Keighley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Keighley is a large market town and a civil parish in West Yorkshire, England. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Aire and Worth. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies between Airedale and Keighley Moors. The town is the terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, a heritage steam branch line which has been restored and runs through the Worth Valley to Oxenhope via Oakworth and Haworth.

Economy The town's industries have typically been in textiles, particularly wool and cotton processing. In addition to the manufacture of textiles, there were several large factories making textile machinery. These included Dean, Smith & Grace, George Hattersley & Son, and Prince, Smith & Stell. The first of these operated as a manufacturer of CNC machine tools, particularly precision lathes, until 2008.

Keighley is home to Timothy Taylor Brewery, the makers of CAMRA, Champion Beer of Britain award-winning ales Landlord and Boltmaker (previously known as 'Best Bitter'). They also brew Ram Tam, Golden Best, Dark Mild, Knowle Spring and a new French style blonde ale, Le Champion, which was first brewed for the Tour de France in 2014 and has been brewed for the Tour de Yorkshire in 2015 and 2016. They also own many pubs in the area, including the Albert Hotel, Boltmakers Arms, Lord Rodney, Royal Oak and The Fleece Inn in Haworth.

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Keighley has a population of over 56,348 people. Keighley also forms one of the centres of the wider Leeds-Bradford metropolitan area which has a population of over 2,302,000 people.

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  • Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect/Designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin is associated with Keighley. In 1829, Pugin set up a business designing and making interior decorations and furniture. however, it failed in 1831.

  • John Henry Jacques |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect John Henry Jacques is associated with Keighley. he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1928.

  • James Alfred Swan |

    ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect James Alfred Swan is associated with Keighley. He was awarded the Soane Medal and the National Gold Medal, South Kensington, 1897.

Antipodal to Keighley is: 178.09,-53.868

Antipodal to: Keighley 178.09,-53.868

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