Editing Bingley

{{Short description|Town in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{about|the town in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name            = Bingley
| civil_parish             = Bingley
| country                  = England
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| static_image_name        = Damart Mills, Bingley - geograph.org.uk - 5906074.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Damart Mills, Bingley
| population               = 18,040
| population_ref           = (Ward, [[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]])
| os_grid_reference        = SE108389
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.846|-1.836|display=inline,title}}
| post_town                = BINGLEY
| postcode_area            = BD
| postcode_district        = BD16
| dial_code                = 01274
| constituency_westminster = [[Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)|Shipley]]
| councillor1              = Marcus Dearden
| party1                   = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| councillor2              = Joe Wheatley
| party2                   = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| councillor3              = Susan Fricker
| party3                   = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| london_distance          = {{convert|210|mi|km|0}}
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Bradford]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
}}

'''Bingley''' is a [[market town]] and [[civil parish]] in the [[metropolitan borough]] of the [[City of Bradford]], [[West Yorkshire]], England. It is sited on the [[River Aire]] and the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]]. The town had a population of 18,040 at the [[United Kingdom 2021 Census|2021 Census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ward Profile - Bingley|url=https://ubd.bradford.gov.uk/media/1708/bingley.pdf|publisher=City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council|access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>

==History==
In 1775, a farmer near Bingley discovered a chest of silver coins, of which some dated to the rule of [[Julius Caesar]], on his land.<ref>{{cite book|access-date=16 September 2023|year=1862|first=John|last=Mayhall|publisher=Joseph Johnson|location=Leeds |title=The Annals of Yorkshire, from the earliest period to the present time|url=http://archive.org/details/annalsofyorkshir00mayh|via=The Library of Congress}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

===Founding===
Bingley was likely founded by the [[Saxon people|Saxons]], by a ford on the [[River Aire]]. This crossing gave access to [[Harden, West Yorkshire|Harden]], [[Cullingworth]] and [[Wilsden]] on the southern side of the river.
[[File:1086-Bingley-detail.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Bingley's entry in the Domesday Book, 1086AD]]

The origins of the name are from the [[Old English]] personal name ''Bynna'' + ''ingas'' ("descendants of") + ''lēah'' ("clearing in a forest"). Altogether, this would mean the "wood or clearing of the Bynningas, the people called after Bynna".<ref>Victor Watts, ''The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v.</ref>

===Normans===
In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, Bingley is listed as "Bingheleia":

<blockquote>''m In Bingheleia hb. Gospatric iiij car' tra e' ad gld. tra ad ii car' Ernegis de burun h't. & Wast' e'. T.R.E. val, iiij lib'. Silva past' ii leu' lg' & i lat'. Tot' m' e iiij leu' lg' & ii lat'''<ref>{{OpenDomesday|OS=SE1039 |name=Bingley |display=Bingheleia |accessdate= }}</ref></blockquote>

which roughly translated reads:

<blockquote>In Bingheleia, Gospatric has a manor of four carucate of land to be taxed, land for two ploughs.  Ernegis de Burun has it and it is waste. In the time of King Edward the Confessor it was valued at four pounds.  Woodland pasture two leagues long and one broad. All the manor is four long and two broad.</blockquote>

===Medieval===
The ford was superseded by [[Bingley Ireland Bridge|Ireland Bridge]]. Bingley was a [[Manorialism|manor]] which extended several miles up and down the Aire valley, extending upstream to Marley on the outskirts of [[Keighley]] and downstream to [[Cottingley, Bradford|Cottingley]]. Bingley became a [[market town]] with the grant of a Market Charter in 1212 by [[John of England|King John]].

According to the poll tax returns of 1379, Bingley had 130 households, and probably around 500 people.  The nearby towns of Bradford, Leeds and Halifax had about half this population. Therefore, at this time Bingley was the largest town in the area.

No records tell of how Bingley fared in the [[Black Death]] that swept Europe in the 14th century.  Approximately one third of all the people in Europe died of this plague, sometimes wiping out whole towns and villages. According to the 1379 Poll tax records, the nearby town of Boulton had no survivors worth taxing.

