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Bradford’s Pennine Gateway National Nature Reserve named one of the modern “Seven Wonders of the World” by Conde Nest Traveller for 2026
There was some great news for Yorkshire and particularly West Yorkshire recently, when on 7th January the global luxury travel magazine Conde Nest Traveller listed Bradford’s Pennine Gateway National Nature Reserve in its annual list of new wonders of the world. Each year Conde Nest list “Seven NEW wonders of the world” and this year the UK and Bradford was on the list along with other locations in places as far away as Algeria, El Salvador and Canada.
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Jan 205 min read


The Story of Undercliffe Cemetery and its historic burial monuments
It is unlike any other cemetery I have been to, with the opulence and grandeur of the special memorials towering along pathways, with many showing the grime of the industrial revolution when mills and factories billowed out smoke from the city to the outlying areas.
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Nov 7, 20254 min read


The Karachi – Bradford’s oldest curry house and a favourite of Rick Stein
The restaurant was founded back in 1963 on Neal Street, making it the oldest Indian restaurant in Bradford. In April 2002 the celebrity chef
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Jan 21, 20256 min read


Saltaire United Reformed Church – a Cathedral of Congregationalism
A real architectural gem – Saltaire’s beautiful United Reformed Church (originally Saltaire Congregationa Church) can be found in the...
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Nov 21, 20222 min read


Huge artwork depicting David Hockney made out of nails in Little Germany
Whilst doing a recce of Little Germany in Bradford with a fellow guide recently, we stumbled upon a huge artwork up on a wall showing one...
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Mar 8, 20221 min read


Titus Salt - How Alpaca and Donskoi wool lead to his success
Industrialist Titus Salt will forever be remembered as a Yorkshire industrialist who pioneered the use of the model village for his...
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Apr 14, 20203 min read


The Legend of the tongue-less Bradford Boar
In my past life as a marketing man, I once had to come up with a logo and brand for a syndicate of Bradford based surgeons called...
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Apr 6, 20202 min read
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