Silsden is a town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Keighley and Skipton, which had a population of 8,390 at the 2021 Census.

[2] Generally an agricultural area, the Industrial Revolution had a significant impact on West Yorkshire, including Silsden.

Silsden was then connected to both a significant manufacturing city (Leeds) and a major ocean port (Liverpool) by canal.

In 1998, a hoard of 27 gold coins dating back to the 1st century AD were found in the town and subsequently valued at £20,000 by experts appointed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

[6] The Guinness Book of World Records reported that the biggest onion ever, at 14 lb (6.4 kg), was grown in Silsden in 2010 by Vincent Throup.

Land here formed a small manor from Saxon times, and the first known written mention of the name (as Bronthweyt) occurs in the 14th century.

[14] English rugby league player Jack Reed, who played for the Brisbane Broncos, was born in Silsden.

[16] With this fortune, the now Sir Henry Price, bought Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex, which is now owned by the National Trust.

She was the second woman take her seat in the House of Commons and lived in Silsden when her father was the head teacher at Bolton Road School.

[22][23] On 27 April 1995, a one-off anthology supernatural drama series Chiller aired, in which episode 5, titled "Number Six", featured Silsden.

In June 2006, Ramsay won a High Court case against the London Evening Standard, which had alleged, after reports from Ray, that scenes and the general condition of Bonapartes had been faked.

"[25] In July 2007, the butchers, barbers and shoe shop located on Bradley Road were used in an episode of ITV's The Royal.