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Apperley Bridge
Village in West Yorkshire, England

Apperley Bridge

Apperley Bridge is a village in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England in the Idle and Thackley Ward.

Plan a trip to Apperley Bridge→From Manchester, Greater Manchester

Apperley Bridge is north-east of Bradford on the boundary with the City of Leeds

bounded in the east by Carr Beck and to the south by Greengates.

The village straddles the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire. It takes its name from the old bridge over the river on Apperley Lane.

How locals move

Getting around Apperley Bridge the local way

  • Get inFerries sail overnight from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Kingston upon Hull.
  • Get inHull is an hour by train or car from Leeds, and the ferry port is 3 miles east of Hull city centre: buses run from there to the railway station.
  • Go nextLeeds is a major transport hub, so many outlying attractions can be done as day trips.

From Wikivoyage: Leeds, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Mtaylor848 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.