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Welcome to Bradford

Things To Do Highlights

City Park Fountains
City Park

City Park is a six-acre park in the heart of Bradford which contains the largest man-made water…

St. Ives Estate, Coppice Pond
St Ives Estate, Bingley

Take a walk through St Ives Estate and admire the picturesque lake, woodland and wildlife. Other…

Eccleshill Railway Walk
Eccleshill Railway Walk

A gentle walk through beautiful woodlands and fields, partially following the route of the old…

Salts Mill Exterior
Salts Mill & 1853 Gallery

Four comprehensive art galleries featuring over 400 works by David Hockney. Grade II Listed…

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is a heritage railway that was reopened in 1968 and runs from…

Entrance to the Ilkley Toy Museum
Ilkley Toy Museum

The museum contains one of the finest private collections of toys in the Country.

Esholt Village
Ladderbanks Lane, Esholt and the River Aire circuit

A 5 mile circular walk through Baildon and Esholt

Here at the bottom of Ivegate were the headquarters of Sir Thomas Fairfax.
Bradford Civil War Siege Trail

This trail marks key locations of the Bradford Civil War Siege.

Exterior of an old mill building
Bradford Industrial Museum

Bradford's Industrial Museum has permanent displays of textile machinery, steam power, engineering…

The iconic Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor.
Cow and Calf Rocks

High on Ilkley Moor the Cow and Calf Rocks are a large rock formation consisting of an outcrop and…

A picture of someone wearing walking boots
The Brontë Connection

A walk linking three important sites associated with “Wuthering Heights” around Stanbury.

Shipley Glenn Tramway
Shipley Glen Cable Tramway

Britain's oldest working cable hauled tramway opened in 1895 run entirely by volunteers.

Interior of Victorian police station.
Bradford Police Museum

Victorian cells, court and gallery telling the history policing, crime and punishment in Bradford…

St George's Hall Exterior View
St George's Hall

The Victorian built St George's Hall is home to a wide range of entertainment bringing the cream of…

Cliffe Castle Exterior © Phil Jackson
Cliffe Castle Museum and Park

A former mansion built 1875 - 1882, now the local museum in a park.

Rail Story at Ingrow.
Rail Story

Visit Rail Story to learn more about the railways and the people who worked on them.

A Cathedral
Bradford Cathedral

City Centre's hidden jewel set in attractive gardens. Visitors experience a warm welcome,…

Esholt Village
Four Pubs Walk

A gentle 4 mile walk around Esholt

St. Ives Estate, Coppice Pond
Around St Ives Estate

A walk through the beautiful St Ives Estate

Alhambra Theatre Night
Alhambra Theatre

Professional theatre providing classic drama, musicals, ballet, opera, pantomime, international…

People looking at stained glass windows
Bolling Hall

A primarily 17th century mansion house, containing period furnished rooms as well as temporary…

Impressions Gallery Centenary Square City Park Bradford courtesy Impressions Gallery
Impressions Gallery

Impressions Gallery is a charity that helps people to understand the world through photography and…

Brontë Parsonage Museum Garden (c) Bevan Cockerill
Bronte Parsonage Museum

The Brontës are the world's most famous literary family and Haworth Parsonage was their home from…

South Square Centre
South Square Centre

South Square Centre is an arts led community centre in the heart of Thornton, Bradford. The centre…

What's On Highlights

City of Culture 2025
UK City of Culture 2025

Bradford district’s year of culture is set to deliver more than 1,000 new performances and events…

Openings

Season

1st January 2025-31st December 2025
Lead image: © Aïda Muluneh
Nationhood: Memory and Hope | Aïda Muluneh

Portraits of our local heroes form the backbone of Aïda Muluneh’s major exhibition at Impressions…

Openings

Season

11th January 2025-26th April 2025
Image: Part 25 of a Qur'an in 30 parts, written in gold Muḥaqqaq script and dedicated to Sultan Öljaitü in 710 AH/1310 CE in Mosul, modern-day Iraq ©
Fighting to Be Heard | British Library

Boxing, calligraphy and the collections of the British Library at Cartwright Hall in Bradford.

Openings

Season

17th January 2025-27th April 2025
Hamilton
Hamilton

The multi award-winning Hamilton will play a 7-week season at the Alhambra Theatre,

Openings

Season

28th January 2025-15th March 2025
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
Steam Gala

Over the four days, you’ll be able to ride behind guest locomotives and home fleet at the Keighley…

Openings

Season

20th March 2025-23rd March 2025
Lead image: © Patrycja Maziarz
The Big Brass Blowout

Celebrate the best in brass with the Big Brass Blowout across Bradford District.

Openings

Season

11th April 2025-13th April 2025
Lead image: © DJ Q
Bassline Symphony

The sound of our city as you’ve never heard it before at St. George's Hall.

Openings

Season

9th May 2025
A picture of the characters Mary Poppins and the chimney sweep Bert
Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins comes to the Alhambra Theatre for a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-ly good show.

Openings

Season

21st May 2025-29th June 2025
Close-up of a tennis racket and ball (© Canva).
Lexus Ilkley Trophy Tennis Tournament

Get ready for an exciting week of tennis at the Lexus Ilkley Trophy, hosted at the Ilkley Lawn…

Openings

Season

8th June 2025-15th June 2025
Lead image: Mammoth spear thrower © 2024 The Trustees of the British Museum
Ice Age Art Now | British Museum

Travel back in time at this British Museum Partnership Exhibition at the Cliffe Castle Museum.

