Bradford : Britain

Bradford : Britain
Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, in the north of England in the county of West Yorkshire. It officially became a city in 1897.
The Bradford Metropolitan District (population:477,775) is England’s 4th largest district with city status. In terms of the population of its urban area area, which is the primary meaning of city in British English, Bradford is around the tenth largest city in England. It has a large number of recent immigrants, and approximately 22% of the population are from ethnic minority groups, particularly from Pakistan. Asian immigrants’ restaurants have led to the city being dubbed “the curry capital of Europe�. Bradford is the district with the fourth highest percentage of Muslims in Britain (16.1% compared to an average of 3.0%)..
Institutions, galleries, parks and Museums in Bradford
Bradford town hall as it stands today. It now stands behind Centenary Square, opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997
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.
Bradford College offers a wide range of Further and Higher Education courses, and is an Associate College of the University of Bradford.
The city is home to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television.
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.
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