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Long Lee and Thwaites Brow is a suburb about one mile to the south east of the centre of the town of
Long Lee is a partially rural area which encompasses a primary school, a public house, a church, a chapel, a doctor's surgery, a pharmacy, a convenience store with off-licence and a Scout Group Consisting of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.
It is a large residential area with many buildings ranging from bungalows to mansions.
Long Lee and Thwaites Brow is a suburb about one mile to the south east of the centre of the town of Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
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Features
Long Lee is a partially rural area which encompasses a primary school, a public house, a church, a chapel, a doctor's surgery, a pharmacy, a convenience store with off-licence and a Scout Group Consisting of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.
It is a large residential area with many buildings ranging from bungalows to mansions.
Governance
Long Lee is situated in theKeighley East
Keighley East (population 14,929 - 2001 UK census) is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The population had increased to 16,775 at the 2011 Census.
Within the Ward of Keigh ...
ward of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, ...
and is represented by three Labour Party Councillors. The area also forms part of the Long Lee & Parkwood ward of Keighley Town Council
A town council, city council or municipal council is a form of local government for small municipalities.
Usage of the term varies under different jurisdictions.
Republic of Ireland
Town Councils in the Republic of Ireland were the second ti ...
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Transport
Long Lee and Thwaites Brow are served by theKeighley Bus Company
The Keighley Bus Company operates both local and regional bus services in West Yorkshire, England. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Blazefield, which operates bus services across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. ...
bus route K5 which connects the area with Keighley Bus Station which runs at least once an hour in both directions 7 days a week.
Long Lee lies on the busy but unclassified road from Keighley to Harden which forms part of an alternative route to Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
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References
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