THE AIRE SCULPTURE TRAIL OPENED IN MAY 2013

The project is a collaboration The trail is an integral part This exciting development has “The Aire sculpture trail Hive is a community arts organisation between CBMDC Dept of of improving the use of the been created for the benefit was officially opened on based in Shipley that has been delivering high quality creative activity across Regeneration & Culture, footpath alongside the river of residents and visitors to the 25th of May 2013 by for the last 30 years. Newmason Properties Ltd, Aire between Bridge and Shipley. It adds a Andrew Mason, Managing Canals & Rivers Trust, Hive and Saltaire. visitor attraction to the area Director of Newmason Hive uses creative thought and processes Community Arts Organisation and encourages the use of this Properties Ltd.” to engage communities in regeneration and develop the skills and confidence of At the top of Albert Road, turn left and and Wycliffe Primary School. footpath link. those involved. use the zebra crossing to cross Saltaire THE AIRE SCULPTURE TRAIL Saltaire Village Road. Continue straight ahead and then walk left around the corner to reach Heritage Walk Road. Stop here to browse or for a break if you wish before continuing. ROBERTS An ideal family walk through the streets of PARK ’s . At the top of George Street you can see 9 how Lockwood and Mawson have used 8 10 The walk is suitable for most reasonably fit and occasional the natural slope of the land to their 6 7 11 walkers and can be accessed by wheelchair users. 12 advantage to create a dramatic view of 3 4 5 the church against the backdrop of the 1 2 13 hillside. Saltaire is named after Titus Salt and Turn left down the ramp and follow the 14 15 the , which runs through the path around to the right to cross the village. Titus Salt rose from modest River Aire by the modern footbridge. Salt believed leisure was good for beginnings to become one of the BAILDON country’s most successful his workers’ health, particularly as a distraction from the temptations BRIDGE industrialists. He was deeply religious of alcohol. Public houses were not and a firm believer in the benefits of permitted in the village. A park was education. Salt had the village built so included in Salt’s plans from an early This trail, which starts from the bridge that he could make fine wool fabrics stage. It was completed in 1871. You on Victoria Road, is an integral part KEY using the most efficient methods can extend your tour by taking a walk of, improving the use of the footpath 1988. He makes sculptures for indoor 1 Octopus 4 Tortoises 7 Cat bath 10 Snowman 13 Submarine available and provide a healthy around it. In Britain the public town park Opportunities for adult learning and socialising alongside the River Aire between were provided in the Institute. Facilities included a environment for his workers. Henry first appeared in the 1830s. They quickly All houses were owned by the company. Baildon Bridge and Saltaire. lecture hall, library, gymnasium and games room. 2 Pirate ship 5 Fish & drawers 8 Bird 11 Dog 14 Frog on leaf Lockwood and were became a symbol of civic pride and Regardless of the tenant’s status each had running This exciting development has been created for the benefit of residents and the young architects employed to prosperity. water, an outside toilet, gas lights and paved yards, making them exceptional for the period. Continue along Victoria Road past the visitors to Saltaire and Shipley, it adds a visitor attraction to the area and 3 Salt pot slug 6 Fish 9 Skater frog 12 Alpaca 15 Dinghy dog realise this vision. Saltaire took Retrace your steps back to the railway row of shops to complete your tour where encourages the use of this footpath link Newmason Properties Ltd, Canals & River Trust, Hive Community Arts Organisation and Wycliffe Primary School. twenty-five years to complete and bridge and look towards the mill chimney. Continue along Bingley Road and then it began at the railway bridge. turn left into Victoria Road. Grouped began with the building of the Mill in Can you feel a breeze behind you? Salt Holmfirth based artist Mick has been a was concerned about the harmful effects around Alexandra Square are the In designing and building Saltaire, Key 1851. professional sculptor since leaving Mick7 Kirkby Geddes of smoke produced by factories and so Almshouses. This pleasant green is one Titus Salt and his architects 8 of several open areas located at regular It is not just the people who have lived located his mill where the prevailing demonstrated that planning a town intervals along Victoria Road. Spaces in Saltaire that have benefited from westerly winds would blow the smoke was preferable to allowing them to like these were normally found only in the Heritage Walk Route Salt’s carefully planned ‘model’ away from the village. The Mill is clearly grow haphazardly. Salt’s example most affluent areas of Victorian towns. village. This tour highlights how many separated from the housing by the was followed by other industrialists Exhibition More ambitious open spaces and Start of Countryside Walks of our towns in the United Kingdom, allotments where workers could grow and gradually the campaign for town gardens became a feature of company HIGHER COACH ROAD and even overseas, have been their own food, another healthy planning gained momentum. More Start of The Aire Sculpture Trail towns, housing estates and suburbs influenced by ideas first brought distraction from the temptations of drink! than fifty years after Saltaire was designed after Saltaire. together successfully in Saltaire. This zoning approach was copied at begun, national and local Viewpoint Bandstand other company towns and is echoed governments accepted that the social

