[137] The word mela is Sanskrit for 'a gathering' or 'to meet'. [75] There were 106,680 households in Bradford, and the population density was 4,560 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,820/sq mi). Forster Square and Bradford Interchange stations are part of the West Yorkshire Metro. Topographically, it is located in the eastern moorland region of the South Pennines.

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." [43] The 1/2nd Brigade crossed to France with the 1/6th Battalion West Yorks in April 1915. Typically, 41.4 nights of the year will record an air frost. 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,[153] to house German Jewish refugee children during the Second World War.[154][155]. [96][97][98][99], Forster Square Shopping Park opened in 1995 and is adjacent to the Forster Square Railway Station.

[105] Bowling Park in East Bowling is the site of the annual Bradford Carnival celebrating local African and Caribbean culture. The Buttershaw area of the city featured in the film Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987), in which two 16-year-old girls were involved in a love triangle with a wealthy married man (played by George Costigan). In 2011 the Jewish population was 299. [29] Jacob Behrens (1806–1889) was the first foreign textile merchant to export woollen goods from the town, his company developed into an international multimillion-pound business. The Bradford Playhouse is a privately run venue with a medium-sized proscenium theatre and a small studio. Surrounded by the beauty of the Allegheny National Forest, Bradford captures the beauty of all of the seasons and offers a variety of activities for everyone to enjoy year round.

At Thornbury, on the outskirts is the Odeon Leeds-Bradford with 13 screens which replaced the old Odeon next to the Alhambra which is the continuing focus of protests by Bradfordians who do not wish to see the old building demolished. He built the industrial Model village of Ripley Ville on a site in Broomfields, East Bowling close to the dye works.

Speedway was staged at Greenfields Stadium in the pioneer days, when it was known as the Autodrome in the early 1960s. Nearly half of all Asians living in Yorkshire and the Humber live in Bradford, with the central wards of Bradford Moor, City, Little Horton, Manningham and Toller having large majority Asian populations, whereas outlying wards of Bradford such as Thornton and Allerton, Idle and Thackley, Eccleshill, Wibsey, Wyke, Clayton, Wrose, Tong and Royds have predominantly white populations. [21] By 1882 water supply had radically improved. [116] It absorbed the Art School whose most famous alumnus is David Hockney. Despite this, Bradford has a significant economy within the Yorkshire and the Humber region; it is the third-largest at around £10 billion, which is mostly provided by financial and manufacturing industries. 110 l.hilyer@bradfordpa.com please read our, BANTAMS REACTION: We did enough to win, says McCall, Darrell Clarke left frustrated by Bradford City point, McCALL Disappointed After Being Held To Point, Darrell Clarke 'frustrated' by Walsall draw, REPORT: Clarke delivers cure for Bantams after Nurse blast, Juninho Bacuna's winner for Huddersfield Town vs Derby perfectly summed up Carlosball, Match Reaction: Clarke Frustrated as Walsall Draw With Bradford City, CITY SOCIAL: 'Watching football under lounge lights just isn't the same', Football Talk Podcast - How Hull City, Doncaster Rovers, Bradford City and Harrogate Town have fared so far, Order your Bradford City edition of 'The Wanderer'. Bradford is not built on any substantial body of water but is situated at the junction of three valleys, one of them, that of the Bradford Beck which rises in moorland to the west, and is swelled by its tributaries, the Horton Beck, Westbrook, Bowling Beck and Eastbrook.

When the three battalions were taken over by the British Army they were officially named the 16th (1st Bradford), 18th (2nd Bradford), and 20th (Reserve) Battalions, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). 'Why all this panic?' Other house churches in the city include El Shaddai International Christian Centre and the World Outreach Church.

Unprecedented growth created problems with over 200 factory chimneys continually churning out black, sulphurous smoke, Bradford gained the reputation of being the most polluted town in England. [171] American film star Aasif Mandvi grew up in Bradford. It can be regarded as one of the Yorkshire Dales, though as it passes through the city, it is often not recognised as such. It is located approximately 8.6 miles (14 km) west of Leeds and lies in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. [52], In 2006 Wm Morrison Supermarkets opened its new headquarters in the city, the firm employs more than 5,000 people in Bradford. Coal output continued to expand, reaching a peak in 1868 when Bradford contributed a quarter of all the coal and iron produced in Yorkshire. Also in the city is The St George's Hall—a grand concert hall dating from 1853 making it the oldest concert hall in Britain and the third oldest in the whole of Europe. These vary in quality from rough rock to fine, honey-coloured stone of building quality.