Bradford Heritage Open Days forms part of the national Heritage Open Days festival, under this year’s theme, Everyday Histories. The event brings together heritage-led organisations and community groups from across Bradford to share their work, projects and programmes in one welcoming space. Through exhibitions, talks, displays and activities, visitors can explore the ordinary moments and untold […]
Step inside Farfield Friends Meeting House near Ilkley and discover one of the world’s oldest Quaker meeting houses. Founded in 1689, this modest and peaceful building offers a fascinating glimpse into centuries of Quaker history, worship and community life, providing a rare opportunity to explore an important local heritage site. Open every day during Heritage […]
Discover the stories of women connected with Saltaire whose lives challenged the expectations of their time. This online exhibition celebrates both remarkable achievements and quieter acts of resilience, revealing women who succeeded in male-dominated worlds, sought greater independence and helped shape the freedoms enjoyed by later generations in Saltaire and beyond. The exhibition opens on […]
Explore these atmospheric mills which produced some of the finest cloth in the world. Visit the Museum & Archive, the Art Gallery exhibition , our artists’ Open Studios, giant sheep & Family Trail before enjoying refreshments in the Tea Room.
Visit this beautiful sacred space and walk a labyrinth. See original stained stained glass and memorials from the Chapel Lane Chapel. Fascinating 18c archives and regular guided conversation on Rational Dissent and the birth of radical Bradford Friday 11th & 18th September Saturday 12th & 19th September Sunday 13th & 20th September
Discover 170 years of Bradford Festival Choral Society through photographs, programmes and stories from its remarkable archive. Explore Victorian Bradford, garden parties, balls and everyday choir life, and meet the people and places behind its history. Visitors can also share their own memories, photographs or memorabilia and help uncover more of the choir’s story. Book […]
Discover Bradford Beck, the City’s underground river, integral to its historical development. We’ll follow the Plaque Trail through the City centre, following the underground route of the Bradford Beck, and hear tales of medieval mills, breweries, tanners, strikes, floods, bridges and buildings. And uncover a winning poem. Led by Friends of Bradford’s Becks volunteer and […]
Visit St John the Evangelist, Bierley to find out what led the Parish Priest to participate in a national movement that changed the life of mill workers in Bradford and beyond. Revd George Stringer Bull was the Minister of St John the Evangelist Church in Bierley from 1826 to 1839. During this time he became […]
