Harley Davison Rally 2011 at Baildon, Shipley.
Baildon is a
civil parish and village north of
Bradford in
Northern England. It is part of the
Bradford Metropolitan District in the
metropolitan county of
West Yorkshire and within the
historic boundaries of the
West Riding of Yorkshire. It lies 5 miles (8 km) north of Bradford and 9.5 miles (15 km) northwest of
Leeds city centre. Other nearby towns include
Shipley to the south and
Keighley to the west. The Baildon ward has a population of 15,368.
[1] It is highly regarded as one of the wealthiest areas of the
City of Bradford.
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Baildon Moor has a number of gritstone outcrops with numerous prehistoric cup and ring marks. A denuded and mutilated bank represents the remains of an Iron Age settlement known as Soldier's Trench, sometimes mistaken for a Bronze Age stone circle. A Bronze Age cup-marked rock is incorporated in the bank.[2]
The village is served by Baildon railway station, which is on the electrified Wharfedale Line with connections to Bradford Forster Square, Leeds and Ilkley.
Within Baildon there are several sports clubs, run from Baildon Rugby Union Football Club. These include the rugby, cricket and running clubs.