Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bradford, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 51 m
Descend 60 m

Experience Bradford in United Kingdom in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Bradford

Sight 1: National Science and Media Museum

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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. It also hosts temporary exhibitions and maintains a collection of 3.5 million pieces in its research facility.

Wikipedia: National Science and Media Museum (EN), Website

189 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Alhambra Theatre

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The Alhambra Theatre is a theatre in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, named after the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain, which was the place of residence of the Emir of the Emirate of Granada. It was built in 1913 at a cost of £20,000 for theatre impresario Francis Laidler, and opened on Wednesday 18 March 1914. In 1964, Bradford City Council bought the Alhambra for £78,900 and in 1974, it was designated a Grade II listed building. It underwent extensive refurbishment in 1986. Today it is a receiving house for large-scale touring theatre of all types and the main house seats 1,456.

Wikipedia: Bradford Alhambra (EN)

335 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Impressions Gallery

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Impressions Gallery is an independent contemporary photography gallery in Bradford, England. It was established in 1972 and located in York until moving to Bradford in 2007. Impressions Gallery also runs a photography bookshop, publishes its own books and sells prints. It is one of the oldest venues for contemporary photography in Europe.

Wikipedia: Impressions Gallery (EN), Url

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Bradford City Hall

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Bradford City Hall John Illingworth / 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.

Wikipedia: Bradford City Hall (EN)

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: The Wool Exchange

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The Wool Exchange Colin Smith / CC BY-SA 2.0

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. Today it is a Waterstones bookshop as well as a cafe.

Wikipedia: Wool Exchange, Bradford (EN)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: St George's Hall

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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. It is one of the oldest concert halls still in use in the United Kingdom. German Jewish wool merchants who had moved to Bradford because of its textile industry, partly financed the building of St George's Hall, and were instrumental in its construction.

Wikipedia: St George's Hall, Bradford (EN), Website

676 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Bradford Playhouse

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The Bradford Playhouse is a 266-seat proscenium arch theatre with circle and stall seating based in Little Germany, in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Formerly known as The Priestley, the theatre also has a studio space that has flexible lighting, sound and seating arrangements.

Wikipedia: Bradford Playhouse (EN)

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Bradford Cathedral Church of St Peter

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Bradford Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter, is an Anglican cathedral in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, one of three co-equal cathedrals in the Diocese of Leeds alongside Ripon and Wakefield. Its site has been used for Christian worship since the 7th century, when missionaries based in Dewsbury evangelised the area. For many centuries it was the parish church of St Peter and achieved cathedral status in 1919. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.

Wikipedia: Bradford Cathedral (EN), Heritage Website

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