Airedale

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Airedale is a geographic area in Yorkshire, England, corresponding to the river valley of the River Aire (pronounced air). The valley stretches from the river's origin in Malham which is in the Yorkshire Dales, down past Bradford, through Leeds and Wakefield and on to join the Humber.

Several things have taken their names from this area:

• Airedale Terrier
• Airedale Centre, a shopping centre in Keighley
• Airedale (automobile)
• Airedale NHS Trust is an National Health Service Hospital Trust located between Skipton and Keighley
• Airedale Line, a rail service
• Baron Airedale
• Airedale, Castleford, a suburb