Our tour begins on the bridge over the today by concentrating noisy and dirty problems created by the rapid Start of World Heritage Site Walk railway line. Look down Victoria Road businesses in industrial estates. expansion of industrial towns were towards the countryside beyond the their duty to tackle. With the 1909 village. Salt’s most influential idea was to Housing and Town Planning Act the Shops / cafes / restaurants / bars relocate his entire business to a foundations of the modern planning system were laid. Today this governs Public entrance greenfield site in order to escape the 3 Play how all land is used wherever we live area chaos of Bradford, where he had started Picnic Public disabled entrance his first factories. It was the country’s in the United Kingdom. area fastest growing town; the population had Parking exploded from 13,000 in 1801 to 104,000 Cyclists: Please give way Bus stop in 1851. Bradford was a crowded and Saltaire welcomes visitors, it is, however, a to others when using the footbridge unhealthy place to live with limited space working, living village. Please respect the canal towpath and warn Disabled Parking Forty years before the first state pension, elderly privacy of residents. them of your approach - for a factory on the scale Salt envisaged. or infirm persons of good ‘moral character’ were pedestrians have priority. Cycle parking stands Many industrialists followed Salt’s provided with a home and a pension in the 15 example and built factory towns of their Almshouses. For detailed information on Railway station Salt’s Mill housed a complete multi-stage M own such as Bournville (George manufacturing process transforming raw llama and travel, opening times of attractions, ideas on things Towpath Walk Cash machine Cadbury) and Port Sunlight (W H Lever). alpaca wool into finished luxury cloth. Continue downhill until you reach the The Aire to do in Saltaire and the and National 2 Sculpture Continue downhill along Victoria Road, Turn around and walk down the cobbled crossroads, where the former Hospital surrounding area, contact: Cycle Network Route Trail World Heritage Site boundary building stands at the corner. Use the Bingley (2.3 miles/3.75km) continues passing the impressive church on the left Albert Terrace. Then turn left into William to Baildon steps Bridge Places of interest within the World until you reach the canal bridge. Despite Henry Street. As you walk along notice puffin crossing to continue along Victoria 1 Road. You will soon reach two of the Heritage Site open to visitors its rural location Saltaire was not isolated. the different types of houses around you, VISIT BRADFORD 10 ALBERT TERRACE Salt thought like any modern business they reflect the status of their nineteenth finest buildings in the village, the School BRITANNIA HOUSE 1.1 Salts Mill and 1853 Gallery on the left and the Institute on the right. 12 BROADWAY M person. He wanted to distribute his century tenants. The three storey steps 2.2 Saltaire United Reformed They are set back from Victoria Road BRADFORD products quickly and cheaply so he houses originally provided shared Towpath Walk and Church with an open space in front to form BD1 1JF National Cycle chose a site with excellent transport links. lodgings for single workers. Small front Network Route 16 3.3 Roberts Park The Mill was built beside the railway, the gardens and more spacious houses were Victoria Square. Named in honour after Shipley (1mile/1.3km) 4.4 Victoria Road retail area motorway of the nineteenth century. The provided for the ‘overlookers’, the the Queen, Victoria Road linked all the 4 canal linked the village to Leeds and foremen of the factory floor. Turn right community facilities and important Telephone: 01274 433678 5.5 Gordon Terrace retail area buildings together, creating another and there were good local road onto Caroline Street. Here the front 6.6 Victoria Hall connections. doors of the properties open straight onto distinct zone within the village. www.visitsaltaire.com the street indicating that they were for Places of interest near to Saltaire Coach drop off / pick up point open to visitors lower paid employees. 9 As you walk along you will see the 6 7.7 and Museum streets branch off at regular intervals. 12 11 This grid pattern was chosen to use the 8.8 Shipley Glen available land efficiently. Although the Other places of interest not open houses are close together, Lockwood school to visitors and Mawson ensured that their height in relation to the width of the road allowed 10.9 Salt Building each house to receive ample daylight. A CLARENCE ROAD 11.10 Dining Room well thought-out layout is the basis for 12.11 Shipley College Exhibition any town plan to ensure land is not old tram Building wasted. Victorian mills depended on shed child labour, but their hours 13.12 Housing 13 were controlled by law to Continue to the junction with Albert Road. 14 14.13 Almshouses Here turn left uphill. First you will pass a ensure they attended school regularly. Many mill owners 5 15.14 Hospital row of ‘overlookers’ houses before provided school rooms but finding the grandest semi-detached Salt’s fine building was 16.15 New Mill residences, home to the company’s exceptional. 17.16 Allotment Gardens The former Congregational Church was provided executives, teachers and the church for the spiritual welfare of Salt’s employees. Its minister. Originally they had fine views magnificent interior should not be missed. over open country.