===Tudors===
In 1592, Bingley was shown on a map by Yorkshire map-maker [[Christopher Saxton]] as a single street with about 20 houses on each side.  The church sits at the west end of the street opposite a single large house, possibly a [[manor house]]. Since Bingley was a market town, the market stalls would have been set up on either side of the main street. One of the oldest buildings in Bingley is a [[coaching inn]], the [[Old White Horse Inn]], on the flatter north bank of the River Aire by Ireland Bridge.

===Industrial Revolution===
[[File:Bingley Five Rise Locks 1.JPG|thumb|right|Bingley Five Rise Locks.]]

Like many towns in the West Riding, Bingley prospered during the [[Industrial Revolution]]. The Bingley section of the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] was completed in 1774, linking the town with [[Skipton]], and [[Bradford]] via the [[Bradford Canal]]. The canal passes through the town centre and ascends the side of the valley via the [[Bingley Five Rise Locks|Bingley Five Rise]] and [[Bingley Three Rise Locks]]. Several woollen and worsted mills were built and people migrated from the surrounding countryside to work in them. Many came from further afield such as Ireland in the wake of the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]]. A railway and line goods yard were constructed bringing further trade. The villages of [[Gilstead]] and [[Eldwick]] became [[conurbation|conurbated]] with Bingley. The Bingley Building Society was also founded in this period.

[[File:Damart buildings, Bingley.jpg|thumb|Damart buildings]]
[[File:Flats At Crosley Wood Road, Bingley (geograph 5967274).jpg|thumb|Crosley Wood high-rise flats; demolished in 2020]]

===Post-industrial===
Bingley Teacher Training College opened in 1911 with Helen Wodehouse as principal. The first intake of students was 102 women from in and around the then [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. Before its closure in 1979, the college produced approximately 16,000 teachers.

The [[Beeching Axe]] demolished the goods yard, although the station still has trains to Leeds, Bradford, Skipton, [[Morecambe]] and [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]]. The textile mills have largely been closed. The [[Damart]] mill still stands and trades in textiles. Since 1995 the tannery, Bingley Mill & Andertons, have been converted into flats. The most cramped and outdated [[terraced house|terraced housing]] was partly replaced with [[council house|council housing]], Bingley Arts Centre and the headquarters of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society. Further council housing was built up the hill towards Gilstead including three [[tower block]]s, which were later demolished in 2020. In the wake of [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s reforms of council housing much of the council estate was sold and a substantial portion has been knocked down and rebuilt as private housing. The Bingley Permanent Building Society merged with the Bradford Equitable Building Society to form the [[Bradford & Bingley|Bradford & Bingley Building Society]] in 1964. It was decided to site the [[Bradford and Bingley head office|corporate headquarters]] in Bingley. This brought several thousand jobs to the town, but the building itself did not meet with universal acclaim and was demolished in 2015. The Bradford and Bingley collapsed in the 2008 credit crunch.

=== Criminal ===
Bingley's most infamous son is [[Peter Sutcliffe]], the Yorkshire Ripper,<ref>{{cite web|title = The Yorkshire Ripper Story|url = http://www.yorkshireripper.com/the-story/|website = www.yorkshireripper.com|access-date = 15 October 2015}}</ref> who was convicted of the murders of 13 women and the attempted murder of seven others.

[[Mark Rowntree]], a [[spree killer]], started his murderous campaign in Bingley before moving on to [[Eastburn, West Yorkshire|Eastburn]] and [[Leeds]]. He was convicted in 1976 of four murders.<ref>{{cite web|title = Chilling threats of a killer...|url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/local-stories/chilling-threats-of-a-killer-1-2533859|work = Yorkshire Post|access-date = 15 October 2015}}</ref>

