Recent reviews Bradford
[fizzytom, 20/06/2010] Plans for a weekend break to Bradford (yes, really) arose from a Travelodge promotion in which room prices started at just £5 a night. I was looking for ideas for the OH’s birthday and wanted a destination that wasn’t too far away and where the Travelodge wasn’t in the middle of nowhere; Bradford seemed possible. Although I wasn’t able to get the cheapest rate, I was happy enough with a charge of £19 per night for the room.
While this Travelodge isn’t in the middle of nowhere, neither is it in the centre of the city. However, as curry was to be the central theme of the weekend, and the hote
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[yummy_mummyx, 07/09/2009] Etap is not a chain I would normally consider staying at but we had a friends wedding to attend and all the other hotels in the viciity were charging silly money for a Saturday night so Etap it was!
First impressions?! - Well never having stayed in a youth hostel I don't know exactly what i'd expect but Etap was pretty much as I'd expect a YH to be. Reception was very grey, very plain, very ordinary, very basic. Although a great unexpected plus was a mini bottle of wines vending machine- fab!
Braekfast is taken in a school canteen style area and arrives on trays. At least it's not a snac
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[bluejules, 27/08/2009] Introduction
It’s my mam’s 50th birthday this month and we decided to away with my sister, her husband and their children. We’ve never gone on holiday with them altogether before and initially we were going to go for an overnight stay but we decided to make a weekend of it and went for three nights. My dad always books all our holidays online, and this weekend break was no different. We’ve stayed in Marriott Hotels in various countries within Europe, so we were pleased with my dad’s choice. We stayed from Thursday 20th -Sunday 23rd August. My dad booked the two rooms together by phoning th
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[micksheff, 10/03/2009] When I visited Bradford recently one of the places that I wanted to see was the Colour Museum. Tucked away on the backstreets, but not far from the city centre this place is not especially well known and it is certainly overshadowed by Bradford's most famous museum, The National Museum of Photography Film and Television just down the road. This is however Britain's only museum dedicated to colour and in my opinion should not be overlooked.
Think about colours for a moment and ask yourself just how much you actually know about them. The chances are, very little. Before I visited here I thoug
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[TheDaz, 19/01/2009] Salts Mill is a good way to get an injection of culture, pass a couple of hours on a rainy day or to pick up a gift or something for you thats just a little bit different. Its in Saltaire, just 4 miles from Bradford and a short drive further on from the M606 and open 7 days a week. The former seat of leading Industrialist Sir Titus Salts empire, the whole village is a World Heritage Site and offers a glimpse into the community of work and living that was built up here in the revolutionary heyday of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Comprising one colossal mill building, one of several along the R
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[TheDaz, 30/12/2008] Bradford's Leisure Exchange is conveniently located next to the main Interchange Bus & Train station - and also, more ironically, near the Crown Court - useful for warning all the kids that hang out there what will happen if they play up...
But I digress - aside from the teenage hang out that is the Bowling Alley - there really is a lot to do at the Exchange. A large multiplex with all the latest Hollywood and Bollywood releases, a Holiday Inn Express and a Casino have the entertainment and accomodation boxes ticked.
If you're feeling peckish: you'll find all lined up together a Nando's,
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[micksheff, 22/11/2008] The Cathedral dates largely from the 15th century. Originally the Parish Church of St Peter it achieved Cathedral status in 1919.
[TheDaz, 06/11/2008]
5 Rise Locks Hotel is situated, unsurprisingly, a short walk from the feature of the same name. An important passage of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, the Locks heave shipping up and down a range of 18m. This constitutes the greatest rise / fall of locks in the UK, and requires a full time lock-keeper to man the passage, as it's a rather tricky operation.
The hotel therefore, if you know your lock geography (kidding), is in Bingley, West Yorkshire, a small town forming part of the Bradford Urban Conurbation thingy (technical term), and rather more famous than before for it's long suffering Buil
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[koshkha, 22/08/2008] For those not so familiar with Yorkshire geography, Bingley is a real place and not just half of the Bradford and Bingley bank which is probably what most people will think of when hearing the name. Its located just to the north west of Bradford, nestled amongst some really pretty hilly scenery. To be fair, I couldn't have told you precisely where it was until I stayed there recently when visiting a factory in Bradford, about a 15 minute drive away. The hotel is just off a dual carriageway and was fairly quiet considering how close the road was.
My first impressions on pulling into the car
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