Oakworth

Keighley Road, Oakworth
Oakworth is located in West Yorkshire
Oakworth
Oakworth
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE0338
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKeighley
Postcode districtBD22
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°50′46″N 1°57′14″W / 53.846°N 1.954°W / 53.846; -1.954

Oakworth is a village in the civil parish of Keighley, in the Bradford district, in West Yorkshire, England, near Keighley, by the River Worth. The name "Oakworth" indicates that the village was first established in a heavily wooded area.

Oakworth railway station is on the route of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and was a location in the 1968 TV series and 1970 film The Railway Children.[1]

  1. ^ "The Railway Children | KWVR - Keighley & Worth Valley Railway". KWVR - Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2017.