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Bradford - One Landscape, Many Views

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Baildon Moor

Cartwright Hall

(above left) Baildon Moor by Dave Burns
To the north of Bradford lies beautiful moorland stretching from the Aire to the
Wharfe valley and only a short drive from the city centre.
More information at www.bronte-country.com/baildon-moor.html

(above right) Cartwright Hall by Grace Hilton
Built in 1904 by Samuel Cunliffe Lister (of Listers Mill), named after Edmund
Cartwright inventor of the woolcombing machine. The French design influenced
building is of stone quarried from Idle. The centre-piece of Lister Park, it is
fronted by formal gardens and the new Moghul fountains.
More information at www.bradford.gov.uk/tourism/museums/cart.htm

City Hall Clock
Fibres Sculpture

(above left) City Hall Clock by Colin Sutton
Built 1873, four clock faces each 10ft 6in diameter in the famous 220ft high tower
modelled on the Campanile of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It is the
crowning glory of City Hall; its carillon chimes can be heard throughout the city.
More information at www.bradford.gov.uk/about/cityhall.html

(above right) Fibres Sculpture by Colin Sutton
Unveiled in 1997 in St Blaise Square, this sculpture by Ian Randall symbolises the
regeneration of a former railway site with rail tracks "shooting out " of the ground,
set in stone paving and illuminated at night.
St Blaise was the Patron Saint of Woolcombing.
More information at www.ngfl.ac.uk/sculptrail/sculp15.html

Listers Mill
Odeon Cinema

(above left) Listers Mill by Colin Sutton
Dominating the Bradford skyline is Listers South Manningham Mill with its 249ft
high campanile chimney in Italianate design dating from 1873.
The famous mills were once the home of silk and velvet manufacturing.
More information at www.nmpft.org.uk/100years/mill.html

(above right) The former Odeon Cinema by Colin Sutton
A building better known as the New Victoria and later the Gaumont Cinema, ballroom
and restaurant. An architectural landmark in the city but sadly now disused and
awaiting demolition. After 70 years of purveying top cinematic (and theatre)
entertainment it is now to be lost forever.
More information at www.bradfordtimeline.freeserve.co.uk/p1930a.htm

UR Church, Saltaire
Woolpack Inn

(above left) United Reform Church, Saltaire by Colin Sutton
Opened in 1859 as the Congregational Church, it is an architectural gem with its
Corinthian columns and domed tower. contains the Mausoleum of Sir Titus Salt
creator of Saltaire, the model village named after him and the nearby River Aire.
More information at www.saltaire.yorks.com/urc.html

(above right) Woolpack Inn, Esholt by Colin Sutton
Originally the Commercial Inn at Esholt (aka Beckindale) but now renamed
The Woolpack after its long association with Emmerdale the famous YTV soap.
The pub, like the village, is now a hugely popular tourist attraction.
More information at www.berridge99.freeserve.co.uk/emm/odds/sods2.htm

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