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04 Life 06 Ilkley – Timeless Town 08 Saltaire – Fabric of Life 10 Haworth – Endless Possibilities BRADFORD 12 – Full Steam Ahead 14 The Great Outdoors AND DISTRICT 16 Tour de Yorkshire 2018 18 Art & Culture 20 The National Science A truly cultural destination and one of the and Media Museum youngest, most vibrant places in the country. 22 City of Film 24 Heritage & Architecture Combine a UNESCO City of Film With attractions such as the and World Heritage Site with wild Brontë Country, Keighley and 26 Food & Drink and beautiful moorlands, throw in Railway, the Cow 28 Retail Therapy world class artists such as David and Calf rocks, Ilkley Lido, Hockney, and literary greats, , the National Science 30 Family Fun The Brontës, couple that with a and Media Museum, and the 32 Enjoy a Stay With Us vibrant city, packed with heritage Alhambra Theatre, all just a 34 Travelling in and Around and fun things to do, and you short train journey apart; it’s no the Bradford District have Bradford! wonder it’s one of the hot spots of the North for both fast paced 35 Map urban breaks and rural retreats. 36 Stay in the Know 37 Fairtrade Bradford

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Bradford city centre is home to the Alhambra Theatre and soon to be renovated St Georges Hall. Both over one hundred years old, they offer a complementary mix of comedy and CITY LIFE west end shows. Bradford is the world’s first UNESCO City Proud to have been one of the richest cities in the country due to its of Film due to its rich film heritage and international recognition for wool, the inspirational movie locations. Wool Exchange, built in the 19th Century, still shows the wealth and importance It is a cultural city with many galleries at the National Science wool brought to Bradford through its attractions and an impressive and Media Museum, which architecture. Nowhere is this more history, which is reflected overlooks the multi award evident than in Little Germany, a unique in the striking architecture winning City Park, a beautiful collection of 19th Century buildings, 55 of found throughout. water feature and an arena for a which are listed. spectacular events programme Take in the high profile throughout the year. A Bradford curry is a must when visiting exhibitions and interactive the city but if you prefer more traditional cuisine there is plenty of choice. Try North Parade and quench your thirst with the wonderful varieties of real ale. Be wowed by , an intricate maze of tunnels, which have been restored and now host a unique shopping, eating and drinking experience within characterful and quirky surroundings. For more shopping, visit Broadway Shopping Centre or the Kirkgate Shopping Centre, perfect for keeping up with the latest trends.

Bradford city centre is packed full of exciting things to do whether you are visiting for a day or longer. So be bold and book your visit today.

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TIMELESS TOWN The picturesque town of Ilkley is situated in the Wharfe Valley, at the southern end of the . Photography by: Stephen Dinsdale Stephen by: Photography

The former spa town of Ilkley, rose to fame in the nineteenth century when thousands visited for the fresh invigorating air. Renowned for its fresh air due to the surrounding moorland and beautiful countryside, Ilkley itself has an array of quality shops, cafés and restaurants. To learn more about this elegant town, nestled in the dramatic landscapes of Bradford go to www.visitilkley.com

06 www.visitbradford.com www.visitbradford.com 07 Visit Bradford Visit Bradford SALTAIRE SALTAIRE FABRIC OF LIFE UNESCO World Heritage Site, Saltaire takes its name from the founder, Sir Titus Salt and the , which runs through the village.

Take a walk around Saltaire village, which boasts spectacular architecture, you will come across a unique selection of independent shops and restaurants. Explore Salts Mill, which once manufactured fine woollen fabrics and is now home to one of the largest collections from the world famous artist, David Hockney. Across the river is Roberts Park, where you can take a stroll, watch a game of cricket or enjoy a concert at the bandstand. Saltaire also plays host to a number of indoor/outdoor events and festivals throughout the year. To find out more visit www.visitsaltaire.com

08 www.visitbradford.com www.visitbradford.com 09 Visit Bradford Visit Bradford HAWORTH HAWORTH ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES Haworth encapsulates all that is Yorkshire, due to its world renowned status ‘Brontë Country’.

