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View of Leeds City Centre from Bramley

Bramley is an area of west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is an old industrial area and home to a lot of 19th century architecture alongside 20th century council housing in the east and private suburban housing to the west. It has its own rail station which is on the Caldervale and Leeds to Bradford lines. Bramley was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday book as: "Brameleia" also as "Bramelie".

Bramley is dominated by the Bramley Shopping Centre, a 1960s style concrete shopping plaza which was erected to replace the traditional stone built village centre. The current range of shops include charity shops, banks, travel agents, bakeries, pawnbrokers, supermarkets, a post office, a thrift shop, a dental practice and fast food takeaways.

Bramley is home to several churches, these include;

• Bramley Christian Church
• Bramley Baptist Church [1]
• Bramley Church of the Nazarene (Wesleyan)[2]
• Bramley St Margaret's (Anglican)
• Bramley St Peter (Anglican)
• Christ the King Catholic Church
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
• Trinity Methodist Church

The Bramley Baths are an example of Edwardian swimming baths built in 1904 (recently restored), which benefit from a 25m pool, a gym and a Russian steam room. The baths were used for dances in during its early years, when the pool was covered with a large dancefloor. The baths are probably one of the best remaining examples of an Edwardian baths in Leeds today. If not the only examlple.

There are also a few small parks/open areas for outdoor recreation. Including Bramley Park, which holds a fireworks display most years and has an underground reservior at the highest point of the park, and Bramley Fall Woods.

The area is home to rugby league side Bramley Buffaloes and to Bramley Phoenix[3] rugby union side.

This is also the home of Bramley Juniors football club, which was founded in 1994 by the Locke family. Bramley Juniors is now a well established football club, with an assortment of age groups.

The Member of Parliament for Bramley is Labour MP John Battle, although he is going to retire at the next General Election. He has spent over 20 years as the constituencies MP, and the shortlist to replace him is made up entirely of women.

Many of the estates in Bramley have active residents associations, these include;

• Moorside and Ganners Tenant's and Resident's Association,
• Landseer Tenant's and Resident's Association,
• Rossefield Resident's Association.

• YEP Bramley Today Community Website
• Bramley History Community Archive
• Bramley Baptist Church Website
• Bramley Church of the Nazarene Website
• Bramley Phoenix
• Bramley Buffaloes

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