Wyke, Bradford

Worth seeing in and around Wyke, Bradford

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Halifax

   Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.

   6.3 km · minster town in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   University of Bradford

   The University of Bradford is a public research university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. A plate glass university, it received its royal charter in 1966, making it the 40th university to be created in Britain, but can trace its origins back to the establishment of the industrial West Yorkshire town's Mechanics Institute in 1832.

   6.1 km · University in Bradford, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Valley Parade

   Valley Parade, currently known as Mbanq Valley Parade for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The stadium was built in 1886 as the home of Manningham Rugby Football Club; it remained so until 1903, when the club changed code from rugby league to association football, and became Bradford City A.F.C. Valley Parade has since been Bradford City's home ground, and is now owned by the pension fund of the club's former chairman Gordon Gibb.

   7.5 km · Football stadium in Bradford, home to Bradford City A.F.C. · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bradford Cathedral

   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.

   6.7 km · church in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Rochdale Canal

   The Rochdale Canal is in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale through which it passes.

   9.6 km · canal in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   National Science and Media Museum

   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.

   6 km · media museum in Bradford, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Al-Mahdi Mosque

   The Al-Mahdi Mosque is a mosque in Bradford, England. The mosque was built at a cost £2.5 million entirely from voluntary donations of British Ahmadi Muslims.

   7.3 km · mosque in Bradford, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Leeds Road

   Leeds Road was a football stadium in Huddersfield, England. It operated from its construction in 1908 until the Kirklees Stadium was opened nearby for the 1994–95 season.

   8.8 km · football stadium in Huddersfield, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Shay

   The Shay is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is home to the FC Halifax Town association football club and the Halifax Panthers rugby league team.

   6.3 km · sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Halifax Minster

    Halifax Minster is the minster church of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The church is dedicated to St John the Baptist.

    5.7 km · Grade I listed church in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wyke, Bradford

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 16 km · Manchester (MAN), 55 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 84 km

Stations

Bradford Forster Square railway station, 6.8 km · Halifax railway station, 5.8 km · Huddersfield railway station, 9.9 km · Sowerby Bridge railway station, 9.6 km · Brighouse railway station, 4.4 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wyke, Bradford

  42 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · £5–7
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• Liverpool → Wyke, Bradford

  88 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £9–12
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wyke, Bradford

  96 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £11–15
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