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Queensbury and the chimney of the former Black Dyke Mills |
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Queensbury
Queensbury shown within West Yorkshire |
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| Population | 8,718 (2001) [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SE105311 |
| - London | 213 miles (343 km) |
| Metropolitan borough | City of Bradford |
| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRADFORD |
| Postcode district | BD13 |
| Dialling code | 01274 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Bradford South |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Clayton and Thornton and overlooking Bradford itself, Queensbury is one of the highest parishes in England, with fine views beyond the West Yorkshire conurbation to the hills of Brontë Country and the Yorkshire Dales to the north and north west. It has a population of 8,718.[1]
Queensbury was originally known as Queenshead. That name was derived from a local pub (still existing) which was popular with travellers on the pack horse route from Halifax to Bradford.
Queensbury itself is most famous as being the home of Black Dyke Mills, and the Black Dyke Band.
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| Ward Name: | Queensbury |
| Councillor: | Lynda Cromie [2] |
| Party: | Independent [3] |
| Councillor: | Paul Cromie [4] |
| Party: | Independent [3] |
| Councillor: | Michael Walls [5] |
| Party: | Conservative |
Queensbury Ward is a Ward in Bradford Metropolitan District in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the village of Queensbury around which it is drawn. It includes the villages of Clayton Heights and Horton Bank Top as well as several hamlets: Ambler Thorn, Calder Banks, Catherine Slack, Hazel Hirst, Hunger Hill, Little Moor, Mountain, Old Dolphin, Scarlet Heights, Shibden Head and West Scholes.
The Black Dyke Mills company was responsible for the construction of many of the buildings in and around Queensbury, each being for the benefit of the employees, be it housing/accommodation shops and leisure facilities. In 1891 the company erected the Victoria Hall in Queensbury for the benefit of its workers and the local community - it had a concert hall, with gallery to seat 650 people, library, billiard room and many other facilities.
Three rail lines once converged on Queensbury, one from Halifax, one from Keighley and one from Bradford, known as The Queensbury Lines, all belonging to the Great Northern Railway (later the LNER). Where they met was located Queensbury station, which famously consisted of continuous platforms on all three sides of a triangular junction, an uncommon layout in Britain (the only other example was Ambergate, on the Midland Railway in Derbyshire).
A short distance from the station on the Halifax line was Queensbury Tunnel, 1 mile 741 yards in length (the second longest on the Great Northern system after Ponsbourne Tunnel in Hertfordshire), while close by on the Bradford line was Clayton Tunnel at 1,057 yards. All these lines were closed to passengers in May 1955.
The main Bradford to Halifax road A647 road runs through the village as well as the A644 road. These roads intersect at the Cenotaph in the middle of the village. A regular bus service First 576 runs from the village to both Bradford and Halifax along the A647.