Editing Horsforth (section)

{{short description|Town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| official_name            = Horsforth
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.837|-1.643|type:city(20000)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Leeds
| population               = 18,895
| population_ref           = ([[2011 Census for England and Wales|2011 Census]])<ref name=":popstats:">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170211013|title=Horsforth Parish|access-date=24 April 2018}}</ref>
| civil_parish             = Horsforth
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Leeds]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North West]]
| post_town                = LEEDS
| postcode_district        = LS18
| postcode_area            = LS
| dial_code                = 0113
| os_grid_reference        = SE236376
| static_image_name        = TownStreetHorsforth.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Town Street, Horsforth
| website                  = {{URL|horsforthtowncouncil.gov.uk}}
}}

'''Horsforth''' is a town and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[City of Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], England, five miles north-west of Leeds city centre. Historically a village within the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], it had a population of 18,895 at the 2011 Census.<ref name=":popstats:" /> It became part of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in 1974. In 1999, a civil parish was created for the area, and the parish council voted to rename itself a [[town council]]. The area is within the [[Horsforth (ward)|Horsforth]] [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]] of [[Leeds City Council]], which also includes the southern part of [[Rawdon, West Yorkshire|Rawdon]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Horsforth%20ward.pdf | title = Horsforth Ward | publisher = Leeds City Council | year = 2015 | access-date = 17 May 2017 | archive-date = 26 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211026155257/https://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/Horsforth%2520ward.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>