BRADFORD is a place with a rich and varied history, as we all know.

Here are a few facts on Bradford which celebrate its past and present and some of its leading landmarks.

So take a look and get ready to use them as facts ammo on your next video call to friends and family.

1 The name Bradford is derived from the Old English brad and ford the broad ford which referred to a crossing of the Bradford Beck at Church Bank below the site of Bradford Cathedral, around which a settlement grew in Saxon times.

2 St George’s Hall opened on August 29, 1853. It is the oldest venue of its kind in the UK, but also the third oldest in Europe.

3 Bradford beat Cannes, Venice and LA to be named the world’s first UNESCO City of Film in 2009.

4 It is the youngest city in the UK, with almost a quarter of its population under 16.

5 City Park has the mirror pool, opened in March 2012, which contains the highest fountain in any British city, shooting water up to 100ft into the air.

6 With a population of over 528,000, Bradford is the fourth largest metropolitan district and has the eighth largest economy in England, worth over £8.7 billion.

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7 The city’s Alhambra Theatre is named after Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain which was the residence of the Emirate of Granada when the Moors ruled the Iberian Peninsula for 700 years between 711 AD and the fall of Granada in 1492.

8 Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897.

9 The Bradford Metropolitan District covers an area of approximately 141 square miles.

10 Bradford district features more than 4,000 listed buildings, including City Hall and those found in Little Germany.