Visit Barkerend Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Barkerend

  

Barkerend Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Barkerend

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Barkerend history

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Barkerend Mills were established in 1815 as a steam powered worsted spinning mill. More mills were added in 1852 and the last block still remains today, disused and minus the chimney. The area had a number of cinemas including The Hippodrome Picturehouse / Roxy.

Barkerend landmarks

Barkerend has a post office, community health centre, the Karmand Community Centre, and a Lidl supermarket. The grade II star listed St. Clement’s Church is most notable for its ceiling decoration by Morris & Co. The area has lost all but one of its public houses.

Barkerend geography / climate

The majority of Barkerend’s population are of South Asian origin in particular Pakistani, Bangladeshi & some Afghan. The area has high levels of unemployment and social and economic deprivation.

You can visit Barkerend places with Walkfo Barkerend to hear history at Barkerend’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Barkerend has 98 places to visit in our interactive Barkerend map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Barkerend, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Barkerend places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Barkerend & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Barkerend Places Map
98 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Barkerend tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Barkerend

  

Best Barkerend places to visit

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Barkerend has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Barkerend’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Barkerend’s information audio spots:

Birch Lane Birch Lane was the first long term home of Bradford Northern Rugby League Football Club. It was also home to Bradford F.C. in their first incarnation as a football club. The ground was described as “notorious” and a “poverty-stricken place”

Odsal Stadium Odsal Stadium in Bradford is home to Bradford Bulls Rugby League team. It has also been used by the Bradford Dukes speedway team, BRISCA F1 and F2 stock cars, the football team Bradford City, following the Valley Parade fire, and for baseball, basketball, kabbadi, show jumping, tennis, live music, and the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain. The stadium is owned by Bradford City Council, but due to financial problems the Rugby Football League purchased the lease on it in 2012.

East Bowling East Bowling is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England located to the south of Bradford city centre. It forms the eastern half of the historic township and manor of Bowling. Bowling became a ward of the newly created Borough of Bradford in 1847.

Iraq Economic Development Group The Iraq Economic Development Group (also frequently abbreviated to IEDG) is an apolitical private limited company established in United Kingdom that facilitates financial services in Britain. Its official abbreviated form is IEDg_UK Ltd and its abbreviated word is commonly used.

Bradford Alhambra The Alhambra Theatre was built in 1913 at a cost of £20,000 for theatre impresario Francis Laidler. In 1964, Bradford City Council bought the theatre for £78,900 and in 1974 it was designated a Grade II listed building.

Bradford City Park Bradford City Park is a public space in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It is centred on the Grade I listed Bradford City Hall. It comprises three main areas (each side of the triangular City Hall site.) To the east of the City Hall is the Norfolk Gardens area.

The 1 in 12 Club The 1 in 12 Club refers to both a members’ club and the building in which it is based. Owned and run by its membership as a collective based upon anarchist principles. In the 1980s it was one of the main locations for the UK crust and anarcho-punk scene.

Wool Exchange, Bradford The Wool Exchange Building in Bradford, West Yorkshire, was built as a wool-trading centre in the 19th century. The Gothic Revival architecture is symbolic of the wealth and importance wool brought to Bradford. Today it is a Waterstones bookshop as well as a cafe.

St Patrick’s Church, Bradford St Patrick’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in Bradford, West Yorkshire. It was built from 1852 to 1853 and designed by George Goldie. It is situated on the corner of Sedgfield Terrace and Westgate in the city centre.

Bowling Iron Works The Bowling Iron Works was an iron working complex established around 1780 in the township and manor of Bowling, now in the southeast of Bradford in Yorkshire, England. The operation included mining coal and iron ore, smelting, refining, casting and forging to create finished products.

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