In 1966, bookie Fred Craven was brutally murdered in his betting shop on Wellington Street, Bingley. Craven, who was well known in the area because of his short stature (he was 4&nbsp;ft 7in tall), had gone into his shop to collect papers despite there being no racing that day. It is believed that he had £200 in his wallet (£3,200.00 in 2015 prices)<ref>{{cite web|title = Historical UK Inflation And Price Conversion|url = http://safalra.com/other/historical-uk-inflation-price-conversion/|website = safalra.com|access-date = 15 October 2015}}</ref> which went missing. Mr Craven suffered extensive injuries at the hands of the killer. Because the local constabulary had a very narrow time frame for the murder, and the fact the killer must have been covered in blood, they anticipated a quick arrest. The Craven murder remains unsolved,<ref>{{cite web|title = Fred Craven – Bradford – 1966 – Fred Craven|url = http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=827&termRef=Fred%2520Craven|website = www.unsolved-murders.co.uk|access-date = 15 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = 'Ripper shouldn't ever be released'|url = http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/5048739.___Ripper_shouldn___t_ever_be_released___/|work= Bradford Telegraph and Argus|access-date = 15 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = BBC Inside Out – New claims of Yorkshire Ripper crimes|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/yorkslincs/series2/yorkshire_ripper_peter_sutcliffe_murderer_serial_killer_crime.shtml|publisher= BBC|access-date = 15 October 2015}}</ref> but rumours that [[Peter Sutcliffe]], the [[Yorkshire Ripper]], was responsible for his murder resurfaced in 2017. [[ITV Calendar|ITV Calendar News]] asked Sutcliffe about Craven's death and also that of a taxi driver on Bingley Moor. In what was described as a "bizarre letter", Sutcliffe responded that he was not responsible for either crime to presenter [[Christine Talbot]].<ref>{{cite news|title='Yes I did some bad things but I did not murder any males': Yorkshire Ripper writes bizarre letter to TV presenter|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/22/yes-did-bad-things-did-not-murder-males-yorkshire-ripper-writes/|access-date=23 August 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=23 August 2017}}</ref>

== Road history ==
The main road through Bingley has been re-sited twice in its history. In 1904, a new cut of the road heading north west out of the town created a mini-bypass between All Saints Parish Church and the Railway. The cobbled road around the front of the church became Old Main Street. A huge section of the graveyard was taken out to lay the new road and the gravestones were used as flags on the paths around the church. A small section of the graveyard still exists on the east side of the new road bounded by the old path to Treacle Cock Alley and the railway.<ref>{{cite book|title = Bingley Conservation Area Assessment|year = 2003|url = https://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/9744EAA4-A58C-4956-9BBE-7930E9F071A3/0/BingleyConservationAreaAssessment.pdf}}</ref>

Plans had been on the table for a trunk road through Bingley and the Aire valley since at least 1970.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title = BRIEF HISTORY OF AIREDALE TRUNK ROAD|url = http://www.1in12.com/publications/road/history.html|website = www.1in12.com|access-date = 13 October 2015}}</ref> In 1992 preparatory work was undertaken to lengthen Park Road bridge so that the Leeds Liverpool Canal could be moved slightly to the east. This work would allow the formation of the new road to be sandwiched between the railway and the canal. In 1998, the Government, gave the go ahead for the trunk road to be constructed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title = SABRE • View topic – Railways diverted for roads|url = http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=508798|website = www.sabre-roads.org.uk|access-date = 13 October 2015}}</ref>

===Post-relief road Bingley===

[[File:Bingley Panorama 001.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Panoramic view over Bingley]]

In 2004, the Bingley Relief Road opened. The £47.9&nbsp;million road stretches from [[Crossflatts]] to [[Cottingley, Bradford|Cottingley]], threading through Bingley between the railway and the canal. One of the most expensive parts of the construction was moving a {{convert|150|m|yd|order=flip|adj=on}} stretch of the canal.  The construction involved the removal of Treacle Cock Alley pedestrian tunnel and the Tin Bridge, which have been replaced by the Three Rise Bridge, and the Britannia Bridge

In 2004, the average home price in Bingley rose 30% to £196,850 – the second fastest appreciating area in the UK (after the nearby [[Hebden Bridge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbosplc.com/economy/includes/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber_2005_Q1.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 June 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220070045/http://www.hbosplc.com/economy/includes/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber_2005_Q1.doc |archive-date=20 February 2006 }}</ref>).

The road was a target of [[Road protest (UK)|road protest camp]] where protesters occupied tree houses for nearly two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eco-action.org/dod/no8/camping.html|title=Carry On Camping (Do or Die)|website=www.eco-action.org|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>

