A&E

Keighley A&E Live Waiting Times

Airedale General Hospital

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Latest report
11 hr
23 Oct 14:06
Average
9 hr 25 min
21 reports
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Contact & location
Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD
Switchboard: 01535 652511
Opening times
Monday TodayOpen 24 hours
TuesdayOpen 24 hours
WednesdayOpen 24 hours
ThursdayOpen 24 hours
FridayOpen 24 hours
SaturdayOpen 24 hours
SundayOpen 24 hours
Getting here
Train stations
Steeton & Silsden Rail Station16 min walk to A&E
Cononley Rail Station48 min walk to A&E
Bus stops
10 routes·4 operators·5 stops within walking distance
Airedale Hospital (Stop B, south-west)2 min walk to A&E
62TransdevIlkley ↔ Keighley
78ANorth Yorkshire CouncilAiredale Hospital ↔ Skipton
903Jacksons of SilsdenKeighley
M4TransdevBurnley ↔ Keighley
Airedale Hospital (Stop A, eastbound)2 min walk to A&E
62TransdevIlkley ↔ Keighley
78ANorth Yorkshire CouncilAiredale Hospital ↔ Skipton
903Jacksons of SilsdenKeighley
M4TransdevBurnley ↔ Keighley
Airedale Hospital (Stop C, northbound)3 min walk to A&E
62TransdevIlkley ↔ Keighley
78ANorth Yorkshire CouncilSkipton ↔ Airedale Hospital
903Jacksons of SilsdenKeighley
M4TransdevKeighley ↔ Burnley
Airedale Hospital Main Entrance (westbound)4 min walk to A&E
66TransdevKeighley ↔ Skipton
66The Keighley Bus CompanyKeighley ↔ Skipton
71North Yorkshire CouncilSteeton ↔ Low Bradley
78ANorth Yorkshire CouncilAiredale Hospital ↔ Skipton
864The Keighley Bus CompanyKeighley ↔ Malham
866TransdevKeighley ↔ Malham
943TransdevIngrow ↔ Cross Hills
M4TransdevKeighley ↔ Burnley
Grange Road (at, westbound)5 min walk to A&E
66TransdevKeighley ↔ Skipton
66The Keighley Bus CompanyKeighley ↔ Skipton
71North Yorkshire CouncilSteeton ↔ Low Bradley
78ANorth Yorkshire CouncilAiredale Hospital ↔ Skipton
864The Keighley Bus CompanyKeighley ↔ Malham
866TransdevKeighley ↔ Malham
943TransdevIngrow ↔ Cross Hills
M4TransdevKeighley ↔ Burnley
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What’s available here
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Car ParkingCycle ParkingDisabled Parking
Food and Amenities
CafeShop
Recent visitor feedbackreported by visitors
Environment
Toilets are clean
Family
Separate children’s waiting area
Based on 1 visitor response in the last 6 months. This information is collected through a short anonymous survey shown to visitors on this page.

About Airedale General Hospital

Airedale General Hospital runs a 24-hour accident and emergency department, open to all ages, on Skipton Road in Keighley, West Yorkshire, part of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. The wider site runs 45 listed departments and services, from Breast cancer services to Vascular surgery.

The Care Quality Commission rates it Requires Improvement, last inspected in December 2022. It rated the hospital's urgent and emergency services Requires Improvement when they were last inspected in March 2019. The site lists 1,708 parking spaces, 54 of them designated disabled bays, with patient parking averaging £1.50 an hour.

Official NHS performance

57.5%seen within 4 hours
6,134attendances in September 2026
60.4%England average for major A&Es

NHS England publishes these figures for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust as a whole, covering every A&E the trust runs rather than this site alone. That is below the England average of 60.4% for major A&E departments over the same month.

In the NHS Friends and Family Test for August 2026, 82% of 452 patients who responded at this site reported a positive experience. The trust's general and acute wards averaged 94.5% overnight bed occupancy in the quarter to March 2026 - full wards are the main reason admitted patients queue in A&E.

Attendances by year

NHS yearA&E attendancesMonthly averageWithin 4 hours12hr+ waits to admit
2023-2466,0655,50553.1%976
2024-2569,3705,78158.6%1,873
2025-2672,2776,02362.5%2,139
2026-27 (6 months)37,4466,24156.2%1,466

Between 2023-24 and 2025-26, monthly A&E attendances rose 9% and the share seen within four hours improved by 9.3 percentage points.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check the current A&E wait time at Airedale General Hospital?

The live waiting time for the A&E at Airedale General Hospital is shown at the top of this page, together with when it was last updated. Times are reported by recent visitors and carry a community badge - after your own visit you can submit your wait time in a few seconds to help the next person.

When is the A&E at Airedale General Hospital quietest?

Patterns vary by hospital, but across UK urgent and emergency care the quietest window is usually the early morning, roughly 4am to 7am, with demand building through the afternoon and peaking in the evening. Friday and Saturday nights and Monday mornings are typically the busiest periods. See our guide to the best time to visit for more detail.

How long will I wait at Airedale General Hospital A&E?

Patients are triaged on arrival and the most urgent cases are always seen first, so your wait depends on how serious your condition is and how busy the department is. Hospitals in England work to the NHS four-hour standard - the aim is to admit, transfer or discharge patients within four hours of arrival. The live figure on this page shows how Airedale General Hospital is doing right now. NHS England's most recent figures (September 2026) show 57.5% of patients across the trust's A&E departments were seen within four hours.

How often are the waiting times on this page updated?

This page updates whenever a visitor submits a new wait time, so freshness depends on recent reports - each entry shows when that person visited. If you have been to Airedale General Hospital recently, submitting your wait takes a few seconds and helps others plan.

Is the A&E at Airedale General Hospital open 24 hours?

Yes - the A&E at Airedale General Hospital is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. In a life-threatening emergency always call 999.

Where is Airedale General Hospital and how do I get there?

Airedale General Hospital is at Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 6TD. For general enquiries call 01535 652511. Enter your postcode in the Getting here section for a door-to-door route.

Is parking free at Airedale General Hospital?

No - patient and visitor parking here averages about £1.50 an hour (NHS estates return, 2024-25). The site lists 1,708 parking spaces, including 54 designated disabled bays. Concessions often apply for blue badge holders, frequent attenders and some patients - check the hospital's own parking page.

What is the CQC rating for Airedale General Hospital?

Airedale General Hospital is rated Requires Improvement overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care in England, following an inspection in December 2022. It rated the hospital's urgent and emergency services Requires Improvement when they were last inspected in March 2019. You can read the full CQC report.

Can children be treated at Airedale General Hospital A&E?

This A&E serves: All ages. If your child's age group is not treated here, the nearby section on this page lists alternatives - or call NHS 111 for urgent advice and 999 in an emergency.
About this data
This hospital does not currently have a live data source. The waiting times shown here are reported by visitors and may not reflect current conditions. You can see how we source data for every hospital on our data sources page. Department labels shown (e.g. A&E, MIU, UTC) are our interpretation of the source data and may not match the hospital’s own terminology. If any information is incorrect, please let us know.
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