Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme
The Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme was introduced by Bradford Council to create streets where everyone, including children, can feel comfortable walking around and crossing the road. The measures also support wheelchair users and cyclists.
The scheme encourages more people to make shorter local journeys, like school runs, visiting friends and family, going to local shops and parks, or attending prayers, without using a car. This helps make Manningham a better place to live by reducing traffic, air pollution, and congestion.
Project updates
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Bradford Council has been working to make Manningham a safer, more accessible place for everyone. The Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme introduced improvements such as new crossings, speed humps, and narrower junctions to support safer walking, cycling, and use of mobility aids. The majority of the permanent works were completed earlier this year.
As part of the scheme, temporary road point closures were trialled, and the community was invited to provide feedback throughout the trial period, which ran until April 2025. The trial was extended by three months to allow for a more thorough review of traffic patterns and community input.
Throughout the trial, we received a wide range of comments and suggestions from the community. This feedback was considered as part of the evaluation process. This helped us assess how these changes impact local residents, road safety, and access around Manningham.
Final Decisions on Trial Point Closures
Following careful consideration of all feedback, traffic and safety information, and the original aims of the scheme, Bradford Council has now made a decision on each of the trial point closures.
The following point closures will be made permanent:
Milford Place
Syke Road
Firth Road
The following point closures will be kept:
Park Drive
Selbourne Mount
Back Lindum Terrace
We understand that some measures had opinions both for and against them being implemented, and we have tried to strike the right balance between different positions whilst maintaining our commitment to quieter streets, reduced speeding and improved safety. The scheme has also resulted in improved conditions for walking and cycling.
Over the coming months, the temporary features at Milford Place, Syke Road, and Firth Road will be upgraded to permanent installations.
One point closure will be removed:
Selborne Grove
This decision reflects the high number of concerns raised by residents of Selborne Grove and Athol Road, including formal petitions. The Council acknowledges the strength of feeling in this area and that the diversion of traffic onto narrower Athol Road was not appropriate.
Work to reopen Selborne Grove will begin shortly.
All sites will continue to be monitored, and a Road Safety Audit will be carried out within 12 months of the permanent works to ensure they remain safe and effective.
For full details of the decision, visit: Manningham SNS ETRO Decision Sheet Dec 2025 FINAL - No. 74 of 2025
Please note: This decision sheet has been republished following a wording revision required for legal compliance. The decision and its outcome remain unchanged.
Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback. To view the consultation report, visit: Manningham SNS End of Trial Consultation Report
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The extended trial period for the Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme has now closed.
Thank you for taking the time to get in touch and provide your feedback on the measures which have formed the scheme.
Over the next month, the feedback received during the trial period will be analysed and a consultation report will be produced. Once ready, this will be published on our website for you to view.
The results of the traffic monitoring data which we have collected pre and post-implementation of the measures will also be analysed and a report produced.
These reports will then be considered before a final decision is made on whether to retain, amend or remove the measures which form the scheme.
A final decision is expected in early summer 2025. Following this, any decision will be implemented as quickly as possible.
We will write to residents and businesses to let you know which measures will be retained, amended or removed.
If you have any questions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us on the following contact details:
Freephone: 0808 196 9119
Freepost: Freepost BFD Highways
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Introduction
Measures which form the Manningham Safer Neighbourhood Scheme were implemented from summer 2024 with the aim of improving road safety and making people feel safer walking, cycling or wheeling (using a wheelchair or mobility aid) around the Manningham and Heaton areas.
The scheme is formed of a mixture of permanent and temporary measures. The area has seen new permanent measures implemented including new crossings and the narrowing of junctions to make it safer and easier to cross. These works are now complete.
At the same time, a number of temporary road point closures have been implemented at locations in the area on a trial basis. These measures are designed to discourage through-traffic that had been using the area as an alternative to the main arterial roads.
The road point closures are designed in a way that ensures that local businesses and residents can still access their premises.
Extension of the road point closure trial
The trial period of the road point closures was intended to run for six months to enable local people to experience the measures and provide feedback before a decision was made on whether to retain, remove or amend them.
However, the Council recognises that the initial three months of the trial period was impacted by the installation of temporary traffic management measures such as traffic lights.
These had to be installed to allow for construction works to be undertaken to implement the permanent road safety measures. However, these temporary traffic management measures caused congestion in the area which made it more difficult to clearly determine the positive or negative effects of the trial road point closures.
Feedback on the trial road point closures has varied across the area with some residents feeling they have had a negative impact while others have fed back that they have been positive.
