Bradford

**Bradford** is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. The city has a population of about 500,000 people. Bradford grew due to its excellence in the textile trades of nineteenth century England. Bradford is home to Bradford City Football Club who became the first English football club to win the current FA Cup trophy in 1911.

Bradford is near Leeds. The two cities share the Leeds Bradford International Airport.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: City of Bradford
- **other name**: UK
- **nickname**: 'Wool City'
- **settlement type**: City status in the United Kingdom, City & Metropolitan borough
- **motto**: "Progress-Industry-Humanity"
- **image skyline**: Bradford City Hall by John Illingworth.jpg
- **image caption**: Bradford City Hall
- **flag size**: 237784
- **shield size**: 456
- **image blank emblem**: Coat of Arms of Bradford City Council.svg
- **blank emblem type**: Coat of Arms
- **blank emblem size**: 150px
- **blank emblem link**: Coat of arms of Bradford
- **image map**: EnglandBradford.png
- **map caption**: Bradford shown within England
- **mapsize1**: 310px
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Sovereign state
- **subdivision name**: United Kingdom
- **subdivision type1**: Constituent country
- **subdivision name1**: England
- **subdivision type2**: Regions of England, Region
- **subdivision name2**: Yorkshire and the Humber
- **subdivision type3**: Ceremonial counties of England, Ceremonial county
- **subdivision name3**: West Yorkshire
- **subdivision type4**: Admin HQ
- **subdivision name4**: Bradford
- **government type**: Metropolitan borough, City status in the United Kingdom, City
- **leader title**: Governing body
- **leader name**: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- **leader title1**: Lord Mayor
- **leader name1**: Cllr Naveeda Ikram (L)
- **leader title2**: Deputy Lord Mayor
- **leader name2**: Cllr Valerie Slater (L)
- **leader title3**: Chief Executive
- **leader name3**: Tony Reeves
- **leader title4**: List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2010, MPs:
- **leader name4**: Philip Davies (Conservative Party (UK), C)
Kris Hopkins (C)
Gerry Sutcliffe (L)
David Ward (Liberal Democrats (UK), LD)
 George Galloway (Respect Party, R)
- **established title**: Borough Charter
- **established date**: 1847
- **established title1**: City status
- **established date1**: 1897
- **established title2**: City of Bradford Met. District created
- **established date2**: 1974
- **area total sq mi**: 143
- **population total**: (List of English districts by population, Ranked )
- **population density km2**: 1290
- **population density sq mi**: 3341
- **population blank2 title**: Ethnicity
<small>(2001 census)</small>
- **population blank2**: 74.9% White
20.5% Asian or Asian British
1.6% Black or Black British
1.9% Mixed Race
1.1% Chinese and other
- **timezone**: Greenwich Mean Time
- **utc offset**: +0
- **postal code type**: Postcode
- **postal code**: BD postcode area, BD
- **area code**: 01274 (urban core/wider city)
01535 (Keighley)
01943 (Ilkley)
- **blank name**: ISO 3166-2:GB, ISO 3166-2
- **blank info**: GB-BFD
- **blank1 name**: ONS coding system, ONS code
- **blank1 info**: 00CX
- **blank2 name**: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS 3
- **blank2 info**: UKE41
- **blank3 name**: Ordnance Survey National Grid, OS grid reference
- **blank4 name**: European Parliament, Euro. Parlt. Const.
- **blank4 info**: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency), Yorkshire & the Humber
- **website**: [http://www.bradford.gov.uk/ www.bradford.gov.uk]