Bradford

:This article discusses the city Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. Bradford gives its name to the metropolitan borough named the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, discussed in a separate article, which also takes in many towns and villages in the surrounding area.

Institutions, galleries, parks and Museums

The University of Bradford has around 10,000 students. It received its Royal Charter in 1966, but traces its history back to the 1860's. It used to be famed for its Modern Languages Department.

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University of Bradford - Royal Charter - 1966

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Bradford College offers a wide range of Further and Higher Education courses, and is an Associate College of the University of Bradford.

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The city is home to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television.

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Owing to its heritage as an international trading centre, Bradford boasts some fine Victorian buildings, including the Wool Exchange, the Medieval mansion Bolling Hall, Manningham Mills, as well as a fine Victorian cemetery at Undercliffe.

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Victorian building - Medieval - Manningham Mills - Victorian

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Within the city there are numerous parks and gardens, including Lister Park, home of Cartwright Hall museum and art gallery and the Mughal Water Gardens, Peel Park (the venue for the annual Mela — a celebration of eastern culture) and the local beauty spot of Chellow Dene with its two fine Victorian reservoirs set in pleasant woodland.

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Lister - Peel - Reservoir

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