GETTING HERE
GPS for travelling and parking

SALTS MILL CAR AND COACH PARK
There's a free car and coach park behind Salts Mill, accessible from Victoria Street. For GPS and route planners, please use the postcode BD98 8AA.  (BD98 8AA is the Inland Revenue building, but once you have turned into Salts Mill Road, you will see the sign for Salts Mill car park. The actual postcode of Salts Mill is BD18 3LA, though this brings you out on the wrong side of the Mill for the car park).

EXHIBITION ROAD CAR PARK & COACH DROP-OFF POINT
Pay and display car park for cars. For convenience, coaches can drop off passengers on Exhibition Road. GPS postcode is BD18 3JW.
Parking for coaches is available at the Salts Mill car park (GPS BD98 8AA)

VICTORIA ROAD CAR PARK & COACH DROP-OFF POINT
Pay and display car park for cars. For convenience, coaches can also drop off on Caroline Street (just beyond the Victoria Road/Caroline Street car park).
GPS postcode is BD18 3JS.

ONLINE ROUTE PLANNER
To plan your road route, visit the AA site which has a really good route planner.
LINK: AA Route Planner

For more info on trains, planes and automobile travel, follow this link >

STREET MAP OF SALTAIRE
Showing the original development

The downloadable map was drawn from present day Ordnance Survey plans and is provided here courtesy of Philip Barlow.

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ABOUT THE VILLAGE

SALTAIRE VILLAGE
Saltaire Village is near Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is named after Sir Titus Salt who built a textile mill (Salts Mill) and this village on the River Aire. In December 2001, Saltaire was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Salts Mill is free to enter and has a variety of retail outlets within its walls and places to eat (more info below). The main street in Saltaire is Victoria Road, found to the front of Salts Mill, and here you will find a variety of cafes and restaurants, and some shops.

SALTAIRE'S ARCHITECTURE
Saltaire's architecture is stunning and in an Italianate style. There are some unique public buildings, including a church (now the United Reformed Chucch), school (now used by Shipley College) the Victoria Hall (where concerts and other events take place, including weddings) a hospital (now converted into flats) and some almshouses (which are people's homes). The Village houses are privately owned and you are free to wander the streets, though peeping through people's windows is not appreciated! The United Reformed Church (opposite Salts Mill) and Victoria Hall are sometimes open to the public.

Website: Salts Mill
Website: United Reformed Church, Saltaire
Website: Victoria Hall

THE HOUSES IN SALTAIRE VILLAGE
Then there are the houses, built in different styles for different levels of worker. They are privately owned now - so please don’t peer in the windows! Remember that this is a working and residential village, complete with traffic flow, and there aren’t many direction signs or notices. For some people this is part of its charm – for others it’s very frustrating! You’ll be sharing Victoria Road with residents, students from Shipley College, and Salts Grammar School students at certain times of the day. But venture away from Victoria Road and you’ll find the streets amazingly quiet.

ROBERTS PARK
Roberts Park was restored with a Heritage Lottery Grant and the work was completed in 2010. Beneath the statue of Sir Titus Salt you'll see the Half Moon Cafe which is has been restored and now opens regularly throughout the week and at weekends. In the summer there is a programme of free music in the park which takes place in the band stand (restored with heritage lottery money).

Roberts Park is an ideal spot to picnic in sunny or shady spots. If you enjoy cricket, try to catch one of the matches played here. There is also an adventure playground in Roberts Park which was developed with lottery funding and is very popular with children. The park is bounded to the North by Coach Road, and if you cross over you'll see Glenaire children's playground.

Website: Saltaire Cricket Club
Website: www.halfmooncafe.co.uk

TOILET FACILITIES

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.

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.

THE HISTORY OF SALTAIRE

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• Free download of BALGARNIE'S SALT - THE ORIGINAL BIOGRAPHY OF SIR TITUS SALT
  This biography was written by Sir Titus Salt's contemporary and friend, Reverend Robert Balgarnie is made freely available, courtesy of Nemine Juvante (Saltaire) Publications. Download the original text FREE OF CHARGE! You can also buy the a republished hardback edition of the biography with valuable Commentary and Additions by local historians, Dave Shaw and Philip Barlo.
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The following is taken from an article called A Brief History of Sir Titus Salt:

Saltaire, located in England on the outskirts of Bradford, West Yorkshire is named after Sir Titus Salt. It was a purpose built village to house workers for his new textile mill, by the side of the River Aire and still exists today, perhaps the finest example of Italianate architecture in England. In December 2001, Saltaire was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.  This status is due to the dedicated work of local historian, Clive Woods and members of the local community. Today, Salt’s Mill houses the art work of David Hockney, a Bradford born artist, and sells an interesting and eclectic collection of books, furniture, jewellery, clothing, home effects and good food.

The worsted textile trade in Bradford started in the mid 1700s which brought people from the countryside and smaller towns, desperate for work. Textile workers, including small children, lived and worked in appalling conditions.  There was little to no sanitation, the wages were pitiful and their labour was exploited which meant poor health and a very low life expectancy, around 18 to 20 years. More >>

SALTS MILL

ABOUT
Salts Mill was opened in 1853 on the fiftieth birthday of Titus Salt.

