10 Facts About Addingham

Addingham is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.

Addingham is considered to be one of the earlier Anglo-Saxon settlements because of the ending – inghaem.

Addingham is part of the Keighley UK Parliament constituency, represented by Robbie Moore of the Conservatives since the 2019 general election.

In 2009 Addingham Newsagents was re-opened by local businessman Mark Preston, thereby continuing his family's long tradition of shopkeeping in the community, which dates back to the 19th century when his great-grandfather opened a general stores on the site which is Dixon's Butchers.

Addingham has five pubs, The Fleece, The Crown, The Swan, The Sailor and The Craven Heifer, and a social club that are all situated on Main Street.

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Addingham once had its own railway station, but this closed in 1965.

Addingham has a half-hourly bus service to Ilkley and Keighley, hourly to Leeds and Skipton, and infrequently between Ilkley and Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales.

Addingham has a public library on Main Street, which used to be the site of the local school.

Addingham has many sports teams including a football team previously part of the Harrogate and District League.

Extreme sports scene in Addingham is thriving with an array of mountain bikers and skateboarders making good use of the facilities and surrounding hills.