The Railway

Further down the Village than the New Inn is the Railway.  Called for obvious reasons that it is situated next to the Railway.  This is also across from the Park.

CURRENTLY CLOSED WHILST UNDERGOING AN EXTENSIVE REFURB.

Sports Club

Cononley Sports Club is open most Saturdays with football or cricket matches taking place weekly.  There is a licensed bar and a pool table.

Park

Cononley Park was completely transformed in 2011 and boasts equipment to suit all ages from the sandpit to the tall climbing frame.  There is also a skate-park area situated alongside the park.

Institute

The local Village Institute offers a variety of events throughout the year including a Beer Festival, a Village Crafts Show and frequent fund-raising coffee mornings.

St John's Church

St John's Church holds a service each Sunday at 11am.  

Village History

By 1851 the population had grown to 1,272. In the later 19th century many villagers were employed in two textile mills. Cononley was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire but is now in the modern county of North Yorkshire.

The census in 2001 recorded a population of 1,060. Although farming is still very significant, and there are a number of local businesses, the number of people employed in industry within the village has declined rapidly over the last twenty five years.

The relatively limited extent of housing development in the 20th century was due to a lack of economic growth but, as a result, the predominantly stone built village is one of the most popular places to live in the district. An increasing proportion of the working population commute, not just to Skipton and Keighley, but over considerable distances. In part this is made possible by a frequent service of electric trains to Leeds and Bradford.

Amongst other facilities, the village has a joint Anglican-Methodist church, a primary school, two pubs and a post office.

David Gulliver, Parish Counsellor