INTEREST
David Hockney art, architecture, history of the Salts Mill. Also retail outlets including book store, home and furniture store, jewellery, antiques, clothes, cafe and restaurant.

COST
Entry is free

BOOKING
School parties and other groups are welcome to visit Salts Mill. Please contact in advance to book. Download information leaflet on group booking.

OPENING TIMES
Salts Mill is open seven days a week except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
Monday to Friday 10am to 5.30pm.
Saturday & Sunday 10am to 6.00pm

POSTAL ADDRESS
Salts Mill
Shipley
Saltaire
West Yorkshire
BD18 3LA

T: 01274 531163 (General Enquries, Galleries, Café in to the Opera, Salts Diner)
F: 01274 531184
E: post@saltsmill.org.uk
W: www.saltsmill.org.uk

SALTS MILL CAR PARK
There's a free car and coach park behind Salts Mill, accessible from Victoria Street. For GPS and route planners, please use the postcode BD98 8AA.  (BD98 8AA is the Inland Revenue building, but once you have turned into Salts Mill Road, you will see the sign for Salts Mill car park. The actual postcode of Salts Mill is BD18 3LA, though this brings you out on the wrong side of the Mill for the car park).

ABOUT SALTS WALKS

Salts Walks are guided walks around the village with knowledgeable and costumed tour guides. The walks are also offered in languages other than English - please enquire.

Maria, who runs Salts Walks, has also produced a resource pack for schools. For all information about Salts Walks, including on-line booking, please follow this link: 

Website page: Salts Walks

HARMONIUM AND REED ORGAN MUSEUM AT VICTORIA HALL

Pam and Phil Fluke's collection is housed in the room originally used as the Library and as a class room. Phil, one of the foremost restorers of these instruments is normally on hand to explain their workings and the development of this cinderella of keyboard instruments. The collection includes harmoniums of all kinds from tiny portable versions to the largest ever built; there is even combined piano-harmonium.

There is a small charge for admission
Open Sunday -Thursday 11.00 - 16.00.
T. 01274 585601 (after 6 pm)
M: 0976 535980

Victoria Hall
Victoria Road
Saltaire
BD18 3JS

philfluke@saltairevillage.info

SALTAIRE WURLITZER AT THE VICTORIA HALL

This Mighty Wurlitzer, owned and maintained by The Cinema Organ Society, is housed in the main hall of the Victoria Hall.

In addition to a programme of regular monthly events, the Wurlitzer can be hired for private functions and is also played several times a month by members of the society.

Why not call in at the Hall and see if you can catch the Wurlitzer in action – you might even see the console rise up to the stage on its lift! Small groups can be given a tour down in the bowels of the organ to view all the pipes, drums, cymbals and the mechanisms that make up the instrument.

For further information and our current events list please look at our website www.cosnorth.co.uk or contact us via email on saltairewurlitzer@tiscali.co.uk to see if your visit coincides with one of our members days.

UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

The United Refomed Church on Victoria Road, Saltaire is built in the Italianate style and is a Grade 1 listed building. The United Reformed Church is open every Sunday afternoon throughout the year except when it falls on Christmas or Boxing Day. Entrance is free and donations are welcomed to assist in the upkeep of the church.

From Easter to the end of September the church is opened by volunteers, subject to their availability, every afternoon from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00p.m. Photography inside the building is allowed, but you are asked to make a donation. If you are coming any great distance check on opening first.

The church has a little cafe which serves light refreshments. [Directions: walk up to the United Reformed Church and walk around the left of the building. You'll see some steps going down - the cafe is here). When the cafe is open, a notice is placed near the gates of the church.

You can tour around the beautiful United Reformed Church, built by Sir Titus Salt, if you book a Salts Walk guided tour (see above). Please specify you want to tour the church. To find out more about Salts Walks, follow this link.

If your group simply wishes to look around the church, please contact:
Len Morris, email: len.morris@talktalk.net
Telephone 0(44)174 597894
Website: www.saltaireurc.org.uk

DREAM ACHIEVERS BOAT TRIPS
Dream Achievers have a fleet of boats available for hire for a wide range of purposes including: as an alternative classroom, and as a venue for community and specialist groups.

POSTAL ADDRESS
Dream Achievers Limited
Unit B Lower Ground Floor
Shipley Wharf
Wharf Street
Shipley
BD17 7DW

T: 0845 2415497 F: 01274 593188
E: info@dreamachievers.co.uk
W. www.dreamachievers.co.uk

BRACKENHALL COUNTRYSIDE CENTRE

The Brackenhall Centre is on Shipley Glen. From Roberts Park, exit via Coach Road and follow the path by the side of Titus Salt School. You can save your legs and ride on the Shipley Glen Tramway (though at the moment it's closed for repairs). The path is steep and care is needed in icy weather. Once at the top of the path, turn left and walk straight on, along Prod Lane. Keep going until you see the Brackenhall Countryside Centre on your right. The Centre has displays of local wildlife and natural history and is free, but donations are gratefully received.

For opening times, follow this link.
Email: brackenhallcc@btconnect.com

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Information about Saltaire attractions helpful to teachers and visitors to Saltaire is welcome. Please contact the webmaster with information.

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