Baildon is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, north of Bradford, and in the metropolitan borough of Bradford. Baildon Moor has a number of outcropping gritstones, and there is a stone circle known as Soldier's Trench which is said to date from the Bronze Age, 3000 years ago. Baildon is home to a Rugby Club (Baildon Rugby Union Football Club), who run three main teams and a number of junior teams.
Famous resident
The mountaineer Ian Clough was born in Baildon. After he died on an expedition to the Himalayan mountain Annapurna in 1970, Ian Clough Hall, a meeting-place and arts venue was established there in his memory.
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