Bradford Heritage Festival 2026

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    Bingley Heritage Trail

    Download your trail here https://bingleyheritagetrail.co.uk/ Download the map and enjoy the wonderful Bingley Heritage Trail at your leisure. With 5 locations to explore plus bonus historic sites there is lots to keep everyone busy and interested.

    Free
  • The image shows a to scale model of Bradford Cathedral

    Bradford’s “Model” Cathedral

    Bradford Cathedral 1 Stott Hill, Bradford

    Visitors are invited to discover a beautifully detailed N Scale model of Bradford Cathedral. Explore the building’s architecture – from tower to transept – at a scale that reveals details often missed at full size. Also on offer is an architectural tour of the building on Thursday 16th July at 11am. Open 10.00am-4.00pm daily. Last […]

    Free
  • This image shows Penistone Hill pond which is surrounded by green hills and a pathway leading down to the pond

    Penistone Hill Guided Walk

    Bronte Parsonage Bronte Parsonage Museum, Church Street, Haworth

    Parsonage visitors are invited to join us for a guided, moorland walk upon nearby Penistone Hill. We’ll discover the landscape that inspired the Brontes and explore some remnants of its industrial past. The walk is available every day of the Festival 13-19 July 2026, 2.00-3.30pm.  available to Bronte Parsonage visitors. The walk is quite short, […]

    Free
  • Black and white historical photograph of four Bradford night watchmen wearing long coats and hats, holding lanterns and rattles while posed outside a building.

    Partners in Crime: Dr Thomas Beaumont and the Origins of Policing in Bradford

    Bradford Mechanics Institute 76 Kirkgate, Bradford

    Join the Mechanics’ Institute and the Bradford Police Museum for Partners in Crime, a special collaborative Bradford Heritage Festival event exploring the life and legacy of Dr Thomas Beaumont – surgeon, reformer and one of the civic figures connected to the development of Bradford’s early night watchmen. This free event has been developed through a […]

    Free
  • Collection of family history items displayed on a table, including old photographs, birth and death certificates, handwritten documents, newspaper clippings and a family tree book.

    Stories Across Generations : a creative family history workshop

    Keighley Local Studies Library Keighley Library, North Street, Keighley

    Do you want to record your family memories but don’t know where to begin? Do you have a box of old photographs, keepsakes or documents you’d love to make sense of? This welcoming, creative workshop will help you start your journey into family history. Discover how to begin tracing your ancestry using the library’s archives […]

    Free
  • The image shows a selection of photos of people from the past in black and white and sepia laid over hand written letters

    Stories Across Generations : A Creative Family History Workshop

    Keighley Local Studies Library Keighley Library, North Street, Keighley

    Explore your family history through scrapbooking and creative journaling. Discover how to begin tracing your ancestry using the library’s archives and resources, then use your own photographs and memorabilia to create a personalised heritage journal page. FREE Please book using the ticket link www.ticketsource.co.uk/bradfordlibraries

    Free
  • A section of the Bradford Beck flowing through a green urban waterway, with moss-covered stones in the stream and trees overhanging the water.

    The Bradford Beck

    Bradford Industrial Museum Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, United Kingdom

    Explore the fascinating history of the Bradford Beck and its impact on the development of Bradford. This talk will uncover how the beck shaped industry, transport and communities throughout the city and how it continues to influence Bradford today.

    Free
  • Image of Bradford Beck with a small stone bridge across it. The image shows a blue sky and a green field

    Guided Walk with the Aire Rivers Trust / Friends of Bradford’s Becks

    Join us for a guided walk of Bradford’s Becks. Along the way you will learn about the natural and industrial heritage of these becks, and hopefully see some special wildlife along the way. Meeting Point: Car park in Cliff Wood Avenue, off Bradford Road, BD18 3DD. what3words: market.sting.mining Walk is Free of Charge aireriverstrust.org.uk bradford-beck.org

  • Two performers in Victorian costume posing in a churchyard in Haworth, with gravestones and a church tower visible in the background. One wears a black top hat and dark coat, while the other wears a white bonnet and green shawl.

    A Saunter Round the Sights (and a Canter up the Cobbles)

    Bronte Parsonage Bronte Parsonage Museum, Church Street, Haworth

    The year is 1848. Join Tabbitha Ackroyd (Bronte servant and confidante) and John Brown (grave digger and tippler) for their tour of Haworth. See the sights and get the gossip. Be introduced to doctors and lady novelists, maiden aunts and sewage inspectors. Keep your eyes peeled and you might spot a Bronte… This event brings […]

    Free