Bradford, Leeds and
in a valley you can see fields and trees ineven  further  afield  at  Wakefield.
the  distance  from  almost  any  viewpoint.
Tourism
Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire was
a huge manufacturer of textiles, but now theKeighley is part of Bronte Country, only a
mill buildings that have not burnt down orcouple of miles from Haworth where the famous
been vandalised have been converted intoBronte literature family lived. Apart from
smaller units offering a wide variety oftraditional means, you can travel to Oxenhope
businesses  or  homes.via Haworth on the Keighley and Worth Valley
Line from the Keighley station on a steam
The population was over 51,000 at the 2001train in the summer. It is a heritage line
census and apparently is the third largestand has been used for several film locations
civil parish in England. Approximately 18% ofthat include the Railway Children, Yanks and
the population are of ethnic minorities,the  film  of Pink Floyds 'The Wall' musical.
adding a multi cultural aspect to the town
and some fine Indian, Italian and ChineseAt the first stop 300 yards from where I live
restaurants. Keighley is pronounced 'Keethin Ingrow there is a Museum of Rail Travel.
lee' but to the inhabitants annoyance manyIt is also the starting place for Thomas the
people outside Keighley insist on calling theTank  Engine  days  out.
town  Keeley.
I took my grandchildren last summer and they
Transportcould clamber on board Thomas and pull the
whistle. There was a show performed several
Travelling to and around Keighley is nottimes during the day for the children and
difficult. We have a train station and anseveral stalls. After the show we were able
award winning new closed in bus station into travel on steam trains all day for one low
the town centre with regular transport in andcost fee. At each stop there were more shows
around the area and easy access to manyand stalls making it a very good day out.
cities. Bradford is just 10 miles away andTowards Christmas there is a Santa Special
Leeds 20 miles away and of course the Leedssteam  train  day.
Bradford  airport  is  easily  accessible.
Haworth attracts a lot of American and
There are lots of reliable taxi firms inJapanese tourists who want to steep
Keighley and I have found that with using athemselves in the history of the Brontes.
combination of different transport facilitiesThere is a Bronte museum up a steep cobbled
and on foot I really do not need my ownstreet, the Bronte Waterfall and of course
transport because everything is within easythe moors where the fictional Cathy and
reach. It also works out cheaper than havingHeathcliffe roamed. There are lots of antique
my  own  petrol  guzzling  transport.shops  and  tea  rooms  and some good hotels.
ShoppingSkipton, 'The Gateway To The Dales' is 10
miles away. A good starting point for hiking
We have a modern shopping centre and severalholidays for those who want to enjoy the
industrial estates offering just aboutbeautiful countryside. Skipton also has one
everything that you might want to buy. If Iof the most complete medieval castles in the
want to buy some new clothes that are acountry and is over 900 years old. Historical
little bit different I make a day out of itre-enactment events, archery and jousting are
and take a 20 minute train journey to Leedsoften  hosted  at  Skipton  Castle.
and either shop in the city centre or visit
the  White  Rose  Centre.10 miles in the other direction is the city
of Bradford where you will find the National
Keighley has a permanent closed in market andMedia Museum, which is the most visited
quite regularly we have visiting continentalmuseum outside London. Bradford hosts several
markets  offering  a  wider  range  of goods.festivals, including the Bradford Festival in
June and the Bradford Mela which is the
Leisurelargest festival of its type outside Asia.
There are 4 theatres in Bradford and for
We have several parks in the area with lotsthose who enjoy plays it isn't difficult to
of green space for children to run about onget  to  Harrogate  and  their  playhouse.
and safe fenced off playgrounds, bowling
greens etc. We have a leisure centre inLiving  In  Keighley
Victoria Park where you will find a modern
swimming pool with slide and a fitnessAlthough Keighley has often been knocked in
centre. Victoria Park hosts our yearly galathe press and by some inhabitants I do not
during the summer and occasional visitingthink that it is a bad place to live. I feel
circuses and fairs. Within the park you willsafe in my home and walking around the
find Victoria Hall where functions and gigsstreets and I have easy access to everything
are  often  held.that I want. Housing is inexpensive compared
to many other places in the UK. You can still
There is a museum at Cliff Hall in theget a 2 bedroom terrace for less than
grounds of Cliff Castle where exhibitions are£100,000 or any other type of dwelling at
often held. For families there is a fencedcomparatively  low  prices.
off playground and a café. Picnic tables
are provided for those like my grandchildrenI have never found it difficult to get
who prefer to picnic in between runningemployment in or around Keighley and the
around. There was a small zoo with guineaemployment opportunities are diverse. The
pigs and a few different birds the last timeinhabitants are friendly and very much down
I went in the summer. Years ago there wereto earth. We speak with a Yorkshire accent
monkeys, but now all of the monkeys in thethat is not as broad as some of the
area seem to reside at a house next door tosurrounding rural areas, I certainly do not
my  mother.  Over  50  would  you  believe!say  'ee  bah  gum'  on  a  regular  basis!
In Lund park you will find 2 playgrounds, oneThe area in and around Keighley offers much
for older children and a fenced off area formore than I have mentioned but hopefully this
the younger ones. There is a bowling greenarticle gives you a good idea of my hometown.
and a putting green and a bicycle track with



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