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Sunday January 5th: we are closing early at 2.30pm due to the snow.
Please see opening times for more information.
Stunning classic, modernist furniture, homewares and designer gifts: in short, everything for the Home. Brands include Acme, Alessi, Cassina, Chemex, G-Plan, Fritz Hansen, Knoll, Kartell, Marimekko, Iittala, Ritzenhoff, Vitra plus many more. This is the place to find the beautiful, the useful and the unusual.
CALL 01274 530770 or 01274 531163
The World's largest selection of medieval, renaissance and baroque musical instruments. Come and see recorders, viols, lutes, harps, crumhorns, harpsichords, spinets, shawms, even hurdy-gurdies - as well as sheet music, CDs and accessories. A must for the musically minded.
See https://earlymusicshop.com/pages/opening-times
CALL 01274 288 100
Yorkshire Music School teaches you how to play in a relaxed and spacious environment. Here you'll develop your talents, build your confidence and connect with other like-minded musicians. Music tuition for all ages and all levels of ability including guitar, piano, vocals, drums, bass, rock band, ukulele, junior piano course, acoustic/classical guitar.
WEB: www.ymss.co.uk
EMAIL: info@ymss.co.uk
TEL: 01274 595954
Browse - the Salts Online Shop for posters, signed and special books and stationery.
The Peace Museum
The Peace Museum is dedicated to telling the histories of peace movements.
For their seasonal opening hours, please visit www.peacemuseum.org.uk.
When Sir Titus Salt built Salts Mill in 1853 it was all about seeing business through fresh eyes. Today a host of forward-looking companies continue that tradition. The current list of tenants includes a home-grown FTSE listed group, environmental and landscape architects, international software support agents, electronics manufacturers and many others.
Carlton Fine Art and Antiques is not just a traditional antique shop, dealing in fine furniture, paintings and quality objets d'art, but is also an 'Antique Centre' with approx. 40 dealers selling a wide range of antiques and collectables. The aim is to cater for every taste and pocket.
Please contact Carlton Antiques for their latest opening hours.
CALL 01274 592 103
Mountains of excellent outdoor kit and friendly, knowledgeable guides to help you choose exactly what you need. There's kit here for grownups and kids too: footwear, waterproofs, fleeces, rucksacks... Brands include Rohan, Berghaus, Sprayway, Lowe Alpine and Mountain Equipment.
EMAIL info@trekandtrailsaltaire.co.uk
CALL 01274 589 692
All Terrain Cycles is one of the biggest and best-stocked shops in the country. Here you'll find a massive range of leading brands from all the various cycling disciplines available to touch, feel and often even try before purchase.
See the website to check holiday hours.
CALL 01274 588 488
A leading contemporary jewellery gallery showcasing renowned designers and emerging talents from Britain and abroad. Much of the work on show pushes and blurs the boundaries between fine art, jewellery, design and fashion - resulting in pieces that may be best described as wearable art. As well as its core collection, the gallery organises a number of changing exhibitions each year.
WEB: www.kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk
EMAIL: info@kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk
CALL 01274 599 790
Life Goes On by Ian Beesley is showing in Gallery 2 throughout 2025. Esteemed social documentary photographer Beesley, who was born in Bradford, will make some changes and additions to this exhibition of his life’s work during Bradford’s year as City of Culture. Life Goes On is open 10am-5pm, Wednesday to Sunday, admission free.
The 1853 Gallery - named after the year that the mill opened - is unique. It displays a large number of David Hockney's paintings, etchings, and drawings. Art materials and art books are for sale too, dotted around this vast and inspiring space. Like all of the Mill it's free to enter.
enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk / 01274 531163
We’re always planning special events. Follow us on Instagram @saltsmillofficial for the latest news.
David Hockney: 20 Flowers for 2025 And Some Bigger Pictures
Our new David Hockney exhibition will open in Gallery 3 on the 3rd floor on Wednesday January 29th. It will be open Wednesday – Sunday, 10am until 4pm throughout 2025, admission free.
Ian Beesley: Life Goes On
This exhibition of work by renowned Bradford-born social documentary photographer will continue throughout 2025 in Gallery 2, 2nd floor, 10am-5pm. The artist will make additions to the show throughout the year, see our socials for updates.
Pauline Caulfield Textiles
See the selected large scale textile works by textile doyenne Pauline Caulfield on display in The Home from February 19th. www.paulinecaulfield.com
Norman Stevens: Prints
An exhibition of prints by Bradford-born, internationally recognised artist Norman Stevens R.A.(1937-1988) is on view at Salts Mill from Wednesday 12th February – Sunday April 27th.
Jowett Jupiter Owners Club and Jowett Car Club Display, Sunday April 27th, 12 noon – 4pm
The Jowett Jupiter Owners Auto Club and Jowett Car Club will be displaying some of their cars outside the main entrance on Sun April 27th. See these beautiful historic cars and chat to the owners on National Classic Car Drive It Day. The Jowett Cars factory was in Idle, Bradford, manufacturing vehicles from 1910 until 1954. The Jowett Jupiter sports car was released in 1950 and won Le Mans and the Monte Carlo Rally. 2025 is the 75th anniversary of the Jupiter, come and join the celebration!
