Leeds-Bradford International Airport [http://www.lbia.co.uk/] - the 737 and the 747 buses run frequently to the airport.
The M62 motorway crosses the Pennine belt and Bradford's own motorway the M606 is a spur off it.
Local Buses
* There is a fast bus service from [wiki=f5f14661fb71d4f34c5fc6434fd88408]Leeds[/wiki], the X6 which is every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday during the day. The 72 bus is a frequent bus link between the town and Leeds. The fast X6 bus runs to [wiki=5668c64f7d3e02ee708188dbe0fdaa4e]Huddersfield[/wiki] in the opposite direction. [url=http://www.wymetro.com]Metro[/url]has all the details of local bus travel.
Megabus Services
* Megabus [url=http://www.megabusplus.com/]]serves the city with daily links to [[London[/url]], [wiki=cf13b16553629fc715acb8289d10374e]Burnley[/wiki] and [wiki=269cb914b20d49fb2f7cc5b1f602b7aa]Birmingham[/wiki].
National Express
* National Express [http://www.nationalexpress.com] serves the city with links to Manchester, Birmingham and London and other cities.
Bradford city centre has two railway stations, located about 15 minutes walk apart. If you are travelling from London, North Lancashire, Greater Manchester, York and Leeds there are regular direct train services to Bradford. From other areas of the UK, the easiest option is often to travel into Leeds and then catch a connecting service into one of the Bradford stations (journey time from Leeds of about 20 minutes).
* Bradford Forster Square - Train from this station go to Leeds, Ilkley and Skipton.
* Bradford Interchange - Trains from Bradford Interchange go west to Manchester Victoria station, Blackpool North via Preston and Huddersfield and eastwards to Leeds and York. There are direct trains to London operating from the Interchange. The Interchange is conveniently located next to the bus station.
* The City Centre has many taxi ranks, but it is often cheaper to call a private hire service in advance.
West Yorkshire Metro [http://www.wymetro.com] - Bus timetables and journey planner.
The wonderful museum - as featured so memorably in Bill Bryson's book Notes from a Small Island. A wealth of information and exhibits from the history of photography, film and television, as well as the IMAX cinema.
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* Early museum with displays of working textile machinery. Also working horse museum and mill manager's house on the same site.
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* Bolling Hall Museum - a beautiful hall, partly going back to medieval times, comes as quite a surprise on the ring road only about a mile from the centre.
Bradford has a wealth of theatres and performing companies to enjoy, watch, and participate in, both amateur and professional. Theatre venues include the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford University's Theatre In The Mill, the Priestley Centre, and St George's Hall. Theatre companies to get involved with, include Lost Dog at Theatre in The Mill, the Asian Theatre School (also at Theatre In the Mill, though operated by Red Ladder from Leeds), Page to Stage at the Priestley Theatre, and madcap theatre/caberet, and comedy promoters/performers (specialising in new writing), Komedy Kollective Theatre Company.
Bradford is blessed with a useful number of film venues ranging from "arthouse" to "mainstream" flicks, and is also the home to many budding filmmakers, some of whom are based at Bradford University, and offer opportunities for students to get involved. The National Media Museum also operates two film festivals, the Bradford Film Festival, and the the Animation Festival (Bradford Film Festival [http://www.nmpft.org.uk/bff/]).
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All styles of music are available in Bradford, from rock, pop, indie, jazz, opera, to dance, and the latest listings can be found at alive.co.uk. Bradford's most well known musical group is New Model Army, who have released numerous albums. Their live shows are not to be missed. Live venues include the Gassworks, St George's Hall, the University Union bars, and the Beehive. The Bradford Mela takes place every summer at Peel Park. Formally part and parcel of the now defunct Bradford Festival, this is now a free-standing gypsy event, fusing Eastern musical influences with Western commercialism.
* Skewed Circus aims to recreate the vibrancy of the Bradford Festival, combining stand-up, breakdancing, rock, dance music, hip hop, juggling, fire-eating, facepainting, and not-for-profit/charity info stalls. Music and comedy will take place once a month.
Bradford City AFC and Bradford Bulls RLFC represent the city at football and rugby league respectively.