Bradford Beck
Bradford Beck is a river that flows through Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, (then Bradford Dale) and on to the River Aire at Shipley. As it reaches Bradford city centre it runs underground after being built over in the 19th century. It is culverted as it runs from Bradford city centre to Queen's Road after which it runs mostly in an open channel to Shipley. The beck used to be known as the filthiest river in England.
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The Cathedral arches beneath Centenary Square | |
| Etymology | Broad Ford Beck |
| Location | |
| Country | England |
| City | Bradford, West Yorkshire |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Clayton Beck, Cemetery Road, Lidget Green |
| • coordinates | 53.79513°N 1.79189°W |
| • elevation | 120 metres (390 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Dockfield, Shipley, West Yorkshire |
• coordinates | 53.83744°N 1.77212°W |
• elevation | 70 metres (230 ft) |
| Length | 6.8 miles (11 km) |
| Basin size | 22 square miles (58 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Shipley |
| • average | 21 cubic feet per second (0.6 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 1,210 cubic feet per second (34.3 m3/s) (1984) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | River Aire |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Red Beck |
| • right | Westbrook, Bowling Beck, Eastbrook, Trap Sike |
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Bradford itself is so named after a crossing on Bradford Beck (the Broad Ford) which was located near to what is present day Church Street in the city centre, with a crossing named as Broadstones. The beck is formed from a number of smaller watercourses, namely Pinch Beck, Pitty Beck, Middlebrook, Clayton Beck, Bull Greave Beck, Chellow Dene Beck, Westbrook, Dirkhill Beck, Bowling Beck, Eastbrook, Bolton Beck, Trap Sike, Northcliffe Beck and Red Beck.