Heaton, West Yorkshire

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Heaton
Statistics
Population: 14,519
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: [1]
Administration
Metropolitan borough: City of Bradford
Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country: England
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire
Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding)
Services
Police force: West Yorkshire
Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}}
Ambulance: Yorkshire
Post office and telephone
Post town: BRADFORD
Postal district: BD9
Dialling code: 01274
Politics
UK Parliament: Bradford West
European Parliament: Yorkshire and the Humber
2004 Boundaries of Heaton Ward
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2004 Boundaries of Heaton Ward

Heaton (population 14,519 - 2001 UK census) is a Ward in Bradford Metropolitian District in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It includes the villages of Frizinghall, Heaton and Daisy Hill. Extending to Chellow Heights reservoir on the western edge and the Bradford-Shipley railway line on the eastern edge. Frizinghall railway station is on the edge of the ward.

The University of Bradford School of Management is located here, and both St. Bede's Grammar School and Bradford Grammar School are both located in the village, as is the official residence of the Bishop of Bradford. The village itself has three public houses, and a range of shops and restaurants. An ancient woodland, Heaton Woods stretches from the village to Shipley.

The village shot to fame in 1981 when Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", was arrested. He lived at 6 Garden Lane. John Boynton Priestley grew up in the village, whilst John Braine attended St. Bede's Grammar School.

Heaton is one of the few remaining places in England to have a Lord of the Manor. The title is currently held by John Stanley King, a Conservative Councillor for Heaton Ward on Bradford Council. He purchased the title in the 1980s. He has lived in the village for all of his life and is a local historian.

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Wards in Bradford:
Baildon | Bingley | Bingley Rural | Bolton and Undercliffe | Bowling and Barkerend | Bradford Moor | City | Clayton and Fairweather Green | Craven | Eccleshill | Great Horton | Heaton | Idle and Thackley | Ilkley | Keighley Central | Keighley East | Keighley West | Little Horton | Manningham | Queensbury | Royds | Shipley | Thornton and Allerton | Toller | Tong | Wharfedale | Wibsey | Windhill and Wrose | Worth Valley | Wyke