Openings

Season

21st June 2025-14th September 2025
Bradford Literature Festival event at the Wool Exchange.
Bradford Literature Festival

Bradford Literature Festival is an annual festival and year-round cultural outreach programme.…

Openings

Season

27th June 2025-6th July 2025
Bradford Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival

Fun family festival, Adrenalin fuelled dragon boat racing on the water, and land side attractions…

Openings

Season

27th June 2025-29th June 2025
Memories of the Future | Akram Khan with Helen Linsell
Memories of the Future | Akram Khan with Helen Linsell

An ambitious dance work starring the people of Bradford at the Alhambra Theatre.

Openings

Season

5th July 2025
Woman waving a red flag in front of a steam train, symbolising a scene from The Railway Children.
The Railway Children

The Railway Children return to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Openings

Season

16th July 2025-7th September 2025
Lead image © Aïda Muluneh
A Portrait of Us | Aïda Muluneh

A photographic celebration of our unsung heroes across the district.

Openings

Season

9th September 2025-6th October 2025
View of the river Aire at Roberts Park, Saltaire.
Saltaire Festival

The Saltaire Festival is held annually, a celebration of the arts, community and the village's…

Openings

Season

13th September 2025-21st September 2025
Pictureville cinema auditorium view of seats.
Widescreen Weekend

Experience Widescreen Weekend, a festival celebrating large-screen formats and cinema technologies…

Openings

Season

25th September 2025-29th September 2025
Ilkley Literature Festival Stage View at King's Hall.
Ilkley Literature Festival

The North’s liveliest, most prestigious Literature Festival.

Openings

Season

3rd October 2025-19th October 2025

Accommodation Highlights

Large hotel building and grounds
Hollins Hall Hotel & Country Club

Escape to the country at our sophisticated hotel. An unforgettable country getaway awaits you at…

A wedding venue
The Best Western Craiglands Hotel

Elegant hotel in its own mature grounds, overlooking the town and surrounding moorland.

Ibis Bradford Exterior
Ibis Bradford Shipley

Modern 78 bedroom hotel. Free parking. Closest hotel to Salts Mill, Saltaire, UNESCO World…

Best Western Guide Post Hotel Exterior
Best Western Bradford Guide Post Hotel

Offering Free High speed Wi-Fi Internet Access and Free Car Parking facilities, The Best Western…

Fleece Inn exterior
The Fleece Inn

A former coaching inn situated in the heart of Bronte Country providing 7 high-quality en suite…

Exterior of One Tivoli Place
One Tivoli Place Guest House

One Tivoli Place is a Victorian Terrace property in a quiet location, within easy walking distance…

Bracken Hall House Exterior
Bracken Hall House B&B And Holiday Let

New luxury B&B overlooking Shipley Glen within walking distance of Saltaire. Perfect location for a…

Overlookers Cottage Lounge
Overlookers Cottage

Overlookers Cottage is a Grade II listed building situated in a quiet location in the World…

Exterior of Ann's Farmhouse
Ann's Farmhouse

Family run establishment on a working farm in a quiet rural setting with safe parking for cars.

Mercure Bradford Bankfield Hotel Exterior
Mercure Bradford Bankfield Hotel

A Gothic mansion set in its own grounds on the banks of the River Aire. Ideal for visiting the…

A hotel exterior
The Crescent Inn

Standing proud in the centre of Ilkley, The Crescent Inn is a majestic arc holding a real ale pub…

Ashtree House Exterior
Ashtree House Bed and Breakfast

A family run bed and breakfast on the outskirts of the village of Thornton, the birthplace of the…

Apothecary Guest House And Tea Rooms
The Apothecary Guest House

Located at the top of the Main Street opposite the famous Bronte Church and 1 minute from the…

Highfield Hotel Exterior
The Highfield Hotel, Restaurant, Bar & Leisure Club

This welcoming family run and owned hotel is the ideal base for social, leisure and business…

Abbey Lodge Hotel Exterior
Abbey Lodge

A boutique style hotel located in the market town of Shipley, less than one mile from Saltaire,…

The Black Hat Exterior
The Black Hat

Centrally located, our 7 boutique style rooms have recently been converted as an addition to the…

Hollies Cottage Lounge
Hollies Cottage

Hollies Cottage is a ground floor detatched cottage, set in beautiful countryside with private…

A bedroom
The Bronte Bobbin

Set in the beautiful village of Haworth this chic city style apartment is a perfect retreat from…

Bradford Digs Bedroom
Bradford Digs

Wonderful houses to rent less than 2 miles from the city centre.

The Gin Lounge Bar
The Gin Lounge

Six boutique Edwardian hotel suites with roll-top baths and views of Ilkley Moor.

Faweather Grange
Faweather Grange

Luxury log houses specialising in romantic breaks for 2. Private outdoor hot tubs, jacuzzis,…

Hawksbridge Cottage Exterior
Hawksbridge Cottage

1830s semi detached cottage with breath taking views of surrounding countryside, near to moors,…

Double bedroom
Weavers of Haworth - Guesthouse and Cottages

Weavers Guesthouse offers luxury guest accommodation in the heart of the picturesque village of…

Rose Cottage Bedroom
Rose Cottage

Pretty whitewashed cottage, fabulous views and location. Oak beams and open fires. South facing…

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