mill workers. Recent work by community groups has resulted in developments including a new nature reserve, and the village green which contains a central water feature. The village has two state primary schools, Burley and Woodhead Primary School, Burley Oaks Primary School, and Ghyll Royd School & Pre-School, a private primary and nursery school for girls and boys aged 2–11. The school was established in 1889 by Augustus Wooldridge Godby. Formerly an all boys school, it became a co-educational school in 1999 when it moved location to Greystone Manor. Burley churches are those of Anglicans, Calvinists, Methodists, and Catholics. The Anglican Parish Church is dedicated to St Mary. Burley has a range of housing types and age, and terrace houses and cottages at the centre. Scalebor Park Hospital has been converted into private townhouses and flats. Burley has a railway station on the Wharfedale Line, with direct trains to Leeds, Bradford and Ilkley, and links to other local urban areas. Notable people Burley Woodhead was home to the television presenter Richard Whiteley until his death in 2005. It may have been the birthplace of Walter of Burley (1274-1344), a medieval English logician and theologian. William Forster, reforming 19th-century politician was part owner of a mill in the village and is buried there. Mark James, Ryder Cup captain in 1999, lives in the village. British cyclist Scott Thwaites is from Burley; in 2012, he became the Men's Elite Road Race Champion in the National road cycling championships held at Otley. Magistrate and treasurer to the County Courts of Yorkshire John Peele Clapham commissioned Burley Grange and the Salem Church on Main Street. Tom Sumner was awarded an MBE in 2000 for "For services to the community in Burley-in-Wharfdale, West Yorkshire." Location grid See also Listed buildings in Burley in Wharfedale References External links Burley Parish Council Website Burley-in-Wharfedale bridge campaign Burley in Wharfedale Community Web Site Burley Oaks Primary School Villages in West Yorkshire Civil parishes in West Yorkshire Wharfedale Geography of the City of Bradford