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Thornton

Thornton is a village and former civil parish, within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in , England. It lies 6 miles to the west of the city centre of , and together with neighbouring , had a total resident population in 2001 of 15,004, increasing to 17,276 in 2011 and 18,520 in 2021.
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Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Village with 17,300 residents
  • Description: village in West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Thornton, West Yorkshire”
Photo: David Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thornton Viaduct and Hill Top Public House.

Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a disused railway bridge in Thornton, in the City of Bradford, , in northern England. It opened in 1878, having been built for the Great Northern Railway, closed in 1966, and re-opened as part of a cycling route in 2008.

Pub
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Monument
Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
is a monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allerton and Queensbury.

Suburb
Photo: David Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, , England, now increasingly part of the Bradford conurbation. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Thornton.

Village
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is a village in the metropolitan borough and city of Bradford, , England. Perched on a high vantage point above , Clayton and Thornton and overlooking , is one of the highest parishes in England, with views beyond the West Yorkshire conurbation to the hills of and the to the north and north west. is situated 1½ miles south of Thornton.

Village
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish to the north of , , England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 2,646. It is situated between , and Nab Wood. is situated 2 miles northeast of Thornton.

Thornton

Latitude
53.79078° or 53° 47′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.85402° or 1° 51′ 15″ west
Population
17,300
Elevation
823 feet (251 metres)
Open location code
9C5WQ4RW+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 359063295
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2635973
Wiki­data ID
Q2406502
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Thornton” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տորնտոն”
  • Basque: “Thornton (Mendebaldeko Yorkshire)”
  • Basque: “Thornton”
  • Belarusian: “Торнтан”
  • Catalan: “Thornton”
  • Cebuano: “Thornton”
  • Czech: “Thornton”
  • Dutch: “Thornton”
  • Finnish: “Thornton”
  • French: “Thornton”
  • Galician: “Thornton”
  • Georgian: “თორნტონი”
  • German: “Thornton”
  • Hebrew: “תורנתון”
  • Irish: “Thornton”
  • Italian: “Thornton”
  • Japanese: “ソーントン”
  • Korean: “손턴”
  • Limburgan: “Thornton”
  • Ossetian: “Торнтон”
  • Persian: “تورنتن، یورکشر غربی”
  • Polish: “Thornton”
  • Portuguese: “Thornton, West Yorkshire”
  • Portuguese: “Thornton”
  • Russian: “Торнтон”
  • Slovak: “Thornton”
  • Slovenian: “Thornton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورنتن، یورکشر غربی”
  • Spanish: “Thornton”
  • Swedish: “Thornton, West Yorkshire”
  • Swedish: “Thornton”
  • Ukrainian: “Торнтон”
  • Western Frisian: “Thornton”
  • “Thornton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thornton”. Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.