Shipley, West Yorkshire

Shipley
Shipley town centre (June 2010)
Shipley is located in West Yorkshire
Shipley
Shipley
Location within West Yorkshire
Population15,483 (ward. 2011)
OS grid referenceSE 146 375
Civil parish
  • Shipley
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townShipley
Postcode districtBD17-18
Dialling code01274
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53°49′59″N 1°46′37″W / 53.833°N 1.777°W / 53.833; -1.777

Shipley is a historic market town and civil parish[1] in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Located on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Shipley is directly north of the city of Bradford. The population of Shipley at the 2011 Census was 15,483.[2]

Until 1974, Shipley was an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The town forms a continuous urban area with Bradford.

  1. ^ "Shipley". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Shipley Ward (as of 2011) (E05001362)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 July 2022.