Eccleshill is a Ward in the City of Bradford

City of Bradford

The City of Bradford is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden and...

 Metropolitan District in the county

County

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 of West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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, England

England

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The ward is a more or less completely residential urban area with very little open space though there is substantial open land directly east of the ward boundary. It includes the areas of (in approximate north to south order) Greengates

Greengates

Greengates is a small suburban area in the north-east of the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England. The area is bordered by Idle and Thackley to the north west, and the large council estate known as Thorpe Edge to the west. To the south of Greengates is Ravenscliffe with the village of...

, Bank Top, the eponymous Eccleshill, Ravenscliffe

Ravenscliffe, West Yorkshire

Ravenscliffe is an area in the Eccleshill ward of the city of Bradford District, in the English county of West Yorkshire. Ravenscliffe is located to the west of Fagley Beck and to the east of the A658 road.-References:...

 housing estate, and Fagley.

Sport

Eccleshill United Football Club

Eccleshill United F.C.

Eccleshill United F.C. are a football club based in Wrose, which is a ward of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England, currently members of the Northern Counties East League Division One....

 are currently members of the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division. Other local sports teams include Eccleshill Badminton Club, who use the facilities of Hanson School.Victoria Rangers A.R.L.F.C. and Victoria Rangers A.F.C. who use the facilities of Eccleshill Sports and Social Club.