Addingham
West Yorkshire
The village was a farming community until the late 18th century when a few textile mills were built in the village.
Since the decline in the textile industry, Addingham has become mainly a residential village with a retired and commuter community although there are also businesses offering local crafts and services.
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Travel
Bus travel
The village has buses to neighbouring towns and villages.
Road travel
Addingham can be reached via the A65 B6160
Places to visit
Bolton Priory
Bolton Abbey, North YorkshireThe beautiful setting at Bolton Abbey in the
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Skipton Castle
Skipton Castle is one of England's best restored medieval castles, standing between the town of
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Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Operates from Embsay, about 1.5 miles from Skipton, to Bolton Abbey station about a mile away from the attractive priory ruins and beauty spot beside the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey. The railway runs trains on most days during the summer and at weekends at other times of year, except January. It also has a range of special weekend events, dining trains and footplate and signal box experience courses. Tank engines are the mainstay of steam operations on the line, but the railway also has a collection of historic diesel locomotives. Also running on the line some days is a restored hybrid electric railcar, which was way ahead of its time when built in York in 1903.
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Ilkley Toy Museum
Whitton Croft Road, IlkleyThe museum features one of the finest private collections of toys with exhibits dating from 350BC to the present day. It includes early English wooden dolls and dolls houses, teddy bears, fairground models, tin-plate toys and die-cast vehicles, toy soldiers and cowboys and indians, and toys based on more modern TV characters. The museum opens on weekend afternoons and by appointment to weekday school visits.
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East Riddlesden Hall
The attractive 17th century home of a cloth merchant includes an array of needlework from the era. The house is set in colourful and peaceful gardens with an outdoor discovery garden and children's play area. The property, around 1.5 miles to the north-east of
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Yorkshire Dales National Park
The Yorkshire Dales National Park starts just north of
Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Extending across an area of 232 square miles (600 sq km), the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Beauty starts at the edge of 
Emergency services
West Yorkshire Police 
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Local government
Civil parish council
Addingham Parish CouncilProvides some local services in the area.
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Metropolitan district council
The City of Bradford authority covers an area extending many miles beyond the city itself, including areas of moorland of The Pennines and Ilkley Moor, parts of Wharfedale and Airedale and the Worth Valley.
The area includes many separate small towns and villages, among them
Councillors are elected across 30 wards with three councillors per ward.
One councillor per ward is elected for a four-year term on each of three years out of four.
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City of Bradford MDC website.

Political composition after the May 2022 election was:
Political composition after the May 2023 election is:
County strategic authority
West Yorkshire Combined AuthorityCovers some combined services of the five metropolitan district councils of






Operates with elected mayor Tracy Brabin as chairman and as decision-maker for some responsibilities after May 2021 election.

Police and Crime Commissioner
The Police and Crime Commissioner for West YorkshireThis role has become one of the many responsibilities of the West Yorkshire elected mayor since May 2021.

Fire Authority
West Yorkshire Fire AuthorityThe fire authority is made up of elected members of each of the five metropolitan district councils of West Yorkshire - Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds, Kirklees and Wakefield.