Haworth is also a haven for independent beautifully preserved museum. You can businesses, from luxurious handmade even explore the unspoilt moorland chocolates, to art galleries and an array and experience the inspirational spots of places to eat and drink, you can spend where the sisters wrote. 2018 is the endless time browsing up and down the bicentenary of Emily Brontë’s birth cobbled Main Street. and the museum are celebrating with a number of events throughout the If you are fan of the Brontë sisters, then year. Haworth also has a packed events a visit to the Brontë Parsonage is a calendar throughout the year visit must. The Parsonage was home to the www.visitbrontecountry.co.uk to find Brontë family from 1820 and is now a out more.

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Keighley has a great AHEAD selection of museums including Cliffe Castle Keighley is just a short distance from Museum and Gardens Haworth and you can get there by and East Hall.

jumping on the Keighley and Worth There are plenty of Valley Railway. opportunities to shop in Keighley and the popular Cavendish Street is a good place to start. The Shopping Centre also has high street names on offer. If you fancy a break, you can visit one of the many real ale pubs. The town is home to the famous Timothy Taylors so you will always find some tasty local ale.

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Enjoy the big blue skies and inspiring views across Bradford’s rolling hills and rugged moorland. The dramatic Pennine countryside and wide open spaces are what makes Bradford District home to many fantastic walks and cycle routes.

One of the best ways to explore is the district. Alternatively for those of you on foot and Bradford District currently who prefer to be off road, you can ride has three Walkers are Welcome towns; the Pennine Bridleway. , and Burley in Wharfdale. By having this accolade you can feel There are a number of routes such as confident exploring Bradford’s stunning the Airedale Greenway and the Great countryside with other very experienced Northern Railway Trail which are perfect TOP 5 WALKS TOP 5 CYCLING ROUTES walkers. www.visitbradford.com/explore for the more relaxed rides including all the family. • The • The Tour de France route If you prefer heading out on two wheels, • The Dales High Way • Aire Valley Towpath you can choose from a number of routes. So whether you want to grab your • The Bradford Millennium Way • Airedale Greenway You can retrace the greatest sporting walking boots and binoculars, or jump • Length and Breadth of • Calder Aire Link event ever to visit Yorkshire; The Tour on your bike, saddle up the horse or trek • The Brontë Connection • Great Northern Railway Trail de France, and follow the route through with the alpacas, the decision is yours. All walks and rides are available to download from: www.visitbradford.com/outdoors

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Since its launch in 2015 the Tour de Yorkshire has grown to become one of the world’s most dramatic and best supported professional cycling races.

Stage two route of the Tour de The fourth edition promises to Yorkshire will return to Bradford be equally spectacular and is a on Friday 4th May 2018! The race not to missed! race will finish at the Cow and Calf rocks in Ilkley. Stage four on To find out what else is Sunday 6th May will see riders happening in Bradford come through and that weekend go to the challenging climb at www.visitbradford.com/events Haworth Main Street. For more information on Every year this UCI Europe the Tour de Yorkshire go to tour event takes in some of www.letour.yorkshire.com the county’s most spectacular scenery and attracts some of the most famous names in the sport.

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ART & CULTURE DAVID HOCKNEY Photography by: Bradford has an eclectic mix of arts, entertainment Bradford was the birthplace of the Tommy London/Alamy Stock Photo famous artist David Hockney and his and cultural venues. The Alhambra which has stood work is proudly displayed in Cartwright in Bradford for over one hundred years, today hosts Hall, Bradford and Salts Mill in Saltaire. A permanent gallery opened in 2017 to mark David Hockney’s some of the UK’s top shows. THEATRES IN BRADFORD 80th birthday. The gallery, which is dedicated to his life • There are a host of events which take The is an and work, is free and houses place throughout the year; including independent space for contemporary • Bingley Arts Centre a collection of his early work, Bradford Literature Festival in June photography and has an international • Keighley Playhouse including sketches, paintings, and Ilkley Literature Festival in October reputation. Kala Sangam is a leading • iPad drawings, prints and being key attractions. south Asian arts and culture organisation • Theatre in the Mill photographs. based in Little Germany, offering a The Kings Hall and Winter Garden is programme of shows, events and a central venue in the elegant town interactive activities for everyone of Ilkley and is superbly suited to to enjoy. theatrical and musical events.

