Silsden
Sign in to saveSilsden is a town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Keighley and Skipton, which had a population of 8,390 at the 2021 Census. The parish includes the hamlet of Brunthwaite. alt=Milestone on A6034 marking boundary of Silsden at River Aire|thumb|Milestone on A6034 marking boundary of Silsden at River Aire A milestone on the A6034 "Keighley Road" as it crosses the River Aire marks the boundary of the town.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Silsden
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Leeds & Liverpool Canal - Silsden (geograph 5214466).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The town from Leeds & Liverpool Canal
- UK place.population
- 8,390
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 United Kingdom census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Silsden
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- City of Bradford
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Keighley
- UK place.post_town
- KEIGHLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- BD20
- UK place.postcode_area
- BD
- UK place.dial_code
- 01535/01274
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 180
- UK place.london_direction
- SE
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Silsden is a town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Keighley and Skipton, which had a population of 8,390 at the 2021 Census. The parish includes the hamlet of Brunthwaite. alt=Milestone on A6034 marking boundary of Silsden at River Aire|thumb|Milestone on A6034 marking boundary of Silsden at River Aire A milestone on the A6034 "Keighley Road" as it crosses the River Aire marks the boundary of the town.
== History == The name Silsden derives from the Old Norse personal name Sigulfr and the Old English denu meaning 'valley'.