UNESCO World Heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Saltaire
Saltaire — Victorian model village located in Shipley, City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Nearest railway station
- Saltaire · 0.2 km
About
Saltaire is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Wikidata describes it as: "Victorian model village located in Shipley, City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 53.8372°, -1.7903°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: South Pennine Moors SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: BRADFORD PENNINE GATEWAY
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Saltaire is a Victorian model village near Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, south of the River Aire, Salts Mill was built between the railway and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The mill and houses were built for Titus Salt between 1851 and 1871 to allow his workers to live in better conditions than the slums of Bradford. The mill ceased production in 1986 and was converted into a multifunctional location with an art gallery, restaurants, and the headquarters of a technology company. The model village is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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Background
History
Saltaire was commissioned in 1851 by Sir Titus Salt, a leading industrialist in the Yorkshire woollen industry. The name of the village is a combination of the founder's surname and the name of the river. Salt moved his business (five separate mills) from Bradford to this site near Shipley to arrange his workers and to site his large textile mill by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the railway. Salt employed the local architects Francis Lockwood and William Mawson. Salt built neat stone terraced houses for his workers (much better than the slums of Bradford), wash-houses with tap water, bath-houses, a hospital and an institute for recreation and education, with a library, a reading room, a…
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- Coordinates
- 53.8372, -1.7903
- District
- Bradford
- Parish
- Shipley
- Postcode
- BD18 3LH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Shipley
- Nearest railway station
- Saltaire — 0.2 km
- Official site
- www.saltairevillage.info
Sources
- wikidata: Q838920 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Saltaire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Saltaire Salts Mill 1.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Saltaire?
- Saltaire is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode BD18 3LH), in the parish of Shipley.
- Is Saltaire a protected site?
- Yes — Saltaire is part of the South Pennine Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the BRADFORD PENNINE GATEWAY National Nature Reserve.
- How do I get to Saltaire?
- The nearest railway station is Saltaire, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BD18 3LH.