Ann Hamilton: We Will Sing
A major site-responsive installation by Ann Hamilton, one of America’s most distinguished visual artists. We Will Sing opens May 3rd and runs to November 2nd. Opening hours to be confirmed. Please see www.bradford2025.co.uk/event/we-will-sing/ for more information.
All sorts of other really exciting things will be happening at Salts in 2025! Stay tuned.
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Please email enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk with the date and time you’d like to visit and the number in your party. Then we’ll send you a booking form
Salts Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3LA
Driving with satnav? Use postcode BD17 7DR and see directions below.
Tel 01274 531163
Saltaire is 4 miles north of Bradford, 15 minutes from the M606 and the motorway network. Follow the brown road signs from the motorway. The Saltaire train station is just across the road from the Mill. It takes 15 minutes to Leeds or Bradford.
Sat nav users: entering our correct postcode brings you into the wrong side of the Mill for the car park. Instead, please set your Sat Nav to BD17 7DR. When it tells you you've reached your destination, keep going along Salts Mill Road following the brown signs - you'll pass a big red brick chimney on your left as you cross the canal and The Waterfront, an office building, on your right, then you'll see the mill at the end of the road. Proceed through the gates into the free Salts visitors car park on the right.
The carpark is open in line with our trading hours. It is closed and locked at the end of the day.
Please email enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk with the date and time you’d like to visit and the number in your party. Then we’ll send you a booking form
01274 531163
Come along Salts Mill Road, pass the 'Visitors Parking' sign and continue past the chimney where you will see a glass canopy with disabled parking spaces. Level access to all public areas and the lift is through the tunnel opposite these parking spaces. There’s an accessible toilet on the ground floor and the 2nd floor. We have a wheelchair you can book for your visit, please call 01274 5311633 / email enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk and give us a few days notice.
For additional information or help please call 01274 531163 during opening hours.
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Salts Mill is open Weds – Sun. We’re closed Mon and Tues. Open most bank holiday Mondays. We’re always closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Please scroll right down for seasonal opening times, school holiday hours etc and note different areas have different hours.
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1853 Gallery, Salts Book & Poster Shop, The Home, Gallery 2: Weds – Fri 10-5, Sat and Sun 9:30-5.
People & Process: Weds – Sun 10-4
Gallery 3 showing David Hockney’s 20 Flowers for 2025 And Some Bigger Pictures: Weds – Sun 10-4
Café in to the Opera: Weds – Sun 10-4
Espresso Bar: open weekends from noon according to demand
Trek & Trail and Gold Lark Jewellery: Weds – Sun 10-5
All Terrain Cycles: see www.allterraincycles.co.uk
Carlton Antiques: see www.antiques-atlas.com/carltonfineart
Early Music Shop: see www.earlymusicshop.com
The Peace Museum: see www.peacemuseum.org.uk
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Salts Diner open Wed – Fri 10-4:30, weekends 9:30-4:30
Service times for Salts Diner:
Weds – Fri & bank hols: breakfast 10-11, lunch 11:45-3:30, close 4:30pm. Drinks, cakes & toasted items sold throughout.
Sat & Sun: breakfast 9:30-10:45, lunch 11:45-3:30, close 4:30. Drinks, cakes and toasted items sold throughout.
Booking advised for the Diner, please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk / call 01274 530533
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Café in to the Opera open Wed – Sun and bank holidays 10-4
Café in to the Opera serves cakes, sandwiches and light bites. Last orders for food 3:30pm. The café is walk-in only, we don’t take reservations.
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Open Weds April 9th – Mon April 21st inclusive, ie we are open Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Closed Tues April 22nd. Different areas have different opening times. Back to usual pattern of Weds – Sun from Weds April 23rd.
Advance booking recommended for Salts Diner, please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk
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Open 10-5 (different areas have different opening times)
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Open Weds May 21st – Sun June 1st inclusive, ie we’re open Bank Holiday Monday May 26th and Tuesday May 27th. As usual, different areas have different opening times.
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Open 10-5. As usual, different areas have different opening times.
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Open Weds 22nd October – Sun November 2nd, ie open Monday October 27th and Tuesday October 28th. As usual, different areas have different opening times.
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Advance booking recommended for Salts Diner, please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk
Open from Weds 17th December – Weds Dec 24th, early closing 4pm Christmas Eve. As usual, different areas have different opening times.
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: Closed
Open Sat Dec 27th – Weds Dec 31st – open early closing 4pm New Year’s Eve. As usual, different areas have different opening times.
New Year’s Day: Closed
Open Fri Jan 2nd – Sun Jan 4th
Closed Mon Jan 5th and Tues Jan 6th, then back to usual opening pattern of Weds – Sun from Weds Jan 7th. As usual, different areas have different opening times.