==Governance==
[[File:Myrtle Grove, Bingley.jpg|thumb|[[Myrtle Grove, Bingley|Myrtle Grove]], which became the council headquarters in 1926]]
Bingley was part of the [[Wapentake]] of [[Skyrack]], which was in turn part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. The ancient parish of Bingley included the [[chapelry]] of [[Morton, West Yorkshire|Morton]] and several other hamlets, including [[Cullingworth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Bingley/Bingley68.html|title=Genuki: BINGLEY: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868., Yorkshire (West Riding)|last=GENUKI|website=www.genuki.org.uk|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> In 1866, the parish was divided into the new civil parishes of Bingley and Morton. In 1898, [[Bingley Urban District]] was formed; by 1926, all council administration had been transferred to [[Myrtle Grove, Bingley|Myrtle Grove]] which became the town hall.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cattell|first=Alan|title=Bingley, a Living History|year=2016|publisher=Chris Thorpe Graphic Design|location=Halifax|isbn=978-0-9956437-0-3|pages=74–75}}</ref> In 1974 the urban district and civil parish were abolished and absorbed into the City of Bradford Metropolitan District in the new county of West Yorkshire. Bingley became a [[ward (politics)|ward]] in the [[City of Bradford|Bradford metropolitan district]]. A civil parish called Bingley Town Council was established on 1 April 2016 following a petition to Bradford Council in October 2015. This followed a two-year campaign by the Bingley Community Council Group. Elections were held in May 2016 for the first councillors for the new Bingley Town Council.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shand|first1=Alistair|title=New Bingley town council – incorporating Crossflatts – is given the go-ahead|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13885283.New_Bingley_town_council_____incorporating_Crossflatts_____is_given_the_go_ahead/|access-date=24 September 2016|work=Telegraph and Argus|date=21 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Tate|first1=Chris|title=Historic day for Bingley as new town councillors are voted in|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14477056.Historic_day_for_Bingley_as_new_town_councillors_are_voted_in/|access-date=24 September 2016|work=Telegraph and Argus|date=6 May 2016}}</ref> It has 16 councillors representing eight wards: Bingley Central, Crossflatts, Lady Lane and Oakwood, Eldwick, Gilstead, Priestthorpe, Crownest and Cottingley.

===Councillors===
Bingley ward is represented on [[City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council|Bradford Council]] by three [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour party]] councillors; Susan Fricker,<ref>{{cite web | title = Councillor Susan Fricker | url = https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=21146 | website = bradford.moderngov.co.uk | publisher = [[City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]] | access-date = 4 October 2023}}</ref> Marcus 
Dearden,<ref>{{cite web | title = Councillor Marcus Dearden | url = https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=15549 | website = bradford.moderngov.co.uk | publisher = [[City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council]] | access-date = 13 January 2022}}</ref> and Joe Wheatley.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 October 2023|title=Councillor details – Councillor Joe Wheatley|url=https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=17561|access-date=4 October 2023|website=bradford.moderngov.co.uk}}</ref>

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| [[2004 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2004]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robin Owens ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Colin Gill ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2006 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2006]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Robin Owens ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Colin Gill ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2007 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2007]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robin Owens ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Colin Gill ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2008]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Robin Owens ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Colin Gill ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election#Bingley ward 2|By-election<br />4 December 2008]]<ref>{{cite news|last= Webber |first= Dan |title= Top councillor quits his post |url= http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/3713157.Top_councillor_quits_his_post/ |access-date= 4 October 2017|work=[[Telegraph and Argus]]|date=30 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last= Barnett |first= Ben |title= Tories hang on to Bingley seat |url= http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/district/district_bingley/3952614.Tories_hold_on_to_Bingley_seat/ |access-date= 21 September 2017|work=[[Telegraph and Argus]]|date=5 December 2008}}</ref>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Robin Owens ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2010 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2010]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Robin Owens ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2011 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2011]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Mark Shaw ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2012]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Mark Shaw ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2014]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Mark Shaw ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2015 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2015]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Mark Shaw ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2016 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2016]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Mark Shaw ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2018]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Mark Shaw ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2019 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2019]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Geoff Winnard ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| John Pennington ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|-
| [[2021 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2021]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| David Heseltine ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Geoff Winnard ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Marcus Dearden ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|-
| [[2022 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2022]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Joe Wheatley ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|
| Geoff Winnard ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Marcus Dearden ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|-
| [[2023 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2023]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Joe Wheatley ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Susan Katherine Fricker ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Marcus Dearden ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|-
| [[2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election|2024]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Joe Wheatley ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
| Susan Katherine Fricker ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Marcus Dearden ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]])
|}
{{color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election.
{{color box|#C0C0C0|border=darkgray}} indicates seat won in by-election.

