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Baildon
West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber · population 17,053 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Days out & attractions in Baildon
Days out around Baildon – lakes, viewpoints, hills, nature reserves and more, including 10 in Baildon itself. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🏞️ Lakes & lochs
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🌄 Viewpoints
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⛰️ Hills & peaks
Acrehowe Hill
Low Hill · 1.2 miles
Former site of Acrehowe Cross aka Rerehow Cross (OS sheet CCI.NE, publ 1894). Possibly a plague location to saely leave supplies
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🌿 Nature reserves
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🏛️ Museums
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🌳 Parks & gardens
Roberts Park
Saltaire · 0.6 miles
Spanning 14 acres beside the River Aire, Roberts Park forms a key green component of the Saltaire World Heritage landscape in West Yorkshire. Bordered to the north by Higher Coach Road, Baildon, the river defines its southern edge, while a pedestrian footbridge spans the water to reconnect the park with the historic village of Saltaire. The site is recorded in the OpenStreetMap database as a park near Saltaire, and its layout includes a broad east-west promenade flanked by shelters at each end. The garden was laid out in the early 1870s by landscape architect William Gay for industrialist Sir Titus Salt and opened on 25 July 1871. Originally called Saltaire Park, it later acquired the name Roberts Park after Sir James Roberts purchased the land in 1891 and, in 1920, gifted it to Bradford Council as a memorial to his son. The park holds a Grade II listing on English Heritage’s Register of Parks and Gardens and carries the Green Flag Award. A major refurbishment funded largely by the Heritage Lottery Fund was carried out between February 2009 and April 2010, restoring the pavilion, shelters, statue and footpaths, and adding a children’s play area and a 280 m² BMX skate park. Visitors can follow the serpentine paths to the semi-circular Lockwood and Mawson pavilion, now the Half Moon Café, which provides Wi-Fi and toilet facilities. A bronze statue of Sir Titus Salt stands beneath a viewing platform, and a rebuilt bandstand hosts concerts. Adjacent amenities include a cricket ground, open playing field, and the north shelter with a poster exhibition of the park’s history. Access is provided from the east via the park lodge and from the south-east across a cast-iron bridge, with the footbridge over the Aire linking back to Saltaire.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🏊 Lidos & swimming pools
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
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🏚️ Ruins
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🏺 Archaeological sites
Eldwick Beck Mill
Gilstead · 1.2 miles
Woolen (worsted) spinning mill extant in C1th with mill pond to NNE
Eldwick Mill
Priestthorpe · 1.9 miles
Corn mill extant in C19th. Building(s) probably survive but not confirmed
Eldwick Mill mill pond
Priestthorpe · 1.9 miles
Thin mill pond along stream for Eldwick Mill
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🖼️ Galleries
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📸 Landmarks & sights
Shipley Glen Tramway
Baildon · 0.6 miles
A preserved cable funicular climbs through the wooded setting of Shipley Glen, situated close to Baildon and the village of Saltaire in West Yorkshire. The lower terminus lies roughly 660 feet (200 m) on foot from Saltaire railway station and is similarly distant from the historic Salts Mill, now home to shops, restaurants and the David Hockney gallery. The tramway is run by volunteers acting for the Shipley Glen Tramway Preservation Co Ltd, a charitable trust that holds a lease from Bradford Council. It first opened on 18 May 1895, an initiative of Sam Wilson, a local publican, showman and entrepreneur, to provide easier access to the former attractions that once occupied the glen, including a wooden toboggan ride and a sizeable fairground. Originally powered by a gas engine, the line has been electrically driven since 1920. Management passed to the charitable trust in 2002. After a temporary closure in 2010 for safety upgrades – involving new chassis, wheels, decks and improved braking on both cars and the haulage drum – the service resumed in 2011 and continues to operate under the volunteer-run trust.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🛝 Playgrounds
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Baildon.
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