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Guide dogs & assistance dogs are of course most welcome. Small dogs, carried by their owners, can enter the galleries and shops but not restaurants. Dogs which can’t be carried aren’t allowed.
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Salts Mill is a place for art, dining and shopping in one stunning historic building. Parking and entrance is free. Inside you can admire our very big collection of works by David Hockney, be inspired by the very best in independent retail and enjoy our bustling restaurants and cafes. You can also learn about the history of the Mill in our People and Process and Saltaire History exhibitions (but if you're after a hefty dose of industrial history try Bradford Industrial Museum).
We often offer special events and exhibitions. In recent years we've worked with photographer Kevin Cummins, poets Simon Armitage and Tony Harrison, the Yorkshire Fashion Archive and Cloth & Memory to name but a few.
The mill is also a place of work for over 1000 people - home to a variety of businesses from technology to landscape architecture and graphic design. To join us, please see space to rent.
The Mill opened in 1853, the centerpiece of Sir Titus Salt's utopian vision of Saltaire. He built the adjoining model village to house his workers. Cloth production at Salts finally ceased in 1986, and the following year the mill was purchased by the late Jonathan Silver, who re-imagined it as a place where culture and commerce could thrive together.
In 2001, Saltaire became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNESCO noted: "Saltaire is an outstanding and well preserved example of a mid 19th century industrial town... The layout and architecture of Saltaire admirably reflect mid 19th century philanthropic paternalism, as well as the important role played by the textile industry in economic and social development."
To shop online please visit https://saltsmillshop.co.uk/
To contact us please phone 01274 531163 or email:
Salts Diner and Café in to the Opera: diner@saltsmill.org.uk
Galleries, bookshop, poster shop: enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk
Online shop: onlineshop@saltsmill.org.uk
The Home: thehome@saltsmill.org.uk
Salts Estates, property rentals & accounts: post@saltsmill.org.uk
For other businesses in the mill, please see their own websites.
Our postal address is:
Salts Estates Ltd
Salts Mill
Victoria Road
Saltaire
Bradford BD18 3LA
(Driving? Please see directions
Instagram: @saltsmillofficial. Twitter: @SaltsMill
3rd Floor Gallery - David Hockney: 20 Flowers for 2025 And Some Bigger Pictures
20 Flowers For 2025 And Some Bigger Pictures by David Hockney is open in Gallery 3 on the 3rd floor from Wednesday January 29th 2025 – Sunday January 4th 2026. The exhibition is open Wednesday – Sunday, 10am until 4pm throughout 2025, admission free. For details of opening hours please see opening hours.
enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk / 01274 531163
PEOPLE + PROCESS: SALTS HISTORY EXHIBITION
People and Process tells the story of the Mill through objects great and small: machinery, clothing, art - even a precious plate from the lavish opening banquet of 1853, to which Sir Titus Salt invited 2,440 workers and 1,310 guests. Sir Titus’s original boardroom furniture is on display, and a film about the history of the Mill and Village plays in an adjoining room.
enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk / 01274 531163
The Poster Shop at Salts Mill sells licensed David Hockney posters and postcards that will brighten your walls and cheer your heart. Framed or unframed - the choice is yours.
You can browse almost all of the beautiful posters we sell at saltsmillshop.co.uk, but the poster shop has more choice, including many framed items.
EMAIL enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk
CALL: 01274 531 163
Browse through inspiring art materials right next to original works from one of the world's greatest living artists. Brushes, paints, pens, crayons, pencils, sketch pads and much more, as well as a huge selection of art books.
enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk / 01274 531163
Beautifully curated, ever changing books to browse through and buy in an enormous, light-filled space. The bookshop is especially loved for its wonderful children's section and its poetry offering, but all minds are generously catered for here - philosophy, gardening, eating and drinking, fact, fiction, you name it - as well as cards and gifts. You can browse just a few of the beautiful, signed and collectable books we sell at saltsmillshop.co.uk, but the real-world book shop sells thousands more, from the humblest paperback to the hugest art book.
EMAIL enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk
CALL 01274 531 163
Salts Diner is at the heart of Salts Mill. You can grab a coffee or have a 3-course meal in this big, bustling space. Choose from the menu that includes Caesar salad or Salade Nicoise, try a Saltburger or try one of our daily specials. See our latest menus here. Breakfast menu here.
Booking advised, please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk / call 01274 530 533
TEL: 01274 530 533
Visit the Espresso Bar for drinks, sandwiches and cakes.
Salts Mill’s best-kept secret, Café in to the Opera got its name as it stood at the entrance to a display of David Hockney's opera sets that were on display here. You can still eat your lunch under David’s huge hand-painted mural. The Café serves cakes, sandwiches and savoury light bites. See a sample menu here.
EMAIL: diner@saltsmill.org.uk
CALL 01274 531163