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THE NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MEDIA MUSEUM

The National Science and Media Museum is best known for its fantastic interactive exhibitions and excellent events programme.

Visit the UK’s first IMAX the science of light and sound. theatre which opened right Visitors can step into a world of here in Bradford and see an wonder, where what they see is exciting programme of 3D and only the beginning. Spectacular blockbuster films for an all- live experiments make visitors embracing viewing experience. part of the show, and large-scale interactive exhibits will change The £1.8 million state-of-the-art how they see the world. It’s gallery WONDERLAB opened science but not as we know it! in spring 2017 and explores

20 www.visitbradford.com www.visitbradford.com 21 Visit Bradford Visit Bradford THINGS TO DO THINGS TO DO CITY OF FILM Bradford has been a film location since the beginning of cinema with its film heritage dating back to the years around the First World War.

Bradford has hosted many top film Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. productions and welcomed stars such Due to this rich film heritage it became as Warwick Davis, Drew Barrymore the world’s first UNESCO City of Film. and Toni Collette. Top film locations This permanent title bestows international include Ilkley Moor, Haworth Village, recognition on Bradford as a world Little Germany in Bradford and the centre for film.

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Within Bradford you can walk the streets On the outskirts of the city centre lies the and see the intricate architecture of the sombre , Bradford Wool Exchange, stunning City Hall and Industrial Museum, Cartwright Hall, set HERITAGE & the dramatic . in the award winning and the magnificent Bolling Hall a 17th century ARCHITECTURE manor house.

Nearby Saltaire, became a Bradford has a rich and fascinating UNESCO World Heritage Site, history from Roman remains to thanks to its preservation as a Victorian industrial village. Victorian grandeur. Today the great mill complex is the key feature of Saltaire and home to quality shops and galleries. Photography by: George Wood George by: Photography

The Brontë Parsonage in Haworth, was home to the literary sisters and is now the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Preserved as it would have been in the Brontë’s time, it is a fascinating exhibition of their lives.

In Keighley visit , a 17th century manor house and originally the spectacular mansion of a local Victorian millionaire and textile manufacturer, now a local history museum. 24 www.visitbradford.com www.visitbradford.com 25 Visit Bradford Visit Bradford THINGS TO DO THINGS TO DO FOOD & DRINK

REAL FOOD The choice of food throughout Bradford District is ILKLEY A speciality fine amazingly varied, from the Michelin starred Box Tree food market on in Ilkley, award winning Terrace in Saltaire to over the first Sunday of every month. 200 Asian restaurants.

Bradford has a fantastic reputation for are situated in the district’s beautiful curry and our Asian restaurants specialise countryside. The Woolpack in , in curries from Kashmir, Pakistan and The Flying Duck in Ilkley, The Dog and India. The restaurants are proud to serve Gun in Oxenhope and Haworth Old Hall, authentic Asian cuisine, so it’s no wonder just to name a few. Bradford holds the official title of ‘Curry Capital of Britain’. Bradford offers a tempting mix of SUNBRIDGE CURRY CAPITAL BAILDON traditional and international culinary WELLS Bradford retains the FARMERS MARKET Bradford is also proud of its real ale offer delights, whether it’s real ale and pub Based in Bradford city crown of ‘Curry Capital A bustling friendly market and is home to many breweries. From grub or fruity mocktails and fine dining centre, a maze of tunnels of Britain’ for the seventh on the fourth Saturday of Timothy Taylors and Wishbone Brewery you are looking for, our restaurants, which offers a unique year in a row, for our the month. in Keighley, to the unique Saltaire cafés, pubs and bars are sure leisure experience right where to eat curry Brewery and Bingley Brewery. There are to get your taste buds tingling. in the heart of the old guide visit many great real ale pubs, some of which trading quarter. www.visitbradford.com

