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At your next visit, think about using the train. The Station is close to the Mill on Victoria Road, the service is regular, and the quality of the carriages is (usually) very good.
Use the links on our travel page to check train and bus times, or use the AA route planner if you're coming by car.
ACCESS
The Village is built in a valley and it’s uphill from the Mill to see the Village – not steep, but a hill nevertheless. The main street is also cobbled. If you intend to visit Shipley Glen, be prepared for a steep climb of about a quarter of a mile. The Shipley Glen Tramway is an easy alternative.
It’s possible to tour the Village in a wheelchair, but the pavements and cobbles aren’t very friendly in places. There are plans for disabled access to be built to the church, but its not there yet. The Mill has full access for the disabled and priority parking which should be accessed from the Victoria Road end of the Mill, but there are still Victorian cobbles to traverse. In Salt’s Mill, the 1853 Gallery has a delightfully antiquated lift to take you to the upper storeys.
Disabled access to the building is via Salts Mill Road. Pass the ‘Visitors Parking’ sign and continue past the chimney when you will see the wooden ramp outside the new public entrance. Once inside there are lifts.
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PARKING
Salts Mill
Free car and coach park behind Salts Mill, accessible from Victoria Street.
GPS postcode is BD18 3LA.
Exhibition Rd car park
Pay and display car park for cars.
GPS postcode is BD18 3JW.
Victoria Rd car park
Pay and display car park for cars.
GPS postcode is BD18 3JS.
TOILETS
Victoria Road car park
GPS postcode is BD18 3JS
There are toilets in Salts Mill (GPS BD18 3LA) on the ground floor, second and third floors. The disabled toilets are at the end of the 1853 Gallery and on the second floor.
RESTING PLACES
There are benches to sit on outside Victoria Hall on Victoria Road and within the grounds of the Almshouses (also on Victoria Road - walk uphill and cross the junction of Saltaire Road). There are also benches in Roberts Park (walk downhill and cross the River Aire via the footbridge) which is a great place to picnic and perhaps watch some cricket.
The Half Moon Café
The Half Moon Café is found just beneath Sir Titus Salt's statue.
The Boathouse
The Boathouse is a pub/restaurant on the side of the River Aire by the footbridge and is accessible via a chairlift down a small flight of steps. Please call of assistance using their intercom system.
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