Bowling Tunnel

Bowling Tunnel is a railway Tunnel on the Calder Valley line, south of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The Tunnel was completed in 1850 after some difficulty in construction, and allowed trains from the south to access the second railway terminus in the town of Bradford. The Tunnel remains open to railway traffic with trains between Halifax and Bradford Interchange using it.

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Staithgate

Staithgate, also called Staygate, is a community in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The postcode serving Staithgate: BD6. The community is near the M606 motorway.

Bowling Junction railway station

Bowling Junction railway station is a closed station in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Calder Valley line to the south of Bradford Exchange.

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Birch Lane

Birch Lane was a rugby league ground in Bradford, England. It was the first long term home of Bradford Northern Rugby League Football Club, who played there for 26 years from 1908 to 1934 before moving to Odsal Stadium. For a short while it was also home to Bradford F.C. in their first incarnation as a football club. Birch Lane was described as "notorious" and a "poverty-stricken place" and was never popular either with Northern or, for the short period they were there, Bradford F.C. There is also a cricket ground at Birch Lane which adjoins the site of the rugby ground, home to Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club. This predates the rugby ground and continues in existence to this day.

Odsal Stadium

Odsal Stadium (known as Bartercard Odsal Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a multipurpose stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The stadium is currently the home of Bradford Bulls rugby league football club and Yorstox Stock Cars, who host regular monthly meetings of BriSCA Formula 1 and Formula 2 Stock Cars. The stadium, originally owned by Bradford City Council, had its leasehold purchased by the Rugby Football League (RFL) governing body in 2012 due to financial problems at the council. In 2025, the stadium was bought back from the RFL by the Bradford Bulls. Previously, the stadium has also been used by the Bradford Dukes motorcycle speedway team, hosting the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain and the football team Bradford City for a temporary groundshare following the Valley Parade fire while their ground was rebuilt. Odsal Stadium has also historically hosted baseball, women's football, American football, basketball, kabaddi, show jumping, tennis, live music concerts, and international rugby league matches over the years. The stadium's highest attendance was 102,569 in 1954 for the Warrington-Halifax Challenge Cup Final replay, and for a domestic, non-final, rugby league match, 69,429 at the third round Challenge Cup tie between Bradford Northern and Huddersfield in 1953.