Thornbury is a district on the eastern edge of Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

, in 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...

 on the border with the City of Leeds

City of Leeds

The City of Leeds is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Leeds City Council, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. The metropolitan district includes Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell,...

 and located in the Bradford Moor

Bradford Moor

Bradford Moor is an electoral ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. It is in the BD3 postcode area.The ward covers the areas of Bradford known as Bradford Moor, Laisterdyke and Thornbury...

 ward and in the East Bradford parliamentary constituency.
Thornbury is contiguous with Pudsey

Pudsey

Pudsey is a market town in West Yorkshire, England. Once an independent town, it was incorporated into the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in 1974, and is located midway between Bradford and Leeds city centres. It has a population of 32,391....

 - part of the City of Leeds conurbation and borders Laisterdyke

Laisterdyke

Laisterdyke is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire situated to the east of the city on the border with Leeds and located in the Bradford Moor ward and in the East Bradford parliamentary constituency....

, and Fagley (Eccleshill Ward).

History

Thornbury was originally a distinct village but became part of Bradford in 1882.

In Thornbury on Leeds Road there are some large former tramsheds and former bus depot dating from when Bradford had its own tram, bus and trolleybus service.

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a United States soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the Iowa Territory , in LeClaire but lived several years in Canada before his family moved to the Kansas Territory. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872 for service to the US...

 staged a performance of his Wild West Show in Thornbury when touring England in 1903.

Economy

Off Dick Lane in Thornbury is the Gallagher Leisure Park. In the Gallagher Leisure Park is the Odeon Leeds-Bradford

Odeon Leeds-Bradford

Odeon Leeds-Bradford is a multiplex cinema located between the two cities Bradford and Leeds at the Gallagher Leisure Park, Thornbury Bradford, West Yorkshire, England....

, a 13 screen multiplex cinema, the Aagrah restaurant, Esporta

Esporta Health Clubs

Esporta Health & Fitness Clubs is a chain of health clubs in the United Kingdom, which also once owned clubs in Spain. The clubs offer a wide variety of different fitness facilities, including gyms, swimming pools and courts for racquet sports...

 health club, a Travelodge

Travelodge

Travelodge refers to several hotel chains around the world. Current operations include: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and Australia...

 and access to the Phoenix Park Golf Course.

Off Leeds Old Road in The Woodhall Retail Centre is a B&Q

B&Q

B&Q plc is a multinational DIY and home improvement retailer headquartered in Eastleigh, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange....

, Morrisons

Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...

 and Netto

Netto (store)

Netto is a Danish discount supermarket operating in several European countries. Netto is owned by Dansk Supermarked Group, which in turn is partly owned by A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group.Netto also operates an express version of the store, known as Døgn Netto...

 supermarkets and the Thornbury Medical Centre.
Also on Leeds Old Road is the Thornbury Centre, a conference centre, library and church opened in March 1999, built on the site of the demolished St. Margaret's Church with £1.19m funding from the Millennium Commission

Millennium Commission

The Millennium Commission in the United Kingdom was set up to aid communities at the end of the 2nd millennium and the start of the 3rd millennium. It used funding raised through the UK National Lottery....

.

On Gain Lane is British Bakeries

British Bakeries

British Bakeries is the bread making arm of Rank Hovis McDougall, manufacturing Hovis, Nimble and Mothers Pride as well as supermarket's own brand bread for shops such as Tesco, Asda and The Co-operative Group. British Bakeries parent company is Premier Foods...

' Bradford bakeries and the new headquarters of Wm Morrison Supermarkets

Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...

.

The Territorial Army's Thornbury Barracks are actually in the Woodhall area of Pudsey, Leeds.

Education

On the edge of old Thornbury village is Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College. Thornbury has a public lending library in Leeds Old Road.

Transport

The main roads through the area are the A647 Leeds Road, the B6381 Leeds Old Road, Gain Lane and Dick Lane.
Leeds Road, Leeds Old Road and Dick Lane meet at Thornbury roundabout, the biggest roundabout in Yorkshire.
Thornbury is served by First Bradford

First Bradford

First Bradford is one of the bus companies serving the area of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of FirstGroup. The company operates the majority of services in the Bradford area, covered by Metro, a public body responsible for helping to co-ordinate public transport services in the West...

's 15, 72, 709, 710, 714, X6, and X11 services.

Location grid

External links

• The Thornbury Centre
• Images: Geograph