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Odsal
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE1529
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRADFORD
Postcode district BD6
Police West Yorkshire
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Ambulance Yorkshire
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53°45′26″N1°45′32″W / 53.7571°N 1.7588°W / 53.7571; -1.7588 Coordinates: 53°45′26″N1°45′32″W / 53.7571°N 1.7588°W / 53.7571; -1.7588

Odsal is an area of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

Odsal Stadium is currently the home of Bradford rugby league club and YorStox F1 and F2 stock cars. The Richard Dunn Sports Centre is named after the boxer who lived in Bradford at the time of his 1976 bout against Muhammad Ali. [1]

Sport

Amateur rugby league side Odsal Sedbergh, founded in 1980, play their game on Cleckheaton Road and, as of 2017, compete in the Yorkshire Men's League First Division

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References

  1. "Richard Dunn Sports Centre". Visit Bradford. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
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Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Odsal Top, Bradford