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real-time information real-time on the move move the on Get Get on your right. At the junction with several other paths

locks. Continue by following the towpath under bridge Nearing the viaduct the footpath goes over a The wording in this leaflet can be made made be can leaflet this in wording The continue straight ahead downhill on the now much

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canal towpath and up the steps onto the suspension surfaced path, which leads down to a metal bridge residents than car based journeys. However you choose to travel travel to choose you However journeys. based car than residents

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much less impact on the unique local environment and on local local on and environment local unique the on impact less much

www.wymetro.com to download download to Visit over the River Aire. via the pelican crossing onto the pavement opposite. and along a narrow walled path. After a short

consider using public transport when visiting Saltaire as this has has this as Saltaire visiting when transport public using consider Turn left and follow the pavement as it bears right up Cross the river and along the straight narrow footpath distance the walled path turns sharp right, ignore

critical that tourism is developed in a sustainable manner. Please Please manner. sustainable a in developed is tourism that critical this turning and go straight ahead through the preserve the beauty of Saltaire wherever possible. It is therefore therefore is It possible. wherever Saltaire of beauty the preserve Ferncliffe Road to the traffic lights at the junction with to its junction with a country lane (Beckfoot Lane),

gap in the wall in front of you, back down onto the As a World Heritage Site it is important that we do what we can to to can we what do we that important is it Site Heritage World a As the main Bradford Road on Bingley Main Street. here turn left and follow the lane passing Bingley

Cricket and Tennis Club on the left and Shipley Golf riverbank.

every 15 mins 15 every On reaching Bingley you can if you wish return to Club on the right. Continue straight ahead as the lane

moorings at Saltaire Village. Village. Saltaire at moorings Continue along the riverbank eventually passing

direct Bingley//Skipton To/from

Saltaire by bus. Services 622, 633, 662 & 760 from widens to the junction with the main Bradford Road. transport if you can. you if transport

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To/from Leeds direct every 30 mins 30 every direct Leeds To/from

come to Saltaire by public public by Saltaire to come Bingley stop at the top of Victoria Road, Saltaire. Also Here we suggest turning left to walk along the main before going over a small footbridge and under

To/from Bradford direct every 30 mins 30 every direct Bradford To/from Route 696. Route

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at Exhibition Road. Road. Exhibition at a direct rail service operates from nearby Bingley road to use the pelican crossing for a safer place to the railway bridge to emerge into Hirst Wood.

