Coming to Ilkley Manor House, photo ILKLEY is Ilkley’s first photography festival that brings together emerging talent and important contemporary voices. Discover winning images from the Young Photographers Competition and compelling projects exploring identity, inequality and representation. FREE Drop in. There plenty of off street parking as well as parking in the main car park […]
Why not bring the family to Northcliffe Woods (not the park) Take a ride on our miniature railway through the woods. Bring a picnic and make a day of it. Drop in – no fee but donations welcome.
Apologies the Bradford District Museums have had to cancel this event Taking centre stage are Kirkgate Bateria! a community percussion group based in Shipley and founded in early 2025. A bateria is a group of drummers, and this one brings powerful, infectious Afro‑Brazilian rhythms from across Brazil, alongside modern funk‑inspired grooves. The group is […]
A new performance featuring Catherine Salt, wife of Titus Salt Junior and her butler Gregory. Explore life in service, rules of etiquette, life upstairs and downstairs, Royal Visit to Milner Field and Titus Salt Junior’s sad demise. Joanne Crowther and Adrian Slater play the key characters, with wit and audience interaction. Thanks to support from […]
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.
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 […]
Discover the remarkable art and architecture of St Clement’s Church, including designs by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, a striking Venetian mosaic by Antonio Salviati, paintings by William Palin and stained glass by Charles Kempe. Explore this historic place of worship and learn more about its continuing role in the local community. Saturday 12th […]
Roll up, roll up! Step up, have a go, and claim your bragging rights. Take on our heritage carnival games — Roll‑a‑Coin, Ball‑in‑a‑Bucket and Table Quoits — led by our very own Victorian Carnival Host. Also enjoy some live music and look out for historical character Florence White making an appearance! Free drop in event […]
