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Guiseley
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Guiseley ( ) is a small town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Otley and Menston and is now a north-western suburb of Leeds.

Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Guiseley
UK place.pushpin_map
United Kingdom Leeds
UK place.population
22,347
UK place.population_ref
(ward Guiseley and Rawdon. 2011)
UK place.metropolitan_borough
City of Leeds
UK place.metropolitan_county
West Yorkshire
UK place.region
Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster
Leeds North West
UK place.post_town
LEEDS
UK place.postcode_district
LS20
UK place.postcode_area
LS
UK place.dial_code
01943
UK place.os_grid_reference
SE193422
UK place.london_distance_mi
175
UK place.london_direction
S
UK place.static_image_name
Guiseley View 01 2015.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
A view of Guiseley from the tower of St Oswald's church

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  • Etymology
  • History
  • Geography
  • Places of worship
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  • Notable people
  • General
  • Sports
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  • See also
  • References
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Guiseley ( ) is a small town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Otley and Menston and is now a north-western suburb of Leeds.

It sits in the Guiseley and Rawdon ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds North West parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census, Guiseley with Rawdon had a population of over 21,000, increasing to 22,347 at the 2011 census.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guiseley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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