Local servicesHospitalAiredale General Hospital3.2 miGP surgerySpecialist Dyspepsia Clinic12 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyOlive Pharmacy Ashbourne12 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi23 schools17 primary, 3 secondary, 2 special, 1 nurseryPrimaryIngrow Primary Schoolages 3-11, 369 pupilsright herePrimarySt Joseph's Catholic Primary Schoolages 3-11, 327 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryBeckfoot Oakbankages 11-18, 1,394 pupilsunder a mileCollegeShipley College5.5 miUniversityUniversity of Bradford7.8 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLeeds Bradford Airport LBA11 miRailway stationKeighley1.1 miBus stationKeighley Bus Stationunder a mileBus stops200 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BD21 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 7 min4:36 am – 9:42 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 24 min8:23 am – 3:47 pm
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People6,475 residentsin the Keighley South census areaMedian age 37.63,086 households43% of homes owner-occupied22% owned outright27% social rented, 30% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting7.4% unemployment rate56% of adults are economically active, 2,634 in work, 21% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 17%, manufacturing 14%Getting to work: 16% work from home, 58% go by car, 10% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle70% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages21% of adults hold a degree or higher27% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 94%2% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 19°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 6°C, lows 1°C950 mm of rain a year, 30 days with 10 mm or morewettest month January45 days of air frost, 7 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksRedcar Tarnlake · 1.8 miGoitstock Waterfallwaterfall · 2.4 miGingerbread Cloughvalley · under a mileStell Hillhill · under a mileHog Holes Cloughvalley · under a mileMorkin Pit Waterfallwaterfall · 3.2 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesLund Parkpark · under a mile · 6 haCliffe Castle Parkpark · 1.3 mi · 14 haDevonshire Parkpark · 1.1 mi · 5 haBranshaw Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 34 haKnowle Park Allotment Gardensallotments · under a mileWhins Wood Recreation Groundplaying field · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes148 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197013 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+, 3 induced by mining or drillingLargest: magnitude 4.0 on 3 Nov 197641 mi away, WidnesMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 21 Sep 202643 mi away, Silverdale, LancashireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 6.3 · PM2.5 6.0 · PM10 9.2 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,090 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation130 m427 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 111 to 257 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
