Bradley, West Yorkshire

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Bradley is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north-east of the town centre. It is generally just off the A62 Leeds Road and west of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Broad Canal. Located north of Deighton and east of Brackenhall (via Bradley bar), the area has two primary schools, a secondary school, and three churches, (one catholic, one protestant and another converted to a Gymnasium).

• All Saints Catholic High School (which serves the towns of Brighouse and the Huddersfield is situated in the district.Built in 1960 and formerly two schools, (St Gregory's Grammar and St Augustines Secondary Modern) the two were combined in 1973 to form the currently large high school. The headteachers are Miss Mary Nixon and Mr Liam Harron.

• Bradley has a council estate with the Keldregate thoroughfare running parallel to Leeds Road A62, as well as two prestigious private developments which effectively constitute villages in themselves.

• It has many Robin Hood references in the area, including 'Sherwood Avenue','Huntingdon Avenue' and a former pub site called 'The little John'.

• The area used be part of a larger Bradley estate known as 'West Bradley' in comparison to 'East Bradley' which included most of Deighton and a part of Leeds road.

• Has the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) award-winning White Cross Inn public house on Bradley Road.

• In the area there is the Bradley Park 18-hole municipal Golf Course.

• There are 5 pubs in the area Hyde Park, (on Bradley Road) The White Cross, (at the intersection of Bradley Road and Leeds Road), The Woodman Inn (on Leeds Road), The Badger (on Bradley Road) and The Little John (on Keldregate); the latter two are now closed

• Bradley used to have a railway station which was closed in 1952, it was situated on Station Road which joined Leeds Road near The Woodman Inn