Tourist Information

"Saltaire....a neat and miniature town" Smith's Directory 1872

"Saltaire is situated in the midst of some of the most beautiful scenery in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Hill and valley, river and road, canal and railway, with thick umbrageous groves on all sides, tend to make it almost unique......."
Abraham Holroyd Saltaire and its Founder Sir Titus Salt Bart, 1873.

"Aw believe thers thaasands o'folk at live within an'haar's ride o'Saltaire who have noa idea what beauties
are spread aght o' ivveryside, an' wod reward'em, far moor nor a trip to Morecambe or Blackpool, if they'd
pay'em a visit."
John Hartley Seets i' Yorkshire and Lancashire or Grimes' comical trip from Leeds to Liverpool by canal (late 19thC)

1853 Gallery
Contains the largest collection of paintings by David Hockney in the World plus the late Jonathan Silver's collection of Burmantofts ware, classic chairs,plants, a decorated Broadwood grand piano etc, etc. plus an amazing bookshop Open 10AM - 6PM 7days
. Click here for more information.

NEW Hockney Exhibition - opens THIS SATURDAY 22nd July 2000 3:00PM

Also in
Salts Mill Salts Diner, Luxury shopping. Click here for more information

Guided Walks
Tour this Victorian industrial village. No booking needed, walks take place at weekends and on bank holidays. Contact the tourist information centre (above) for more information.

Reed Organ and Harmonium Museum
Pam and Phil Fluke's Harmonium and Reed Organ Museum in Victoria Hall. This is probably the finest collection of these instruments in the world. Open Sunday -Thursday 11.00 - 16.00. Details: tel:01274 585601(after 18.00) mobile:0976 535980

The Victoria Centre
An award winning antiques centre, also housing three bookdealers. Tel: (01274) 533 722. Wednesday - Sunday 1030 - 1730

Books
Three Second-hand Book Shops, plus a shop selling new books in Salts Mill. see our Bookselling at Saltaire page

Read what the Boston Globe said here

Craven Herald Saltaire page

Also nearby...
Shipley Glen Railway
Apollo Canal Cruises

Other Tourist information:
Yorkshire Tourist Board
Bradford Tourist Information
Bronte Country

*Eagle Intermedia's Bronte Country site This is a beautiful site containing many pages and many images.(all links marked thus:* are from here)
*Bingley
*Bradford
*The Yorkshire Dales

*The Bronte Birthplace Not really Saltaire - Thornton is 3.5 miles/5.5km away over the hills at the head of Bradford Dale - but it should be better known and Barbara Whitehead, the biographer of Charlotte Bronte's friend Ellen Nussey, should be supported in her efforts to restore the house. It is on a much smaller scale than Howarth Parsonage but contains many original fittings - objects which the young Bronte children would have seen every day.

Northern Tourist Links(Bradford)

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* Getting to Saltaire* A walk along Albert Terrace* Books at Saltaire* Pictures of Saltaire
History of Salt and his times*Books about Saltaire* The Marble Likeness of their Liberal Master