OS grid reference SE185336 Country England Post town BRADFORD Dialling code 01274 | Metropolitan borough City of Bradford Sovereign state United Kingdom Metropolitan county West Yorkshire | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
Thornbury is a district on the eastern edge of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England on the border with the City of Leeds and located in the Bradford Moor ward and in the Bradford East parliamentary constituency. Thornbury is contiguous with Pudsey – part of the City of Leeds conurbation and borders Laisterdyke, and Fagley (Eccleshill Ward).
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Map of Thornbury, Bradford, UK
History
Thornbury was originally a distinct village but became part of Bradford in 1882.
In Thornbury on Leeds Road there were some large former tramsheds and former bus depot dating from when Bradford had its own tram, bus and trolleybus services. Bradford Corporation Trams had their own works in Thornbury where over 150 tram cars were built.
Buffalo Bill staged a performance of his Wild West Show in Thornbury when touring England in 1903.
The Kozey Picture Hall was converted from a boxing stadium and gymnasium operating as a cinema from 1912 on Leeds Old Road The cinema closed in 1920 principally due to competition from the larger Lyceum Cinema opening in 1919 in nearby Laisterdyke and became a weaving shed.
Economy
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Thornbury was the seat of various enterprises, namely in mechanical engineering and textile manufacturing.
East of Dick Lane, but actually in Pudsey, is the Gallagher Leisure Park with the 13 screen multiplex cinema Odeon Leeds-Bradford, the Aagrah restaurant, Esporta health club, a Travelodge hotel and access to the Phoenix Park Golf Course.
Off Leeds Old Road in the Woodhall Retail Centre are B&Q, Morrisons and Asda supermarkets and the Thornbury Medical Centre. Also on Leeds Old Road is the Thornbury Centre, a conference centre, library and church opened in March 1999, built on the site of the demolished St. Margaret's Church with £1.19 million funding from the Millennium Commission.
On Gain Lane are British Bakeries' Bradford bakeries and the headquarters of Wm Morrison Supermarkets and there is only one working public house remaining in Thornbury.
The Territorial Army's Thornbury Barracks are actually in the Woodhall area of Pudsey.
Education
On the edge of old Thornbury village is Laisterdyke Leadership Academy. Thornbury has a public lending library in the Thornbury Centre on Leeds Old Road.
Transport
The main roads through the area are the A647 Leeds Road, the B6381 Leeds Old Road, Gain Lane and Dick Lane. Leeds Road, Leeds Old Road, and Dick Lane meet at Thornbury roundabout, the biggest roundabout in Yorkshire, where Leeds Road, Gipsy Street, and Dick Lane encircle a roughly triangular green space.
Thornbury is served by First Bradford's 72, 508, 611/X11, 660, 711, 714, X6, M and MORR services.
Sport
To the east of Thornbury is the Phoenix Park Golf Course.
Notable people
The poet and novelist Joolz Denby lives in Thornbury.