Retirement Properties Spotlight in Oakworth

Oakworth is an old village about two and a half miles southwest of Keighley and was mentioned in Domesday. Oakworth railway station was made famous by the film The Railway Children and is situated on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway line. Keighley to the northeast is situated at the confluence of the Rivers Aire and Worth south of Rombalds Moor. The Moor has many signs of stone age and bronze age settlement including cup and ring marks. The town is thought to derive its name from 'Cyhha's farm or clearing' and was known as Chichelai in Domesday.