==Transport==
[[File:Bingley Railway Station.jpg|thumb|right|Bingley's railway station entrance]]

[[Bingley railway station]] is situated in the town centre. It is a stop on the [[Airedale Line]], part of the [[West Yorkshire Metro]] railway network, with services to {{rws|Leeds}}, {{rws|Bradford Forster Square}} and {{rws|Skipton}}. Services are operated by [[Northern Trains]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern |work=Northern Railway |date=2 June 2024 |access-date=13 June 2024 |url= https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/travel/timetables |quote=}}</ref>

The [[A650 road|A650]] connects Bingley to [[Keighley]] and [[Skipton]] to the north-west, and to [[Shipley, West Yorkshire|Shipley]] and [[Bradford]] to the south-east. Through traffic has been diverted onto the new [[dual carriageway]] avoiding the town centre.

Bingley is served by several bus routes, operated by two companies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stops in Bingley |work=Bus Times |date=2024 |access-date=13 June 2024 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/bingley |quote=}}</ref>

[[First West Yorkshire]]:
* 680 between Bradford and Bingley
* 616 / 619 between Bradford and Eldwick 
* 622 between Bingley and Bradford.

[[Keighley Bus Company]]:
* 662 between Bradford and Keighley
* 60 between Leeds and Keighley 
* K17 / K19  between Keighley and Cullingworth.

[[Leeds Bradford International Airport]] is located {{convert|10|mi|km}} to the east.

The [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] passes through the town. There are several flights of locks in the Bingley section, the famous [[Bingley Five Rise Locks|Five Rise Locks]], the smaller [[Bingley Three Rise Locks|Three Rise]] and a further two lock flight at Dowley Gap. The canal climbs steeply up the side of the Aire Valley through this section.

==Climate==
As with all of the United Kingdom, Bingley experiences a [[Oceanic climate|maritime climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Cfb]]), characterised cool to mild weather, with often cloudy and damp conditions. This is amplified by Bingley's hilly northern situation. The nearest official met office weather station for which data is available is 'Bingley No. 2", actually located a couple of miles south of the town centre and at a relatively high 262 metres above sea level – More elevated than all of the urbanised area of Bingley. It is therefore likely that temperatures in central Bingley, at as little as 80 metres above sea level, tend to be 1 to 1.5&nbsp;°C milder year round – though on cold clear nights this may be reversed as a temperature inversion takes hold.

The highest temperature recorded since 1980 at Bingley was 31.6&nbsp;°C (88.9&nbsp;°F)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/BINGLEY_NO_2/02-08-1990/33440.htm
|title=August 1990 Maximum
|access-date=3 March 2011}}</ref> during August 1990. More recently the temperature fell to −10.8&nbsp;°C (12.6&nbsp;°F)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.tutiempo.net/en/Climate/BINGLEY_NO_2/21-12-2010/33440.htm
|title=December 2010 minimum
|access-date=3 March 2011}}</ref> on 20 December 2010.

{{Weather box
|location = Bingley No.2, elevation {{convert|262|m|ft}}, 1971–2000
|collapsed = y
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan high C = 5.1
|Feb high C = 5.2
|Mar high C = 7.5
|Apr high C = 9.9
|May high C = 13.8
|Jun high C = 16.3
|Jul high C = 18.8
|Aug high C = 18.4
|Sep high C = 15.5
|Oct high C = 11.8
|Nov high C = 8.0
|Dec high C = 6.1
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 0.2
|Feb low C = 0.1
|Mar low C = 1.4
|Apr low C = 2.7
|May low C = 5.4
|Jun low C = 8.3
|Jul low C = 10.7
|Aug low C = 10.5
|Sep low C = 8.5
|Oct low C = 5.7
|Nov low C = 2.7
|Dec low C = 1.2
|year low C =
|source 1 = YR.NO<ref>{{cite web
  | url=http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Bingley/statistics.html
  | title=Climate Normals 1971–2000
  | publisher=YR.NO
  | access-date=3 March 2011
  | archive-date=24 July 2011
  | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724190822/http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Bingley/statistics.html
  | url-status=dead
  }}</ref>
  | date=3 March 2011
}}

Data from the [[Met Office]] for the same weather station, but using more recent averages, showing changes to the climate in Bingley.

