Informatics Live Webcams

In order to view webcam content you will require the latest version of Windows Media Player or Real Player. If you experience difficulty viewing the live streams, try the 'Open in Windows Media Player' link which will launch your standalone player to display the live stream.

Above: The view north across the city towards Manningham, Shipley and in the distance Baildon moor. On the right can be seen the University's Richmond Building, and in the centre the IPI (Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation), Norcroft Conference Centre, and Institute for Cancer Therapeutics.

The view above shows the south-east skyline of Bradford and Great Horton Road next to the University. The street leading off Great Horton Road on the right is Claremont - the birthplace of composer Frederick Delius* (1862 - 1934), noted for pieces including "Brigg Fair", "Koanga", "A village Romeo & Juliet" and "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring". The tall building in the distance is the National Media Museum.

As well as bars, cash points and convenience shops on campus, there are a good selection of facilities available within a short walk. Many students choose to live in private rented houses in the surrounding streets, and there is a vast range of rented accommodation within a few minutes walk of campus, both private halls of residence and houses. Across the road you can see some of the local restaurants, cafés and shops available. Just further down Great Horton Road are some of Bradford's famous curry houses. The city centre is less than 10 minutes walk.

About the Webcams

The webcams show live streaming video from USB webcams, captured using Windows Media Encoder and streamed via Windows Media Services on Windows Server 2008. Note that sound is also streamed so you may hear some ambient noise!

Other Informatics Webcams

The Robotics group in the School of Informatics runs the only autonomous robot freely available on the Internet (the Bradford Robotic Telescope). The Robotics group monitor the operation of the unmanned Robotic Telescope on the island of Tenerife via a series of webcams:

Day time webcams:

1. View of container housing robot telescope from North Observatory
2. View of robot housing from East Night-Sky
3. View of Mount Teide from robot Teide
4. View of approach road Road
5. View of nearest neighbour the European Space Agency telescope
6. Close view of telescope dome Dome
7. View inside dome Pier

Night time webcams:

1. View of Mount Teide Teide
2. View of Puerto de la Cruz
3. View of the Pole Star

You will also find the previous night's time lapse videos from Teide and Pole star cameras in a variety of formats.

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