Ravenscliffe is a housing estate in the
Eccleshill ward of the
city of Bradford
The City of Bradford () is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a large area which includes the towns and v ...
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
Eccleshill is an area, former village, and ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
The ward population of Eccleshill is 17,540, increasing at the 2011 Census to 17,945.
Eccleshil ...
while Ravenscliffe Woods are in
Pudsey
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to the south east.
On 10th of 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
Eccleshill Adventure Playground (organisation renamed PlayBradford in 2020), locally known as The Big Swing, is an Adventure playground that has operated in Eccleshill Park, Bradford, West Yorkshire since 2006. It is located beside the Raven ...
.
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, and the large council estate known as Thorpe Edge to the west.
To the sout ...
.
References
External links
Eccleshill Adventure PlaygroundThe Gateway Community Centre
Areas of Bradford
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