{{Weather box
|location = Bingley No 2 (262 m elevation) 1981–2010 
|collapsed = 
|metric first = y
|single line = y
|Jan high C = 5.5
|Feb high C = 5.6
|Mar high C = 8.1
|Apr high C = 10.7
|May high C = 14.3
|Jun high C = 16.9
|Jul high C = 19.1
|Aug high C = 18.7
|Sep high C = 15.9
|Oct high C = 12.1
|Nov high C = 8.3
|Dec high C = 5.8
|year high C = 11.8
|Jan low C = 0.5
|Feb low C = 0.3
|Mar low C = 1.7
|Apr low C = 3.2
|May low C = 5.9
|Jun low C = 8.8
|Jul low C = 11.1
|Aug low C = 10.9
|Sep low C = 8.9
|Oct low C = 6.1
|Nov low C = 3.2
|Dec low C = 0.9
|year low C = 5.1
|Jan rain mm = 109.8
|Feb rain mm = 77.2
|Mar rain mm = 81.5
|Apr rain mm = 72.9
|May rain mm = 65.2
|Jun rain mm = 77.1
|Jul rain mm = 63.0
|Aug rain mm = 81.1
|Sep rain mm = 77.1
|Oct rain mm = 99.8
|Nov rain mm = 105.2
|Dec rain mm = 114.3
|year rain mm = 1024.1
|unit rain days= 1.0 mm
|Jan rain days = 15.4
|Feb rain days = 12.3
|Mar rain days = 13.4
|Apr rain days = 11.2
|May rain days = 11.2
|Jun rain days = 11.1
|Jul rain days = 10.3
|Aug rain days = 11.8
|Sep rain days = 11.2
|Oct rain days = 14.4
|Nov rain days = 15.3
|Dec rain days = 14.8
|year rain days = 152.3
|source 1 = metoffice.gov.uk<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcwdjeczy
  | title=Climate Normals 1981–2010
  | publisher=Met Office
  | access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref>
  | date=23 February 2021
}}

==Education==
Bingley provides a range of primary and secondary schools.  The secondary schools are [[Beckfoot School]], [[Bingley Grammar School]] and [[Samuel Lister Academy]]. Bingley Grammar School was founded in the 16th century and is one of the oldest schools in the country. Heather Bank School was a private preparatory school which closed in the 1970s. Beckfoot Grammar School moved into new, purpose-built, premises in June 2011 and the old buildings were demolished in 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bso.bradford.gov.uk/news/4235-beckfoot-school-celebrates-completion | title=BSO News }}</ref>

==Media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] TV transmitter and the Keighley relay transmitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Keighley|title= Full Freeview on the Keighley (Bradford, England) transmitter |date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=24 December 2023}}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]], [[Heart Yorkshire]], [[Capital Yorkshire]], [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]], [[Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire]], and  Rombalds Radio, a community based radio station that broadcasts online.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rombaldsradio.com/about/ |title=Romsbalds Radio |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref>

The town is served by the local newspapers, ''Keighley News'' and ''[[Telegraph & Argus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/keighley-news/|title= Keighley News|date=22 January 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=24 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/telegraph-argus/|title=Telegraph & Argus|date=24 May 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=24 December 2023}}</ref>

==Culture==
Bradford City Council organises an annual music festival, [[Bingley Music Live]] in Myrtle Park. The [[festival]] evolved from  Music At Myrtle and features a range of musical genres including [[Rock music|rock]], [[alternative rock]], [[indie rock]] and [[pop music]]. It is held at the end of August. First held in 2007, it was shortlisted in the 'Best New Festival' category of the Virtual Festival Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festivalawards.com/index.cfm?section=awards.nominees&method=view&year=2007&eventid=1055|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030180542/http://www.festivalawards.com/index.cfm?section=awards.nominees&method=view&year=2007&eventid=1055|url-status=dead|title=Virtual Festival Awards 2008|archive-date=30 October 2007|access-date=13 November 2020}}</ref> The ethos of the event is to present high quality music at an affordable price and give a platform for local bands from across West Yorkshire to a large audience.<ref>[http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4F32B08E-DC55-4B5D-ACBF-3E3AE2AD25EC/0/commpride0806augustseptember.pdf Community Pride June 2008] Local free paper produced by Bradford Council</ref>  Artists such as [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]], [[Happy Mondays]], [[Scouting for Girls]], [[The Automatic]], [[Echo & The Bunnymen]], [[Doves (band)|Doves]], [[The Zutons]], [[Editors (band)|Editors]], Desert Eskimo, [[Calvin Harris]], [[James (band)|James]], [[The Enemy (UK rock band)|The Enemy]], [[Seasick Steve]] and [[Professor Green]] have performed at Bingley Music Live since 2007.

