Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

[1] In 1775, a farmer near Bingley discovered a chest of silver coins, of which some dated to the rule of Julius Caesar, on his land.

In 1592, Bingley was shown on a map by Yorkshire map-maker Christopher Saxton as a single street with about 20 houses on each side.

The Beeching Axe demolished the goods yard, although the station still has trains to Leeds, Bradford, Skipton, Morecambe and Carlisle.

Further council housing was built up the hill towards Gilstead including three tower blocks, which were later demolished in 2020.

This brought several thousand jobs to the town, but the building itself did not meet with universal acclaim and was demolished in 2015.

Mark Rowntree, a spree killer, started his murderous campaign in Bingley before moving on to Eastburn and Leeds.

[6] In 1966, bookie Fred Craven was brutally murdered in his betting shop on Wellington Street, Bingley.

Craven, who was well known in the area because of his short stature (he was 4 ft 7in tall), had gone into his shop to collect papers despite there being no racing that day.

Because the local constabulary had a very narrow time frame for the murder, and the fact the killer must have been covered in blood, they anticipated a quick arrest.

ITV Calendar News asked Sutcliffe about Craven's death and also that of a taxi driver on Bingley Moor.

In 1904, a new cut of the road heading north west out of the town created a mini-bypass between All Saints Parish Church and the Railway.

A small section of the graveyard still exists on the east side of the new road bounded by the old path to Treacle Cock Alley and the railway.

[13] In 1992 preparatory work was undertaken to lengthen Park Road bridge so that the Leeds Liverpool Canal could be moved slightly to the east.

The £47.9 million road stretches from Crossflatts to Cottingley, threading through Bingley between the railway and the canal.

In 1898, Bingley Urban District was formed; by 1926, all council administration had been transferred to Myrtle Grove which became the town hall.

[19][20] It has 16 councillors representing eight wards: Bingley Central, Crossflatts, Lady Lane and Oakwood, Eldwick, Gilstead, Priestthorpe, Crownest and Cottingley.

Bingley ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Labour party councillors; Susan Fricker,[21] Marcus Dearden,[22] and Joe Wheatley.

It is a stop on the Airedale Line, part of the West Yorkshire Metro railway network, with services to Leeds, Bradford Forster Square and Skipton.

[27] First West Yorkshire: Keighley Bus Company: Leeds Bradford International Airport is located 10 miles (16 km) to the east.

As with all of the United Kingdom, Bingley experiences a maritime climate (Cfb), characterised cool to mild weather, with often cloudy and damp conditions.

2", actually located a couple of miles south of the town centre and at a relatively high 262 metres above sea level – More elevated than all of the urbanised area of Bingley.

Data from the Met Office for the same weather station, but using more recent averages, showing changes to the climate in Bingley.

[37] The ethos of the event is to present high quality music at an affordable price and give a platform for local bands from across West Yorkshire to a large audience.

[38] Artists such as The Charlatans, Happy Mondays, Scouting for Girls, The Automatic, Echo & The Bunnymen, Doves, The Zutons, Editors, Desert Eskimo, Calvin Harris, James, The Enemy, Seasick Steve and Professor Green have performed at Bingley Music Live since 2007.

Bingley Little Theatre is both a venue and a major amateur group, with eight productions a year as well as studio pieces.