Bradford
Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the 1974 reform, the city status has belonged to the larger City of Bradford metropolitan borough. It had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 census; the second-largest subdivision of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area after Leeds, which is approximately 9 miles (14 km) to the east. The borough had a population of 546,976, making it the 9th most populous district in England.
This article is about the city itself. For the metropolitan borough (division of West Yorkshire county), and the local authority, see City of Bradford. For other uses, see Bradford (disambiguation).Bradford
141.313 sq mi (366.00 km2)
546,976 [1]
3,871/sq mi (1,495/km2)
Bradfordian[2]
174 mi (280 km) S
United Kingdom
- Allerton
- Apperley Bridge
- Barkerend
- Belle Vue
- Bierley
- Bolton Woods
- Bradford Moor
- Broomfields
- Buttershaw
- Clayton
- Cutler Heights
- Dudley Hill
- East Bowling
- Eccleshill
- Forster Square
- Frizinghall
- Girlington
- Great Horton
- Greengates
- Heaton
- Holme Wood
- Idle
- Laisterdyke
- Little Germany
- Little Horton
- Little London
- Longlands
- Low Moor
- Manningham
- Odsal
- Ravenscliffe
- Ripley Ville
- Sandy Lane
- Staithgate
- Thackley
- Thornbury
- Thornton
- Thorpe Edge
- Tong
- Trident
- Tyersal
- Undercliffe
- West Bowling
- Wibsey
- Wrose
- Wyke
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Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city grew in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture, particularly wool. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the earliest industrialised settlements, rapidly becoming the "wool capital of the world"; this in turn gave rise to the nicknames "Woolopolis" and "Wool City".[3] Lying in the eastern foothills of the Pennines, the area's access to supplies of coal, iron ore and soft water facilitated the growth of a manufacturing base, which, as textile manufacture grew, led to an explosion in population and was a stimulus to civic investment. There is a large amount of listed Victorian architecture in the city including the grand Italianate city hall.[4]
From the mid-20th century, deindustrialisation caused the city's textile sector and industrial base to decline and, since then, it has faced similar economic and social challenges to the rest of post-industrial Northern England, including poverty, unemployment and social unrest. It is the third-largest economy within the Yorkshire and the Humber region at around £10 billion, which is mostly provided by financial and manufacturing industries. It is also a tourist destination, the first UNESCO City of Film and it has the National Science and Media Museum, a city park, the Alhambra theatre and Cartwright Hall. The city is the UK City of Culture for 2025 having won the designation on 31 May 2022.[5]
City of Sanctuary[edit]
After a campaign in 2008, Bradford was recognised as a 'City of Sanctuary' on 18 November 2010. Bradford is "a place where a broad range of local organisations, community groups and faith communities, as well as local government are publicly committed to welcoming and including people seeking sanctuary." The city has a history of welcoming newcomers from throughout the world. An example of this was Bradford's purchase of the Carlton Hostel building in 1939 as part of a Kindertransport scheme, made possible through donations from both Bradford's Jewish community and non–Jews,[181] to house German Jewish refugee children during the Second World War.[182][183]
Crime[edit]
Bradford has been the scene of some high-profile crimes such as the shooting of Bradford PC Sharon Beshenivsky while responding to a burglary in the city.[184] In May 2010, Stephen Griffiths was charged with the Bradford murders.[185]
The Manningham Riot occurred between 10 and 12 June 1995, in Manningham and the 2001 Bradford race riots began on 7 July 2001 as a result of tension between ethnic minority communities and the city's white majority, stoked by the Anti-Nazi League and the National Front.[186][187] There were 297 arrests; 187 people charged with riot, 45 with violent disorder leading to 200 jail sentences totalling 604 years.[188]
Bradford is twinned with a number of places around the world:[215]