Each year Bingley Show is held in Myrtle Park and is one of the largest one day shows in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title = Bingley Show {{!}} About Show|url = http://www.bingleyshow.co.uk/about-show.html|website = www.bingleyshow.co.uk|access-date = 22 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150926233658/http://www.bingleyshow.co.uk/about-show.html|archive-date = 26 September 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> Its focus is on the horticultural and agricultural nature that reflects Bingley and its environs. The Bingley show has been held every year since 1867 apart from in 2012 when the event was cancelled due to flooding.

Bingley Little Theatre is both a venue and a major amateur group, with eight productions a year as well as studio pieces.

The first [[Airedale Terrier]] was bred in Bingley.

Since January 2015, Bingley is part of the [[Walkers are Welcome]] town network, aiming to make Yorkshire the friendliest place for walkers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/it-s-official-yorkshire-is-the-friendliest-place-for-walkers-1-7059317 |title=It's official: Yorkshire is the friendliest place for walkers|work=Yorkshire Post|access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref> Bingley Walkers are Welcome now works with the local community and businesses to increase footfall into the area and boosting the local economy.

==Notable people==
* [[Frank W. Walbank]] (1909–2008), professor of Ancient History and world-renowned expert on [[Polybius]]. Born in Bingley.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seager |first1=R. |title=Obituary: Frank Walbank |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/nov/19/history-education-frank-walbank-obituary |website=The Guardian |date=19 November 2008 |access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
* Prof [[William Stuart Mcrae Craig]] (1903–1975), medical author<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2013|title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
* [[Ian Hutchinson (motorcycle racer)|Ian Hutchinson]], fifteen times Isle of Man TT winner, 2013 Macau Grand Prix winner and winner of the North West 200 road race. Born 12 August 1979<ref>{{cite news|title=Bingley Bullet Hutchinson in drea m win in TT return|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/13320008.Bingley_Bullet_Hutchinson_in_dream_win_on_TT_return/|access-date=29 November 2015|work=Telegraph and Argus|date=8 June 2015}}</ref>
* The Ickeringill family, which included the noted Chartists Isaac Ickeringill (b. 1803) and his brother George (b. 1810)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chartists.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/6/19/3748933.html |title=Isaac Ickeringill: 'Notorious' Bingley Chartist  |access-date=16 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820002248/http://chartists.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/6/19/3748933.html |archive-date=20 August 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartists.net/Chartists-arrested-in-1848.htm |title=Chartists arrested in 1848  |access-date=2 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030140458/http://www.chartists.net/Chartists-arrested-in-1848.htm |archive-date=30 October 2008 }}</ref> and Ira Ickringill (spelling accurate) (b. 1836), the Bradford mill founder,<ref>{{cite news|title=The rise and fall of Wool City|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/the-rise-and-fall-of-wool-city-1-2476782|newspaper=Yorkshire Post|date=21 November 2007}}</ref> inventor and Mayor of Keighley,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keighley.gov.uk/history/KeighleyTownCouncil04.htm |title=Keighley Town Council |access-date=1 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819190910/http://www.keighley.gov.uk/history/KeighleyTownCouncil04.htm |archive-date=19 August 2008 }}</ref> were born, raised and lived in Bingley.
* [[Percy Vear]], professional boxer, born in Crossflatts, Bingley, 12 July 1911<ref>{{cite news|title=Owners of Percy Vear's Real Ale House in Keighley to expand pub brand|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/keighleynews/10346359.Owners_of_Percy_Vear_s_Real_Ale_House_in_Keighley_to_expand_pub_brand/|access-date=29 November 2015|work=Telegraph and Argus|date=11 April 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sir Fred Hoyle|Fred Hoyle]], astronomer, born in Bingley, 24 June 1915<ref>{{cite web|title=Fred Hoyle|url=http://www.hoyle.org.uk/|website=Hoyle|access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[John Braine]], author of [[Room at the Top (novel)|Room at the Top]].  Worked in Bingley Library until 1942.<ref>{{cite news|title=John Braine's fall from the top|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/local-stories/john-braine-s-fall-from-the-top-1-2397027|access-date=29 November 2015|work=Yorkshire Post|date=27 October 2006}}</ref>
