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Queensbury | |
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Queensbury and the chimney of the former Black Dyke Mills | |
Location within West Yorkshire | |
Population | 16,273 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SE105311 |
• London | 175 mi (282 km) SE |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRADFORD |
Postcode district | BD13 |
Dialling code | 01274 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
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Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough and city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Halifax, Clayton and Thornton and overlooking Bradford, Queensbury is one of the highest parishes in England, with views beyond the West Yorkshire conurbation to the hills of Brontë Country and the Yorkshire Dales to the north and north west. Its population of 8,718 in 2001[2] increased to 16,273 in the 2011 Census.[1]
Queensbury is known as being the home of Black Dyke Mills, and the Black Dyke Band.