- This article discusses the metropolitan borough and district named the City of Bradford Metropolitan District. For information on the city itself, see Bradford, the district's principal settlement, from which it takes it's name.
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District is a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, the city of Bradford.
Places within the borough boundaries (in addition to the Bradford city area itself) include Addingham , Baildon, Bingley, Burley in Wharfdale , Cottingley, Cullingworth, Denholme , Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Manningham, Menston , Oakworth, Oxenhope, Queensbury, Saltaire, Shipley, Silsden, Steeton with Eastburn , Thornton and Wilsden.
The northern and western parts of the district are largely rural, with areas of high moorland including the famous Ilkley Moor and Brontë Country.
The current borough boundaries date from April 1, 1974, when the county borough of Bradford was merged with the borough of Keighley, the urban districts of Baildon, Bingley, Denholme , Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with part of Queensbury and Shelf urban district and part of Skipton Rural District .
Parishes
Most of the Bradford city area is still unparished, but there are parish and town councils for most of the outlying towns and villages in the District. At present (November 2004) the following areas are parished:
For More Information
More information about the Bradford District is contained under the Bradford entry.
There is also a site called bradfordinfo.com which has a range of statistical and other information about the District, and includes a Geographical Information System accesible from mapsandstats.com
