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Saltaire Travel Guide: 78 reviews and 148 photos

Saltaire is a part of Shipley which is in turn a part of Bradford. It is a "model village" built by mill owner Titus Salt to house, feed and educate his workers.
Despite being amongst the urban sprawl of the Leeds/Bradford conglomeration it has a quite rural feel, being set by a canal and a river and being only a few minutes away from the rolling countryside of this part of Yorkshire.
Since our first visit a couple of years ago this has become a favourite place of ours and we come here often, staying weekends on more than one occasion.

Last visit to Saltaire: Sep 2004
Intro Written Jan 26, 2005
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Reviews (34)

Bingley Locks Off The Beaten Path (3)

The "Five Rise" locks at Bingley are one of the most beautiful flights on the Leeds Liverpool Canal. You can walk to... more travel advice

Lister Park Off The Beaten Path (3)

A couple of miles down the road towards Bradford is Lister Park. This is a huge park with a large boating lake, water... more travel advice

Shipley Glen Off The Beaten Path (3)

Beyond Roberts Park is Shipley Glen, a wooded hillside that offers some nice gentle walking and good views back from the... more travel advice

River Bus Transportation (2)

There's a water bus that runs a service along the canal from Saltaire towards Bingley on summer weekends. It's more of a... more travel advice

Local Customs (3)
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Nightlife (1)
Beer Festival
Things to Do (15)
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Sports & Outdoors (1)
Anyone For Cricket?

Shopping (2)
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Restaurants (6)
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Hotels (1)
Restaurant With Rooms
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iandsmith Feb 15, 2005 at 11:26 AM

Very interesting, thanks for sharing.
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Helga67 Feb 5, 2005 at 8:25 AM

It must be great to be there around festival time. Nice page
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richiecdisc Feb 4, 2005 at 5:51 AM

Lots of new pages from the VT UK King. I'll be back to check out the non-beery sections later. Real Ale sounds great to me and it's only 9 AM here. ;)
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JetlagCity Jan 31, 2005 at 3:09 PM

Beeties is such an unusual name, it sounds very homey and cozy! Great tip on the David Hockney museum, too. I love getting away for the weekend to places like this.
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sandysmith Jan 29, 2005 at 11:48 AM

thought you might like a helping hand ;-0 Good coverage of Saltaire too