Dudley Hill is a village

Village

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 in the borough of City of Bradford

City of Bradford

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, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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, England

England

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History

Dudley Hill had its own railway station

Dudley Hill railway station

Dudley Hill railway station was a railway station that served Dudley Hill, West Yorkshire, England.-History:The line was open to passengers on 20 August 1856 and to goods traffic on 1 January 1857.Station closed in 1952 but passenger services on the line continued until 4 July 1966 , though goods...

 although it is closed now.

In 1911 Britain's first trolleybus

Trolleybus

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 service commenced operation between Laisterdyke and Dudley Hill.
The service stopped in 1972, the last trolleybus service in the UK.

Village information and business

It contains a range of public services, with one primary schools and a High school

High school

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 which is situated on Tong Street, a police station

Police station

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, call centre

Call centre

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 and a medical centre

Clinic

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A wide range of independently owned shops are situated on a Street

Street

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 with a pub to entertain locals including: supermarkets Iceland

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, Wynsors World of Shoes

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, Poundstretcher

Poundstretcher

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, Pet City, Superdrug

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 and Gala Bingo, a range of takeaway

Take-out

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