Wool Exchange, Bradford
The Wool Exchange Building in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, is a grade I-listed building built as a wool-trading centre in the 19th century. The grandeur of its Gothic Revival architecture is symbolic of the wealth and importance that wool brought to Bradford.Photo: Sirenuk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: Grade I listed building in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Wool Exchange”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St George’s Hall and Bradford Police Museum.
St George’s Hall
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
St George's Hall is a strategic grade II* listed Victorian building located in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Originally designed with a seating capacity of 3,500, the hall seats up to 1,335 people and 1,550 for standing concerts. St George’s Hall is situated 680 feet southeast of Wool Exchange, Bradford.
Bradford Police Museum
Museum
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bradford Police Museum is situated 520 feet south of Wool Exchange, Bradford.
Bradford City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bradford City Hall is a 19th-century town hall in Centenary Square, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building which has a distinctive clock tower. Bradford City Hall is situated 660 feet south of Wool Exchange, Bradford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Germany and Barkerend.
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
Neighborhood
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.
Wool Exchange, Bradford
- Category: listed building
- Location: Bradford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.79415° or 53° 47′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.75248° or 1° 45′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C5WQ6VX+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 98014688OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q8033750
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