Sandy Lane is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 to the north of Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England

England

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.

It is situated between Wilsden

Wilsden

Wilsden is a village and civil parish to the west of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. Wilsden is close to the Aire Valley and the nearby villages of Cullingworth, Harden, Cottingley and Allerton. Wilsden re-acquired civil parish status in 2004...

, Allerton

Allerton, West Yorkshire

Allerton is a former village in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, now increasingly part of the Bradford conurbation.Chellow Dene is a local beauty spot. This is a wooded valley with two Victorian reservoirs and is a haven for local wildlife....

 and Nab Wood.

History

Sandy Lane has been a small village since it was founded until the 1990s when a series of new developments were built to accommodate the burgeoning Bradford population. However residents in the village were upset with the plans and formed their own opposition group and subsequently voted for a parish council. Created in 2003.

It is a traditional English village including a primary school, church, pub and park.

Sport

Sandy Lane has a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team, who play in red and blue stripes, and a cricket team.

The football team has played in a variety of nearby places including Bingley

Bingley

Bingley is a market town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal...

 and Keighley

Keighley

Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the River Aire and the River Worth...

. Their current ground is at Marley Stadium, Keighley. The team currently plays in West Yorkshire League Division One. There are also junior teams with children from five to 16 years old.

The cricket side currently play in Greenwood Park within the village.