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In 1998 the Forster Square Development Partnership was established between Magellan Properties, Caddick Developments and the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. They planned a 51,096 m² (570,000 sq ft) shopping centre containing Primark, Next, River Island, [1] and over 90 shops and other leisure facilities. [2] (BHS had a store in ...
Sunny day at the City Park. City Park is a public space in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It is centred on the Grade I listed Bradford City Hall. The city park comprises three main areas (each side of the triangular City Hall site.) To the east of the City Hall is the Norfolk Gardens area.
Bradford (/ ˈ b r æ d f ər d / ⓘ), [6] also known as the City of Bradford, is a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a larger area which includes the towns and villages of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden, Queensbury, Thornton and Denholme.
Forster Square was a prominent and famous landmark in central Bradford, until being "redeveloped", i.e. effectively demolished, in the (2006) Broadway development. Its name is remembered in Bradford Forster Square railway station, retail park and a stretch of road in front of Kala Sangam opposite the statue of William Edward Forster.
The park cost £24.5 million to construct, and is a public space in the city centre that features numerous fountains and a mirror pool surrounded by benches and a walk way. [59] In 2015 The Broadway opened, the shopping and leisure complex in the centre of Bradford cost £260 million to build and is owned by Meyer Bergman.
The Oastler Centre can trace its origins back to the 1930s, with the then called John Street Market completed on 30 June 1930. [9] [10] The market was popular with local Bradfordians and existed in the city centre alongside other markets, including the Victorian Arndale Centre which was demolished in 1976 to make way for a new market now known as Kirkgate Market.
Steven Frayne, aka magician Dynamo, stars at an opening ceremony in sub-zero temperatures for Bradford 2025.
Diagram of city centre stations in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Bradford Crossrail is an idea to link together Bradford's two railway stations, Bradford Forster Square and Bradford Interchange. [1] Both these stations are truncated versions of former station sites, Bradford Forster Square station and Bradford Exchange. These stations were built in ...