With only a fortnight to go until the big day, plans for Royal Wedding celebrations across the Bradford district are taking shape.

Bradford Council has received applications to close roads in Cullingworth, Baildon, Ilkley and Burley-in-Wharfedale from residents holding street parties on Friday, April 29, to mark the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

The Bankfoot Partnership in Bradford is hosting a wedding-themed party from 2pm to 5pm to celebrate the opening of an allotment site at the Faxfleet estate.

The organisation, which secured a community transfer for the Council land, has raised more than £8,000 for the site, which will be run alongside Bradford Community Environment Project.

Allerton Children’s Centre will hold a party in Ladyhill Park the day before the wedding with donkey rides, games of ‘musical thrones’ and crown-shaped sandwiches.

In Ilkley, £4,000 will be spent on a community celebration with afternoon tea and cake served from a marquee in The Grove. In Skipton a street party including food and licensed bar will be held in the Canal Basin.

The wedding will also be shown on the big screen in Centenary Square, Bradford.

Pubs in Otley town centre are to be renamed The Yorkshire Princess to reflect Kate Middleton’s family ties to the county.

Saltaire Brewery in Shipley will be serving a special royal wedding ale, Nuptuale, between noon and 10pm on the big day to honour the couple.

At City Hall yesterday, the Lady Mayoress of Bradford, Gillian Hill, held a Royal Wedding spring fair in aid of the appeal by her husband, the Lord Mayor, Councillor Peter Hill.

A tea party was held at Newhall Park Primary School in Bierley where reception pupils Eesa Aslam and Chloe Griggs, as Prince William and Kate Middleton, took part in a mock wedding ceremony. Pupils were joined by residents from Bierley Court Nursing Home and Langdale Residential Home to toast the royal couple before singing the National Anthem.

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