Cottingley is a suburban village within the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England between Shipley and Bingley.

[2][3] The village was clustered around the original St Michael's Church, Cottingley Town Hall and the Sun Inn.

[4][5][6] In 1917, two girls, 15-year old Elsie Wright and nine-year old Frances Griffiths, claimed to have photographed fairies in the dell (Cottingley Beck) at the bottom of their garden.

[11][17] Cottingley beck cuts a deep, narrow, rocky channel flowing north to the River Aire.

[22] St Michaels and All Angels was part of a regeneration project that spent £4.5 million, which included meeting rooms, a doctor's surgery, nursery and youth facilities and 50 new homes.

The project started because a 1960s war memorial had been vandalised, and reports in the press caught the eye of Prince Charles, who came to speak at the grand unveiling.