BINGLEY, urban district, West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng land, on the Aire, 52m. N.W. of Bradford, on the L.M.S. railway. Pop. (1931) 20,553. The area is in the midst of the Yorkshire industrial region, but in spite of the many factories it still retains much open land in the Aire Valley, and agriculture is an important occupation. Textile working, especially spinning and weaving and worsted manufacture, is important, as well as metal working.