Collingham is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England.
[1] It sits in the Harewood ward of Leeds City Council and Wetherby and Easingwold parliamentary constituency.
The River Wharfe is dangerous at Collingham due to undercurrents, which are prevalent around Linton Bridge and the former viaduct.
[7] Linton Bridge was damaged in the flood cracks appeared in the deck and its parapets sagged.
[9][10] The time and the £5 million cost of the project was due to the fact that the ground underneath the piers had shifted the bridge.
The first element is the personal name Cola (which originated as a nickname deriving from Old English col 'coal', referring to black hair or dark complexion), and the second the suffix -ingas denoting a group of associated people.
[12]: 37 The parish and township of Collingham also once included the village of Compton, whose name is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Contone.
Collingham is served by the X98 and X99 bus services operated by First West Yorkshire between Leeds City Square and Wetherby Deighton Bar.
The village has a public house, Cromwell's (previously The Half Moon) on Harewood Road, and an Italian restaurant, Picolino on High Street.
Lady Elizabeth Hastings Church of England Primary School is located off the Harewood Road opposite the cricket pitch.
Some small cottages were purchased by the Half Moon public house, demolished and are now a large car park.
A large, stone Anglican church and a small, red brick Methodist chapel.
Collingham falls into the Harewood ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell constituency, which is currently held by Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative).