City Park, Bradford

City Park, Bradford The official page for Bradford's multi-award winning public space. City Park is a public square and is open all year round. City Park has many moods.
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The Mirror Pool operates between 9.00am to 8.00pm all year round. City Park is Bradford Council's brilliant high-tech water feature, the largest of its kind in the UK. It can be a cool, tranquil and misty space, a huge, reflective watery mirror, a bubbling, squirting, popping and splashing fountain display, a brilliantly lit aqueous interactive laser artwork or a thunderous water spout, shooting o

ver 30 metres into the air. The Park’s computer plays 100 fountains, laser lights, mist and water effects like a maestro conducting a glorious watery symphony. Millions of different combinations of effects can be produced. City Park is a great place to relax, meet friends or family and enjoy a breath of fresh air. City Park is a public space so is generally open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. However, the space is sometimes closed to allow us to set up events. The fountains generally run from 8.30am-8:00pm but will shut down in low temperatures to prevent ice. They periodically close for maintenance. City Park in numbers:

* 24,690 sq m (six acres or 2.5 hectares) – area of the park
* 600 cubic m – volume of the mirror pool
* 30m – height the central geyser fountain spray can reach
* 4,000 sq m – approximate size of the mirror pool
* 100 – total number of fountains
* 40 – number of low-power fountains for children’s enjoyment
* 20km – length of utilities redirected
* 230m – depth of the water bore hole

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https://bradfordheritageconnection.co.uk/events/I always love Heritage Open Days! The most quirky of places open their ...
26/08/2026

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I always love Heritage Open Days! The most quirky of places open their doors for just one quick peak inside! I'm planning on going to the Cathedral and possibly the Low Moor Explosion, which happened on 21 August 1916 .....

"The alarm sounded at the Central Fire Station in Nelson Street, Bradford, at 2.33pm, and eighteen men led by Chief Officer Scott set off in their newly-acquired fire engine, 'Hayhurst', which was named after the former Chief Constable"

Chief Officer Scott was a maternal great uncle of one of the City Park Team and all his medals in are displayed Civic area of City Hall

Bradford’s Heritage Open Days 2026 September 11 – September 20 Bradford Heritage Open Days forms part of the national Heritage Open Days festival, under this year’s theme, Everyday Histories. The event brings together heritage-led organisations and community groups from across Bradford to shar...

Exciting things going on today! Bradford-by-the-Sea has officially begun 🏓🎪⛲️⛱️🏖️🏝️
17/08/2026

Exciting things going on today! Bradford-by-the-Sea has officially begun 🏓🎪⛲️⛱️🏖️🏝️

Warning - information overload!!1 - We have found a bag, possibly belonging a child. Please go to the Pavilion office t...
13/08/2026

Warning - information overload!!

1 - We have found a bag, possibly belonging a child. Please go to the Pavilion office to identify the bag and contents
2 - Saturday sees City playing at home and of course, Darley Street Bradford Markets is hosting the Fan Zone
3 - Darley Street Market is also hosting Live at the Courtyard on Friday, Saturday and Sunday https://www.bradfordmarkets.com/news-and-events/three-incredible-acts-announced-for-bradford-s-darley-street-market-live-at-the-courtyard-festival/
4 - Bradford Pride is taking place in City Park on Saturday with some fabulous entertainment 🏳️‍🌈
5 - The fountains will be running all weekend. Please adhere to general safety requests of dressing your child in appropriate clothing and some water shoes. We do our best to keep the Mirror Pool safe, but it is an open and public water feature with undulating surfaces
6 - We have a clean drinking water fountain to help keep you hydrated in this hot weather. If you don't have a water bottle, please do ask for a plastic drinking cup
7 - Enjoy!!

‘Live at the Courtyard’ lands at Darley Street Market this August, bringing you three days of incredible live music to Bradford city centre.

https://bradfordafricanfestival.com/events/WWe host the African Festival this weekend
04/08/2026

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We host the African Festival this weekend

In today’s globalised world, African cultural representation shapes identity, confidence, and belonging, especially for young people growing up in the diaspora. For many African youths in the UK, visibility in mainstream spaces can be limited. That is why platforms like the Bradford African Festiv...

Bookings for Live at the Courtyard in Darley Street Market can be made through the Bradford Theatres booking system - ti...
10/07/2026

Bookings for Live at the Courtyard in Darley Street Market can be made through the Bradford Theatres booking system - tickets are still available

Find out more or book on to upcoming shows.

Lots going on at BD Fest
06/07/2026

Lots going on at BD Fest

Free, exciting, bold and imaginative. Join us at Bradford Festival for a world-class weekend of extraordinary performance and big ideas.

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