SEVERAL historic sites across Keighley – plus a conservation area – remain at risk, according to a national body.

Dalton Mills, Whinburn, Low Mill, St James’ Church at Cross Roads and the Devonshire Park and Cliffe Castle Conservation Area are all included in Historic England's latest Heritage at Risk register.

The organisation, which champions and campaigns to protect the country’s historic sites, produces the register to spotlight buildings and areas deemed to be in danger of being lost due to decay or neglect – or in some cases, inappropriate development.

It is seen as a snapshot of the health of some of England’s most valued historic places.

Dalton Mills' condition is described as "very bad".

Built as a worsted mill between 1866 and 1877, it is partly occupied.

The complex comprises Tower Mill – which is described as not being at risk – Genappe Mill and New Mill.

There are also several ancillary buildings, a chimney and intact surviving machinery.

Genappe Mill was gutted in a huge blaze in 2022, which resulted in the collapse of the roof and floor structure.

Low Mill, in Low Mill Lane, has been derelict for years.

The late-18th-century cotton mill is also described as being in a “very bad” condition.

Whinburn is listed in the register’s parks and gardens category.

Its entry states that the house has fine Edwardian interiors but adds “the gardens are overgrown and the buildings and structures are in need of repair”.

St James’ Church is described as being in "fair" condition. Its listing states that some repairs were carried out in 2016 with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund's former Grants for Places of Worship scheme, but that "high-level roofs have subsequently deteriorated and require a further phase of repair".

And the Devonshire Park and Cliffe Castle Conservation Area is said to be in a poor state.

Also on the register is the Catstones Ring, Catstones Hill, Cullingworth. Described as a late prehistoric enclosed settlement, its condition is said to be "generally unsatisfactory with major localised problems".

Historic England says that this year, six sites across Yorkshire have been rescued and their futures secured.

In total there are now 4,891 entries nationally on the register, of which 524 are in Yorkshire.

Duncan Wilson, Historic England chief executive, says: "Heritage is so important to Yorkshire – it plays a vital role in our society and boosts the regional economy."