Ravenscliffe, West Yorkshire

View towards Ravenscliffe Estate across the former Woodhall Quarries
Barham Terrace, a typical street in Ravenscliffe

Ravenscliffe is a housing estate in the Eccleshill ward of the city of Bradford District, in the English county of West Yorkshire. Ravenscliffe is located to the west of Fagley Beck and to the east of the A658 Harrogate Road. The buildings that were Ravenscliff farmhouse are situated off to the south in Fagley[1] while Ravenscliffe Woods are in Pudsey to the south east.[2]

On 10 July 2001, Ravenscliffe was subject to rioting on the estate, this was just after the Manningham riots. Now, Ravenscliffe has a large newly built housing development, two shops and an Indian takeaway. The Gateway centre which is adjacent to the shops, as a pre-school nursery and the centre also helps the disadvantaged, elderly and vulnerable tenants of the community.

  1. ^ "Ravenscliff Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ A-Z Leeds and Bradford (2nd ed.). Geographer's A-Z Map Co. Ltd. 2006. p. 72. ISBN 1-84348-209-6.

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