With the construction traffic management measures having impacted the first three months of the trial of the road point closures, it has been determined that the trial period should be extended by a further three months.
This is to ensure that a full six-month trial of the measures, without undue influence from other road works, is provided to inform public feedback and future decisions, as originally intended.
We will also measure the wider impact of the scheme on traffic flows and speeds through the installation of a number of Automatic Traffic Counters (rubber tubes across the road) and traffic cameras (that collect anonymised traffic flow and speed data) over the coming few weeks.
The trial of the road point closures will now run up to the end of March 2025. An assessment of the road point closures will then take place to decide whether to remove them, amend them or retain them.
Once the trial period has finished, we will review and analyse both the public feedback and traffic monitoring data that we have received over the duration of the trial. All of this will then be taken into account so a decision can then be made on whether to keep, amend or adjust the point closures.
About the scheme
During the consultation which we ran in late 2022 and early 2023, we received feedback on what residents and businesses would like to see make up the scheme. The following measures are now proposed, based on comments received:
New road crossings which make routes to the park and schools safer and easier to use - as people said they had difficulties crossing roads.
Speeds bumps and junction changes which will slow traffic down - as the speed of traffic was highlighted as a problem.
One-way streets, working in a complementary way, to increase the number of parking spaces on Victor Street and Leamington Street - as parking was highlighted as an issue.
Details are provided below. Click the + symbol to learn more.
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Road Crossings
New crossings to make getting around on foot or by cycle safer and easier. These include a mixture of:
Informal Crossings – a dropped kerb and tactile paving with a refuge in the middle of the road. There are no traffic lights at these crossings, but they make it easier to cross the road safely.
Signal Controlled Crossings (Toucan) – a crossing wherethe user presses a button and traffic lights bring traffic to a stop.
Zebra Crossings – a crossing marked with white lines on the road and yellow flashing lights on the pavement. Pedestrians have priority over cars at these crossings.
Parallel Crossings – similar to a zebra crossing, but has a specific lane for cyclists on the crossing as well as pedestrians.
Speed Humps
Speed humps at six new locations to slow traffic down and make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
Junction Treatments
A junction treatment involves narrowing a junction and installing a raised speed bump to slow traffic down when entering or exiting the road. By slowing traffic down when entering or exiting the road that has been treated, we can make crossing the road easier and safer.
20 mph Zone
A speed limit of 20 mph for all roads in the area from Wilmer Drive to the north, and Oak Lane to the south and from Lister Park to the east and Quarry Street to the west.
You can view a map of this area below or click here to view this map as a PDF
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School Streets
School Streets are intended to improve the safety of children being dropped off or picked up at school. A School Street is a road outside a school where motorised traffic is temporarily restricted during school drop-off and pick-up times. The restriction applies to school traffic and through-traffic. Outside of these times, the road is accessed by all vehicles as normal.
Residents are allowed access in and out of the road during restricted times with the use of a resident pass they are provided with.
We are currently in the process of speaking to schools in the area to gauge their interest in School Streets.
If any schools decide they would like to trial a School Street, our School Streets team will be in touch with parents and local residents to notify them separately. It will then be up to the individual school whether to keep the School Street beyond a trial.
Point Closures
As part of this scheme, we implemented point closures on a number of roads for a trial period.
A point closure is located at a specific point along a road to stop vehicles travelling the full length of a road to use it as a cut-through the area – effectively turning the road into a cul-de-sac. This reduces vehicle traffic and speeds making the area safer and more pleasant for residents and makes it easier to walk and cycle in the area. Residents and businesses can still access their property in their vehicle from one or both sides of the point closure.
The trial of the point closures was done using an ‘Experimental Traffic Regulation Order’ (ETRO), which allows the closures to be installed temporarily before a decision is made on whether to install them permanently.
NIne point closures in total were trialled across the area. You can view a map below or click here to view this map as a PDF
Consultation
Consultation Phase 1 (Winter 2023)
During the consultation which we ran in late 2022 and early 2023, we received feedback on what residents and businesses would like to see make up the scheme.
Consultation Phase 2 (Spring 2024)
Plans were developed and a further round of consultation was held on the proposals from Thursday 8 February until Thursday 7 March 2024.
Consultation Phase 3 (Autumn 2025)
Following the implementation of the trial point closures, residents and businesses in and around the Manningham and Heaton areas of Bradford had the opportunity to provide feedback on how the point closures were working.
Get in touch
Email: info@future-bradford.co.uk
Freephone: 0808 196 9119
Freepost: Freepost BFD Highways (no stamp needed)
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