Wapping (Bradford): what to know before moving day
Canal Road takes its line from water. The Bradford Canal ran for three and a half miles from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Shipley to Hoppy Bridge, below today's Forster Square, and closed for good in 1922 before being filled in. OpenStreetMap still marks the old canal beside Canal Road at this point.
Housing here is a mixture. Alexander House on Bolton Road, Canal House on Canal Road and Empire House are blocks of flats, while Craven Street, Tyne Street, Komla Close, Kendra Way, Ariba Avenue and Wellesley Street are residential streets on the map. Lingard Street, Captain Street and Wharf Street are mostly business frontages, so if you live above or behind one, say where the door is.
For landmarks, The Corn Dolly pub on Bolton Road is a few steps from the middle of Wapping, LIFE Church is just to the north-east, and the Al-Mahdi Mosque stands on Rees Way. Forster Square Retail Park lies to the west across the main road.
How the van gets to Wapping (Bradford)
Bolton Road and Canal Road run north out of the centre past Wapping, and Wapping Road branches off Bolton Road with Craven Street and Oxford Place leading from it. The A650 Shipley Airedale Road passes within about 60 metres and meets both Bolton Road and Canal Road, and the A6181 Hamm Strasse joins Canal Road on the west side. For a flat on Canal Road, give the building name so the driver stops on the right side.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 5 to 15 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Wapping (Bradford)
Each service below links to its Bradford page, which covers the job in detail.
Wapping (Bradford): questions before you book
Is Wapping in Bradford anything to do with Wapping in London?
Only the name. This Wapping is in BD1, in Bradford's City ward, between Bolton Road and Canal Road. Always give the full postcode with your quote request so nobody looks at the wrong map.
Where did the Bradford Canal run?
From the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Shipley down the valley to Hoppy Bridge, below Forster Square, a distance of three and a half miles through ten locks. It opened in 1774, closed in 1922 and was filled in; Canal Road follows the valley today.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): BD1 4DS is in the City ward of Bradford, unparished area
- Bradford Canal (Wikipedia): three and a half miles from Shipley to Hoppy Bridge below Forster Square, ten locks, opened 1774, closed 1922, filled in
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Wapping neighbourhood, Bolton Road, Canal Road, Wapping Road, Lingard Street, Captain Street, Wharf Street, Craven Street, Tyne Street, Komla Close, Kendra Way, Ariba Avenue, Wellesley Street, Alexander House, Canal House, Empire House, the Bradford Canal line, The Corn Dolly, LIFE Church, Al-Mahdi Mosque on Rees Way, Forster Square Retail Park, the A650 and A6181