Bradley, West Yorkshire
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Bradley is a district of Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, 3 miles north-east of the town centre. It is generally just off the A62 Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

 Road and west of the River Colne
River Colne, West Yorkshire
The River Colne is a river in West Yorkshire formed by a confluence at the foot of the Pennines close to the village of Marsden.-Course:Numerous brooks formed by rainwater high in the Pennines of West Yorkshire, flow down the hillsides through the small valleys to feed two Yorkshire Water...

 and the Huddersfield Broad Canal
Huddersfield Broad Canal
The Huddersfield Broad Canal is a wide-locked navigable canal in Yorkshire in northern England.The waterway is 3¾ miles long and has 9 wide locks...

. Located north of Deighton
Deighton
People named Deighton* Jeremy Deighton, American soccer player* John Deighton * Len Deighton * Michelle Deighton * Ernest Deighton Places named Deighton*Deighton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire...

 and east of Brackenhall
Brackenhall
Brackenhall is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England located 2 miles north of Huddersfield town centre between Fixby and Sheepridge....

 (via Bradley bar), the area has two primary schools, a secondary school, and three churches, (one catholic, one Protestant and another converted to a Gymnasium).
  • All Saints Catholic College, previously All Saints Catholic High School (which serves the towns of Brighouse and the Huddersfield) is situated in the district. Built in 1960 and formerly two schools, (St Gregory's R.C. Grammar and St. Augustines R.C. Secondary Modern) the two were combined in 1973 to form the currently large high school.

  • Bradley has a council estate with the Keldregate thoroughfare running parallel to Leeds Road A62, as well as two private developments which effectively constitute villages in themselves.

  • It has many Robin Hood
    Robin Hood
    Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....

     references in the area, including 'Sherwood Avenue', 'Huntingdon Avenue' and a former pub site called 'The little John'.

  • The area used be part of a larger Bradley estate known as 'West Bradley' in comparison to 'East Bradley' which included most of Deighton and a part of Leeds road.

  • Has the Campaign for Real Ale
    Campaign for Real Ale
    The Campaign for Real Ale is an independent voluntary consumer organisation based in St Albans, England, whose main aims are promoting real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub...

     (CAMRA) award-winning White Cross Inn public house
    Public house
    A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...

     on Bradley Road.

  • In the area there is the Bradley Park 18-hole municipal Golf Course
    Golf course
    A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...

    .

  • There are 5 pubs in the area High Park, (on Bradley Road) The White Cross, (at the intersection of Bradley Road and Leeds Road), The Woodman Inn (on Leeds Road) which has now been demolished, The Badger (on Bradley Road) and The Little John (on Keldregate); the latter two are now closed

  • Bradley was served by Bradley railway station
    Bradley West Yorkshire railway station
    Bradley railway station served the district of Bradley, West Yorkshire, England until closure in 1952.- History :Bradley station was opened in 1847 along with Huddersfield railway station, as the first section completed of the new Huddersfield and Manchester Railway.Previously, Huddersfield had...

     which was closed in 1952, it was situated on Station Road which joined Leeds Road near The Woodman Inn


The school TV series How We Used To Live
How We Used To Live
How We Used to Live is a British educational historical television drama written by Freda Kelsall and sometimes narrated by Redvers Kyle and John Crosse, both employed as continuity announcers at Yorkshire Television at the time of production. Production began in 1968 at the YTV studios in Leeds...

used Bradley as the name for a whole town, clearly located in West Yorkshire.
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