Saltaire
A Victorian model village built by the mill owner Titus Salt between 1851 and 1871, so his workers could live away from the slums of Bradford. Its great mill, which stopped spinning in 1986, now holds an art gallery and restaurants beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
- Where
- Bradford, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 53.8372, -1.7903
Get the Saltaire stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Saltaire. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near Saltaire
Fountains Abbey 33 km
The ruins of a Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 near Ripon, which grew into one of the wealthiest in England before it was dissolved in 1539. Its roofless church and cloisters now stand within Studley Royal, an 18th-century landscaped garden.
National Railway Museum 47 km
Britain's national museum of rail transport, part of the Science Museum Group. Its halls hold Mallard, Duchess of Hamilton, a Stirling Single and a Japanese bullet train, and it was named European Museum of the Year in 2001.
York Minster 48 km
The cathedral of York and seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England. One of the largest Gothic cathedrals in northern Europe, it holds a vast collection of medieval stained glass, including the Great East Window.
The Shambles 48 km
A narrow medieval street in York whose timber-framed buildings, some from the 14th century, lean out over the cobbles on jettied upper floors. Once called the Great Flesh Shambles, it was a butchers' street, with 31 butchers' shops as late as 1885 and none today.
National Football Museum 49 km
England's national museum of football, housed in the glass Urbis building in Manchester city centre. It preserves and displays collections of football memorabilia, tracing the history of the game through shirts, trophies and match balls.
John Rylands Library 50 km
A late-Victorian neo-Gothic library on Deansgate, founded by Enriqueta Rylands in memory of her husband and opened to the public in 1900. Part of the University of Manchester since 1972, it keeps most of the university's special collections under its vaulted reading room.
Science and Industry Museum 50 km
A museum that traces the development of science, technology and industry, with weight on Manchester's own achievements. It is part of the Science Museum Group and stands on the site of Liverpool Road, the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station.
Peak District 51 km
An upland at the southern end of the Pennines, mostly in Derbyshire, divided between the gritstone moors of the Dark Peak and the limestone dales of the White Peak. Most of it became Britain's first national park in 1951, and Kinder Scout is its highest point.
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Questions
Where is Saltaire?
Saltaire is in Bradford, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Fountains Abbey (33 km), National Railway Museum (47 km), York Minster (48 km).
How do I get the Saltaire stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Saltaire and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Saltaire before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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