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numerous places to eat anddrink. boasts amixof designer shops,alongside long establishedindependents. Ilkley CavendishStreet, wherefind you will a wide range of highstreet names and Airedale Shopping Centre, which offers mix of shops.Keighley ishometo the and Keighley alsooffer aneclectic Saltaire. The larger towns of Ilkley your street then visit Haworth and If independent shopsare more up great range well known retail brands. Forster Square Retail Park which offers a and eateries. Only ashort walk away is they offer over 80highstreet shops theKirkgatewith Shopping Centre the city’s two centres. shopping Together right intheheartof thecity isthefirst of The Broadway Shopping Centre, located www.visitbradford.com THINGS TO DO Visit Bradford 29

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FAMILY FUN Bradford is a place for all of the family to enjoy.

The National Science and Media woodlands, open moor, a wildflower Museum offers interactive and meadow, and paths throughout. The educational exhibitions allowing children Adventure Playground is a fantastic to explore science and the culture feature for the children, and Coppice of light and sound. It includes three Pond offers both fishing opportunities, pivotal firsts: the world’s earliest known and a chance to feed the ducks. Bradford surviving negative, the earliest television even has an outdoor swimming pool, the footage, and the camera that made the family can take a day out to Ilkley and earliest moving pictures in Britain. enjoy splashing around in the outdoor pool at Ilkley Lido. Want some fresh air? St Ives Estate in Bingley is a wonderful country park with CHILD FRIENDLY EXHIBITIONS Museums that hold regular child friendly exhibitions, and they are good for adults too:

National Science Cliffe Castle and Media East Riddlesden Museum and Museum Hall Gardens Bradford Industrial Museum

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There are so many different places to stay in and around Bradford, which offer you the chance to fully explore everything on offer.

You can escape the hustle and bustle So why not choose Bradford for your and enjoy the peaceful countryside of next break away. It is also an ideal Ilkley and Brontë Country, take in the location due to its excellent public rich heritage in the cosmopolitan city transport links which allow you to of Bradford or have the unique explore the area whilst leaving your experience of staying in a World car behind. Heritage Site in Saltaire.

To find out more about where to stay visit: www.visitbradford.com/accommodation

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TRAVELLING Ilkley Moor IN AND AROUND THE Ilkley A65

Brontë BRADFORD Country A6038 Keighley

Oakworth A650 Bingley DISTRICT A629 Haworth Shipley ROAD Saltaire Bradford district is well served by motorways. The M606 brings you within World Heritage Site 1.5 miles of the city centre. There are links from the M1, A1 and M6 via the M62.

COACH AND BUS RAIL is situated in the Bradford has excellent rail links with Oxenhope A650 Bradford city centre and is served by National two central train stations; Bradford Express www.nationalexpress.com. Forster Square and Bradford Interchange. A6033 It also services and Both stations have excellent links to there are regular buses to key towns , Manchester and further afield, in the area. plus a direct service to London from Bradford Interchange.

Approximate off peak journey times Approximate off peak journey times KEY by car from: by rail from: Railway London 200 miles 3h 45min London 2h 50min KWVR M606 to M62 Leeds 10 miles 30min Leeds 20min Manchester 38 miles 1h Manchester 1h Roads York 35 miles 1h York 55min

