Baildon

This article is about the town in Yorkshire, England. For the hamlet in Canada, see Baildon, Saskatchewan. For the rural municipality which surrounds said hamlet, see Rural Municipality of Baildon No. 131.

Baildon
Baildon, Browgate roundabout
Baildon is located in West Yorkshire
Baildon
Baildon
Location within West Yorkshire
Population15,360 
OS grid referenceSE155395
• London185 mi (298 km) south-east
Civil parish
  • Baildon
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHIPLEY
Postcode districtBD17
Dialling code01274
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
Councillors
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°51′04″N 1°45′47″W / 53.851°N 1.763°W / 53.851; -1.763

Baildon is a town[1] and civil parish in the Bradford Metropolitan Borough in West Yorkshire, England and within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

It lies 3 miles (5 km) north of Bradford city centre. The town forms a continuous urban area with Shipley and Bradford, and is part of the West Yorkshire Built Up Area.[2] Other nearby suburbs include Shipley to the south and Saltaire to the west. As of the 2011 census, the Baildon ward has a population of 15,360.[3]

  1. ^ Tate, Chris (12 June 2013). "Councillors take swift decision to make Baildon a town". Telegraph and Argus. Bradford. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. ^ "West Yorkshire Built Up Area". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Area: Baildon Ward". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.