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below. up Hirst Lane and over the railway bridge before

Overnight visitor moorings moorings visitor Overnight Buses By Bus Bus By See Metro details details Metro See turning left along the top of the childrens play area

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How to get there get to How Buses and trains serving Saltaire (Mon-Sat daytime) (Mon-Sat Saltaire serving trains and Buses ahead crossing Albert Road onto Caroline Street. At the junction of Caroline Street and Victoria

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Saltaire Turn right along the towpath following it for

Route No.696 Route approx.1/2 mile to Hirst Lock. Here, halfway Network Network National Cycle Cycle National up the incline at the side of the lock turn right to go through a stile in the wall on your right. Once through the stile follow the path straight ahead and over the metal footbridge spanning the River Aire, once across turn immediately

left off the path to walk down the embankment M and straight ahead across the grassy area, passing on the left two other bridge structures. Continue straight ahead and cross the small metal footbridge ahead onto a narrow dirt track

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side of a building and along infront of the Bus and train services to Saltaire to services train and Bus Bradford Amateur Rowing Club. Continue

The Route To continue your walk, go along Prod Lane to eventually left and follow the road continuing straight ahead beneath the Silver Birch trees. Nearing the top Go through the gateway and turn right to follow Westgate and Commercial Street (the main turn left and walk behind The Glen Public House & eventually crossing a small bridge as the rough of the incline the ground levels out, here just the dry stone wall on your right along the top edge road) turn right and walk the short distance to With the canal behind you and ignoring the small Cafe. Here, you can if you wish shorten the walk by surface changes to tarmac. beyond the rusty metal railings on your left the of the field to where our path is joined from the the traffic lights, here turn left across the main entrances to the left and right, walk down the turning sharp left to go down the walled path between path divides. Our route continues straight ahead left by a track in front of Park war memorial. road to join Victoria Street on the opposite narrow path leading to the footbridge over the the large stone gate posts. At the bottom of the path After a short distance the track coming down from undulating along the hillside parallel to and above Continue by following the track as it bears right side. River Aire into Roberts Park. cross over Higher Coach Road and follow the walk the left is where the shortened walk re-joins the full the factory building, which can be seen below to uphill behind the war memorial to a field gate and instructions from . For the more adventurous continue walk. Here, turn right down Bowland Avenue by your right. stile, climb over the stile and follow the track under Walk down Victoria Street crossing over the Once in the park, continue straight ahead and by following the well worn path straight ahead, where, the bus turning area and walk between the houses the mature trees to its junction with the surfaced railway and canal bridges. Just beyond the turn left after the park lodge to walk down the after a short distance it bears left downhill through the heading for the metal footbridge which can be seen After a short distance the path starts to climb again road, Hollin Head. Turn right here and walk along canal bridge turn left to walk down the footpath promenade. Follow the path to the right after trees into Trench Wood. ahead. and eventually divides under the trees. This time Hollin Head between the houses, ignoring the two onto the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, turning passing the bandstand to exit the park through bear left uphill to follow the path up onto a grassy footpaths on the left and right, to its junction with right to follow the canal back to your start point plateau. Continue straight ahead along the plateau at Saltaire. the gates to the left of the shelter. Leave the park Nearing the bottom of the hill in the woodland cross over Cross the metal footbridge over the River Aire and Langley Lane. Here turn left down Langley Lane walking parallel with the rock face on your left and cross the road, turn right to walk down Higher a path and continue down a short distance further to the over the minor road on the far side to follow the to its junction with Roundwood Road. Turning left along the top edge of Baildon Bank ignoring the To