34 www.visitbradford.com www.visitbradford.com 35 Visit Bradford Visit Bradford SOCIAL MEDIA FAIRTRADE STAY IN FAIRTRADE BRADFORD Visitors to Bradford District can enjoy You can experience a selection of Fairtrade products in many shops, cafés Bradford’s Fairtrade towns by walking and restaurants, knowing that they are the scenic ‘Bradford District Fair Trade helping to secure a more sustainable Way’. Download the walks at THE KNOW future for farmers and workers in the www.visitbradford.com/outdoors developing world. Find out more about Keep up-to-date and tell us what you are up to through social media, Haworth became the world’s first Fairtrade in Bradford District we are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as VisitBradford. Fairtrade village in 2002 and Bradford www.fairtradeyorkshire.org.uk was declared a Fairtrade Zone soon after. Many other towns and villages in Bradford District also play an active Look out for our Discover guides, available for Saltaire, part in supporting Fairtrade. Haworth & Brontë Country, Bradford and Ilkley. Contact our helpful team on 01274 433678 or go to our website www.visitbradford.com

Don’t forget use #visitbradford in your posts and tweets so we can share, like and retweet. EVENTS A Unique Museum

The Peace Museum occupies three small, unique Bradford has a brilliant and exciting galleries in one of Bradford’s many fine Victorian annual events programme. To find out buildings. It is the only accredited museum about what’s on throughout the year of its kind in the UK and is a member of the visit International Network of Museums for Peace. www.visitbradford.com/events

The Museum is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10am – 4pm and at other times by prior arrangement. Group bookings and school visits welcome.

Where to Find Us

The Peace Museum, 10 Piece Hall Yard (Off Hustlergate, opposite the Wool Exchange Building) Bradford, BD1 1PJ.

www.peacemuseum.org.uk The wording in this publication can be made available in other formats such as large print and Braille. Please call 01274 433678. Engage Educate Inspire Act 36 www.visitbradford.com The Peace Museum is an Accredited Museum, Registered Charity No 1061102, Registered Company No 03297915 Inspirational home of the Brontë family

Fine dining in Restaurant 1914, VIP treatment in the Laidler Lounge bar and the biggest and best touring shows in the UK…

Set in the picturesque village of Haworth, the Brontë Parsonage Museum is the former home of the world’s most famous literary family and the place where Restaurant 1914 Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë wrote some of the greatest novels in the English language. The Museum houses the world’s largest collection of Brontë manuscripts, To book your table or to find out furniture and personal possessions and offers an exciting programme of events, about our children’s menu, call exhibitions and family activities throughout the year. 01274 431052. Emily Brontë’s Bicentenary 2018 Laidler Lounge Upgrade We’re celebrating Emily’s 200th birthday with a full programme A glass of Taittinger Champagne of exhibitions and events – visit on arrival and a programme – www.bronte.org.uk for details £12 per person. T&Cs apply. Open November-March 10am-5pm daily, April-October 10am-5.30pm. Last tickets sold 30 minutes before closing. Closed during January. President: Dame Judi Dench Reg Charity: 529952 Reg Company: 73855

Haworth, Keighley West Yorkshire BD22 8DR Booking fees apply 01535 642323 www.bronte.org.uk

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Opening times vary, please check before visiting

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THE MIDLAND HOTEL

Forster Square, Bradford BD1 4HU 01274 735735 [email protected] www.peelhotels.co.uk/hotels/midland-hotel- bradford-yorkshire-

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The Midland Hotel, Bradford is Situated in the heart of Bradford, 100m from Bradford Forster Square Station. The Midland has 90 fully equipped bedrooms. The hotel boasts Executive, Premium and Standard accommodation with Four Poster Rooms, and Interconnecting Family Suites. The hotel offers complimentary car parking for residents on site and has recently upgraded to high speed broadband which can deliver 500Mbps and are proud to be the only hotel in Bradford currently offering DarkLight for our conferences and residential guests.

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Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and Rail Story Museums A great full day out! Ride heritage trains and explore our Carriage Works and the Engine Shed museums, if you’re short on time, just visit one!

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St. Peters House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK BD1 4TY www.kwvr.co.uk www.railstory.co.uk kalasangam.org Tel: (01274) 303340