Worth Valley

Worth Valley
2004 Boundaries of Worth Valley Ward
Worth Valley
Worth Valley shown within West Yorkshire
Population	14,387 (ward. 2011)
OS grid reference	SE031349
Metropolitan borough	City of Bradford
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KEIGHLEY
Postcode district	BD22
Dialling code	01535
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Keighley
Councillors	Peter Hill (Conservative Party) Kris Hopkins (Conservative Party) Glen Miller (Conservative Party)
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°48′37″N 1°57′16″W / 53.81038°N 1.95440°W / 53.81038; -1.95440Coordinates: 53°48′37″N 1°57′16″W / 53.81038°N 1.95440°W / 53.81038; -1.95440

Worth Valley is a ward in the Bradford Metropolitan District. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 Census was 14,387. It is named after the River Worth that runs through the valley to the town of Keighley where it joins the River Aire In the north it is bounded by North Yorkshire, in the west by Lancashire and in the south by Calderdale District.

It contains the Keighley villages of Oakworth, Oldfield, Haworth, Cross Roads, Oxenhope and Stanbury; areas of farmland; and large expanses of moorland. Its attractive villages, particularly Haworth and its Pennine landscape are at the heart of Brontë Country and attract many visitors.

The Worth Valley has the Keighley and Worth Valley heritage railway running through it from Keighley to Oxenhope and has been used in several films, including The Railway Children, Yanks, the film of the Pink Floyd musical The Wall and an episode of the long-running situation comedy, The Last of the Summer Wine.

Kris Hopkins was a councillor in the until his resignation in May 2010 having been elected to Parliament for the Keighley constituency)

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