High Point
High Point is a high rise former commercial building in Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. It is a prominent example of Brutalist architecture. Designed by John Brunton Partnership of Bradford, it was completed in 1972 to serve as the headquarters of the Yorkshire Building Society.Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: Commercial building in West Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “High Point, Bradford”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The 1 in 12 Club and Bradford Forster Square Railway Station.
The 1 in 12 Club
Community center
Photo: Pendoubleyew, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 1 in 12 Club is a self-managed social centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Owned and run by its membership as a collective based upon anarchist principles, its activities include social and political campaigning—most visibly as a hub for the city's May Day activities—and use of the building as a self-managed social centre and host for performing arts. The 1 in 12 Club is situated 370 feet south of High Point.
Bradford Forster Square Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Captain Scarlet, CC BY 2.5.
Bradford Forster Square railway station serves Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The majority of services to and from the station use Class 333 and Class 331 electric multiple units operated by Northern Trains; they run on the Airedale line to Skipton, the Wharfedale line to Ilkley and the Leeds–Bradford line to Leeds. Bradford Forster Square Railway Station is situated 1,400 feet northeast of High Point.
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. National Science and Media Museum is situated 1,900 feet south of High Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Germany and Manningham.
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.
Manningham
Suburb
Photo: Shax, Public domain.
Manningham is a historically industrial workers' area as well as a council ward of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The population of the 2011 Census for the Manningham Ward was 19,983.
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.
High Point
Latitude
53.79549° or 53° 47′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.75858° or 1° 45′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C5WQ6WR+5HOpenStreetMap ID
way 201288877OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q104690893
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