* [[Peter Sutcliffe]] (1946–2020), serial killer, born Bingley 2 June 1946<ref>{{cite news|title=Death of 'Ripper Survivor' at 75|url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/2221418.death_of_ripper_survivor_at_75/|access-date=29 November 2015|work=Keighley News|date=25 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/13/yorkshire-ripper-peter-sutcliffe-dead/|title=Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe dead|first=Martin|last=Evans|date=13 November 2020|access-date=13 November 2020|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
* [[Rodney Bewes]], actor, most famous role Bob Ferris in ''[[The Likely Lads]]''. Born in Bingley 27 November 1938.<ref>{{cite news|title=What did happen to the Likely Lads|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/866712.what_did_happen_to_the_likely_lads/|access-date=29 November 2015|work=The Northern Echo|date=7 August 2006}}</ref>
* [[Muriel Aked]], actress, born 9 November 1887 in Bingley, died 21 March 1955 in [[Settle, North Yorkshire|Settle]].<ref>{{IMDb name|15166|Muriel Aked}}</ref>
* [[Pat Kirkwood (actress)|Pat Kirkwood]], [[Musical theatre]] actress, lived in Bingley in her later years.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bared on stage: What Prince Philip wrote to star Pat Kirkwood|url=http://m.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/bared-on-stage-what-prince-philip-wrote-to-star-pat-kirkwood-1-4984765|newspaper=Yorkshire Post|date=3 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[William Twiss]], (1745–1827), [[Royal Engineer]] and designer of the [[Martello Tower]], lived in Bingley on retirement and is buried in [[Church of All Saints, Bingley|All Saints Church]], Bingley.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Twiss|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Twiss|website=Graces Guide|access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Marmozets]], rock band formed in Bingley who have released two albums (both UK top 30) on Roadrunner Records in 2014 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marmozets biography|url=http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10868/|website=Leeds Music Scene|access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref>
* [[Bernard Markham]], Bishop of Nassau and former pupil of Bingley Grammar School.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bishop Dies|work=Aire Valley Target|date=5 July 1984|page=3}}</ref>
* [[Timothy Taylor Brewery|Timothy Taylor]], brewer of Fine Yorkshire Ales. Born in 1826, opened his first brewery, the [[Timothy Taylor Brewery]], in 1858 – ales such as Landord, Ram Tam & Bolt Maker have won countless awards.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Holland|first1=Chris|title=Boss of Keighley brewer Timothy Taylor bows out after another champion success|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/11434083.Boss_of_Keighley_brewer_Timothy_Taylor_bows_out_after_another_champion_success/|access-date=7 August 2016|work=Telegraph and Argus|date=27 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Jessica Knappett]], comedian, writer and actor, plays Lisa in ''[[The Inbetweeners Movie]]'' and is the creator, writer and acting lead in the E4 sitcom ''[[Drifters (TV series)|Drifters]]''. Born in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huddleston |first1=Yvette |title=My Life: Jessica Knappett |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/my-life-jessica-knappett-1-6179696 |access-date=17 August 2018 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=24 October 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Bingley]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Bingley}}
* [http://www.bingley-online.co.uk/ Bingley-Online]  Bingley Online Community Website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051202133253/http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/bradford__district/bingley/info/history.html This is Bingley]  A short history of Bingley
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050514062631/http://pcug.org.au/~bthompso/bingley/bingleyy.pdf Ancient Bingley] (PDF) transcription of an 1897 book by Joseph Horsfall Turner
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050426100101/http://www.arch.wyjs.org.uk/advsrv/ConsBin.htm West Yorkshire Archaeology Service] Historical Development of Bingley
* [http://www.airedalepartnership.org/pdf/Bingley_TCM.pdf Bingley Town Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220070045/http://www.airedalepartnership.org/pdf/Bingley_TCM.pdf |date=20 February 2006 }} (PDF) The Masterplan for the revitalisation of Bingley
* [http://www.bingleyhistory.co.uk Bingley and District Local History Society]  Bingley and District Local History Society website
* [http://www.bingleymethodistchurch.org.uk Bingley Methodist Church] Bingley Methodist church website including history of former Mornington Road Methodist Church
* {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bingley|volume=3}}

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