Keighley, Market town in Bradford, England
Keighley is a market town in Bradford, England, located in West Yorkshire that combines residential neighborhoods with commercial streets. The center includes shops, cafés, and public squares, while East Riddlesden Hall and Cliffe Castle sit beyond the main thoroughfares.
The settlement appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name Cichhelai. King Edward I granted the town market rights in 1305, allowing it to hold regular trading days.
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway connects the town to Haworth, where visitors learn about the literary legacy of the Brontë sisters. Along the route, travelers experience the industrial past of the valley, whose old woolen mills still shape the townscape today.
The town center offers numerous transportation connections, including regular bus lines and a railway station with services to Bradford and Leeds. Visitors can reach most attractions on foot from the center, though some lie farther out and require a vehicle or public transport.
The airship Hindenburg made an unexpected stop above the town in 1936 to deliver a parcel containing items for a soldier's grave. The episode remains a curious footnote in local history that few travelers know about.
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