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Bradford Road, BOLTON, BL4 0JA

Bradford Road is named after Orlando Bridgeman, 1st. Earl of Bradford. The family owned estates in Great Lever purchased by Orlando's ancestor John Bridgeman who was chaplain to King James 1 and later Bishop of Chester. The names Bridgeman and Orlando are also used as street names in Bolton.

This junction is one of the two main approaches for the Royal Bolton Hospital and as such sees a constant flow of traffic to and from the hospital.

Generally a busy junction - the right filter here takes traffic up to the Royal Bolton Hospital and, in term time, to a large secondary school and Bolton's Science & Technology Centre.

This view of Bradford Road looking up towards Plodder Lane is unusually quiet for a rush-hour Monday morning - it was the 3rd August - peak holiday time.

This Roman Catholic secondary school is now a Business and Enterprise College.

This relatively new building was previously known as the TIC centre and is one of Bolton Council's leading resource centres. As with all public buildings today those who insist on smoking appear outside the front door to indulge their habit. The next major building up Minerva Road is the Royal Bolton Hospital - quite handy.

The Science and Technology Centre, on Minerva Road, was formerly known as the "Technology Innovation Centre" (TIC). According to its website (http://www.help4me.info/service.aspx?serviceid=%7B88c312b5-19fd-49d4-a059-9853b3c51839%7D ), "Bolton Technical Innovation Centre is the UK's first 'junior incubator' - a purpose-built academy for young inventors and future entrepreneurs." Unfortunately, cutbacks initiated by the coalition Government's spending review mean that the teaching and learning aspect of the centre is being axed. However, the centre will continue to offer conferencing facilities, at least for the short term future. (http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/8372389.Science_centre_for_for_city_centre_riot_schools_is_victim_of_council_cuts/ - The Bolton News). The shutters are up today as it is a bank holiday! The building lies across the OS grid line; the front of the building and its east side lie in SD7206, whilst the back and west side are in SD7106 (Image])

The Science and Technology Centre, on Minerva Road, was formerly known as the "Technology Innovation Centre" (TIC). According to its website (http://www.help4me.info/service.aspx?serviceid=%7B88c312b5-19fd-49d4-a059-9853b3c51839%7D ), "Bolton Technical Innovation Centre is the UK's first 'junior incubator' - a purpose-built academy for young inventors and future entrepreneurs." Unfortunately, cutbacks initiated by the coalition Government's spending review mean that the teaching and learning aspect of the centre is being axed. However, the centre will continue to offer conferencing facilities, at least for the short term future. (http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/8372389.Science_centre_for_for_city_centre_riot_schools_is_victim_of_council_cuts/ - The Bolton News). The building lies across the OS grid line; the back of the building and its west side lie in SD7106, whilst the front and east side are in SD7206 (Image])