continue walking back to Saltaire, cross Coach Road. After the car park turn left into the mill dam. Here, turn left to walk across the front of the footpath straight ahead and through the stile onto again downhill to the junction of the main Otley to path, which climbs steeply up the hillside on your the road and walk down Buck Lane opposite, lane heading for the wooden building ahead dam wall and up the track, with fields on your left and the canal towpath at Hirst Wood lock. Turn left along Shipley road. left. Just beyond the path you have passed on which is surfaced at first before coming a (Shipley Glen Tramway). Trench Wood to your right. the towpath to bring you back to the start point at the left our path divides again, take the left path At this point of the walk you can if you wish use rough, narrow farm track as you make your Saltaire. way down to the River Aire. At the tramway entrance, follow the path uphill On reaching a rather elaborate metal kissing gate on and continue along the level ground. On nearing public transport back to Shipley bus station. through the trees of Walker Wood. (Alternatively, the left (known locally as ‘the birdcage’), go through and the end of the plateau just before the railings on All buses from the nearby stop on the opposite On reaching the river, continue straight ahead if the Shipley Glen Tramway is open, why not follow the hedge-lined track downhill to its junction with your left, the path again divides. Continue straight side of the road, call at Shipley. On arrival at across the footbridge to follow the path as it have a ride to the top of the hill?). a rough road at the bottom (Higher Coach Road). Turn ahead across the hillside for a short distance to its Shipley bus station walk towards the town centre climbs steeply uphill to join the towpath of the junction with a steep flight of stone steps. Here clock on Kirkgate. Here turn left uphill a short Leeds and Liverpool canal near swing bridge turn left and climb the steps onto the top of Baildon distance before turning right down Rosse Street. 211. Turn right here and follow the towpath all Bank. On nearing the bottom cross over Westgate, the the way back to your starting point at Saltaire. road which joins from the right. At the junction of At the top of the steps turn right along the surfaced path between the houses and the top edge of the bank, before eventually emerging behind the houses at View. Here turn left and walk The Route along Bank Walk, bearing right at the end to join Westgate. Turn right down Westgate and walk From the bottom of Victoria Road turn left down downhill to its junction with the main road in the the narrow access road towards the car park centre of Baildon, here cross the road using the for the NHS New Mill offices. At the bottom of zebra crossing and turn left on the opposite side, the incline turn right between the entrance to before turning immediately right between the old V the Boathouse Inn and the New Mill car park, to drinking water fountain and the entrance to the N walk across the metal footbridge spanning the car park. Continue straight ahead up Hallcliffe River Aire into Roberts Park. Once in the park (the road between the Baildon Conservative Club follow the surfaced path straight ahead passing and the Ian Clough Hall) and follow the road, on your right the former gatehouse and park passing Baildon Parish Church on your right and shelter. Hallcliffe Community Gardens on your left before dropping downhill to its junction with several other Just beyond the shelter the path narrows down, roads. At the road junction continue straight ahead continue following the path for a short distance across Heygate Lane onto Ladderbanks Lane. before leaving the surfaced path by turning Follow Ladderbanks Lane for quite a distance as right across the grass, to leave the park via it narrows to a country lane and then down to a a narrow gap in the perimeter wall out onto Bandstand narrow unsurfaced bridleway before eventually Bandstand the pavement. Turn left here and cross over reaching a gateway overlooking Tong the road onto Thompson Lane opposite, walk Park Dam. along Thompson Lane passing on your left the children’s play area and continue almost to the end of the lane, where, at the rear of the last house on the left ‘East Barn’ leave the pavement by turning left onto the rough, grassy area of Baildon Green. From here follow the well-defined path across the grass as it bears slightly to the right up a gradual slope before joining a much wider path which runs from left to right. On reaching the wide path turn left uphill for a short distance before turning sharp right onto the well defined, but much narrower path leading sharply uphill