Ravenscliffe is a housing estate in the
Eccleshill ward of the
city of Bradford
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District, in the English county of
West Yorkshire
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. Ravenscliffe is located to the west of Fagley Beck and to the east of the A658 Harrogate Road.
The buildings that were Ravenscliff farmhouse are situated off to the south in
Fagley
while Ravenscliffe Woods are in
Pudsey
Pudsey is a market town in the City of Leeds borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 25,393.
History
T ...
to the south-east.
On 10 July 2001, Ravenscliffe was subject to rioting on the estate, this was just after the Manningham riots.
Now, Ravenscliffe has a large newly built housing development, two shops and an Indian takeaway.
The Gateway centre which is adjacent to the shops, as a pre-school nursery and the centre also helps the disadvantaged, elderly and vulnerable tenants of the community.
Landmarks
On Harrogate Road can be found Eccleshill Swimming Pool,
a public house,
Holybrook Primary School playing fields, the clubhouse of Eccleshill Sports and Social Club and Victoria Park sports ground where Victoria Rangers play rugby football (inactive)
East of the playing fields is the Eccleshill Community Hospital
and Eccleshill Park—an area of grassland and the
Eccleshill Adventure Playground.
In the middle of Ravenscliffe is a sub post office
and The Gateway Community and Children's Centre.
To the north Ravenscliffe merges with
Greengates
Greengates is a small suburban area in the north-east of the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England. The area is bordered by Idle and Thackley to the north-west, whilst Thorpe Edge is to the west. To the south of Greengates is Ravenscl ...
.
References
External links
Eccleshill Adventure PlaygroundThe Gateway Community Centre
Areas of Bradford
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