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View of Leeds City Centre from Bramley |
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Bramley
Bramley shown within West Yorkshire |
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| Metropolitan borough | City of Leeds |
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| Metropolitan county | West Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEEDS |
| Postcode district | LS13 |
| Dialling code | 0113 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Leeds West |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Bramley is a district in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is an old industrial area with much 19th century architecture and 20th century council housing in the east and private suburban housing to the west. Bramley railway station (off Stanningley Road) is on the Leeds to Bradford line. Bramley was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Brameleia" and "Bramelie". It is accessible by many bus routes from the city centre, the more frequent ones being the 4, 5/A, 16/A, 14, 49, 72, 508 and X6.
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Bramley Shopping Centre is a 1960s-style concrete shopping plaza which was erected to replace the traditional stone-built village centre. The range of shops includes charity shops, banks, travel agents, bakeries, pawnbrokers, supermarkets, a post office, Greggs, Pizza Hut Delivery, a thrift shop, a dental practice and fast food takeaways. Following the deterioration of the shopping centre over the past decade, Leeds City Council is redeveloping it, bringing new stores such as Farmfoods and Tesco to the area.
Bramley is home to several churches, these include:
Bramley Baths are an example of Edwardian swimming baths. Built in 1904, and restored, they have a 25 metre pool, a gymnasium and a Russian steam room. The baths were used for dances during the early years, when the pool was covered with a large dance floor. The baths are among the best remaining examples of an Edwardian baths in Leeds today.
There are small parks and open areas for outdoor recreation, including Bramley Park, (which holds a fireworks display most years and has an underground reservoir at its highest point) and Bramley Fall Woods.
Bramley was redeveloped in the 1960s and 1970s. The Bramley Shopping Centre replaced the former town centre. The Bramley Shopping Centre was Leeds' second purpose built town centre after Seacroft town centre. Unlike Seacroft town centre the Bramley Shopping Centre replaced an existing town centre. The redevelopment was to replace substandard shops and houses. Many of the shops and cottages were dilapidated and in need of repair. However in retrospect the redevelopment of Bramley has been condemned as one of the least sensitive redevelopment programmes in Yorkshire. In 2008 the Yorkshire Evening Post ran an article on the "lost town centre" and featured pictures of Bramley prior to redevelopment.[1] The article had a critical slant on its analysis of the redevelopment, echoing feelings that a unique and historic Yorkshire town centre was replaced by a generic, modernist, concrete shopping precinct.
Bramley Juniors Football Club has been around since 1994 and is still running today with open-age teams. They developed the football team from just one under-9s club in 1994.
The area is home to rugby league club Bramley Buffaloes and to Bramley Phoenix Rugby Union Club.
The area is home to kickboxer Phil Harman. It is also the home of Bramley Juniors Football Club, founded in 1994 by the Locke family. Bramley Juniors is now a well-established football club, with an assortment of age groups.
The area is also home to Bramley Phoenix JFC which is now the areas largest junior football club with 10 age groups. Bramley Phoenix JFC is based at Armley Lazer Centre.
Bramley lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Leeds West. The Member of Parliament is Labour MP Rachel Reeves.
Many of the estates in Bramley have active residents' associations, these include:
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