Broomfields
Broomfields is a historic district on the south eastern edge of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. In 1840 it was still a mainly rural area with a population of only a few hundred people.- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighbourhood in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
- Also known as: “Broomfields, Bradford”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bradford Interchange and National Science and Media Museum.
Bradford Interchange
Railway station
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bradford Interchange is a transport interchange in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, which consists of a railway station and bus station adjacent. The Interchange, which was designed in 1962, was hailed as a showpiece of European design and was opened on 14 January 1973.
National Science and Media Museum
Museum
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Science and Media Museum, located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, is part of the national Science Museum Group in the UK. The museum has seven floors of galleries with permanent exhibitions focusing on photography, television, animation, videogaming, the Internet and the scientific principles behind light and colour.
Bradford Cathedral
Church
Photo: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bradford Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter, is an Anglican cathedral in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, one of three co-equal cathedrals in the Diocese of Leeds alongside Ripon and Wakefield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ripley Ville and Little Germany.
Ripley Ville
Neighborhood
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ripley Ville or Ripleyville was an estate of model houses for the working classes in the West Bowling ward of the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.
Little Germany
Quarter
Little Germany is an area of particular historical and architectural interest in central Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The architecture is predominantly neoclassical in style with an Italian influence.
Barkerend
Suburb
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barkerend is an inner-city area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, east of the city centre and surrounded by Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford Moor, Laisterdyke, Bowling, Broomfields, Little Germany and Wapping, including an area of modern housing known as Pollard Park.
Broomfields
- Categories: inner suburb and locality
- Location: Bradford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.7858° or 53° 47′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.74424° or 1° 44′ 39″ westElevation
433 feet (132 metres)Open location code
9C5WQ7P4+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 13105888586OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Broomfields” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Broomfields”
- Irish: “Broomfields, Bradford”
- Irish: “Broomfields”
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