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Tyersal
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRADFORD
Postcode districtBD4
Dialling code01274
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
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Tyersal is a village 2 miles (3 km) east of Bradford and 8 miles (13 km) west of Leeds and has a population of 2,605 according to Bradford Community Statistics Project.

The district is split between both City of Bradford metropolitan borough and Pudsey in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough.

Tyersal joined Bradford in 1882 and part of it became part of the Leeds metropolitan district in 1974.

Shops

On Tyersal Road there are six shops, including a Newsagents, Pharmacy, Sandwich shop and a Takeaway.

Transport

Currently there is the 630 service, operated by First, which terminates at the top. Service 508 from Leeds to Halifax operated also by First, is half-hourly along Dick Lane at the bottom of Tyersal. Previously, service 66 (operated by First and then Centrebus) provided buses to Leeds and back (there were four services daily), although 2010 saw this service withdrawn, and now service 508 is the only remaining bus to Leeds.

New Pudsey railway station is around two and a half miles north east of the village by road, where services are operated by Northern to Manchester Victoria, Blackpool North, Wakefield Westgate, York and Selby.

Pubs and clubs

Tyersal Park Bowling Club. 

Crown Green bowling club plays in the Bradford Crown Green Bowling Association