Airedale Drainage Commissioners
Airedale Drainage Commissioners - Information
The Board was originally constituted in 1861 under the Airedale Drainage Act and has been reconstituted in 1953
following
the general introduction of a Land Drainage Act. The Board's District sits within the low-lying Ings land
on both banks of
the River Aire between Keighley and Gargrave.
The Airedale Drainage Commissioners are a member of the Association of Drainage Authorities.
| Constituted | 1861 |
| Area | 1,369ha |
| Length of Maintained Watercourses | 4.5km |
| Area of Agricultural Land | 1,149ha |
| Area of non-Agricultural Land | 220ha |
| Number of Pumping Stations | 0 |
| Area Dependent upon Pumping | 0ha |
| Towns and Villages in and around the District | Bradley Broughton Carleton Cononley Eastburn Farnhill Gargrave Glusburn Keighley Kildwick Silsden Skipton Steeton Stirton Thorlby |
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