Upon entering the village there is a swing bridge crossing the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

A coal business was eventually established on the left of the swing bridge, complete with a wharf and weighbridge, while a coal stay and canal wharf occupied a large area to the right.

[2] In the past, quarrying supplied slate and stone for building materials[citation needed] but most of the villagers were engaged in hand looming and wool combing in their own homes.

[citation needed] In the mid-1860s, industry started to develop in Bradley in the form of spinning and weaving mills.

[citation needed] Weaving was carried out at Rose Shed Mill, which was redeveloped into Browns Court in the late 1990s.