Salts Mill & 1853 Gallery
📍 Salts Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, BD18 3LB
About Salts Mill & 1853 Gallery
A magnificent place to visit, just next to the city of culture, Bradford, you will find Salts Mill, on the site of the outstanding UNESCO World Heritage area of Saltaire, which is next door to Shipley, in the Bradford metro region. Spend a few hours exploring all that this special place has to offer, and you'll leave with a soul full of culture.
Description
Salts Mill is set in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Saltaire. The Grade II Listed historic mill building was built in 1853 by Sir Titus Salt along with the village to house his workers.
The whole area is of architectural and historical interest.
1853 Gallery David Hockney
Salts Mill is home to one of the largest collections of David Hockney’s art. On the ground floor you will find the 1853 Gallery which houses a permanent exhibition of works by David Hockney.
Gallery 2 and the Saltaire Exhibition
On the second floor beyond Salts Book and Poster Shop is Gallery 2 and the Saltaire Exhibition. Gallery 2 has a collection of work by Henry Marvell Carr R.A entitled “The Textile Process” and Simon Palmer’s collection of Saltaire paintings and drawings. At the rear of the gallery is the Saltaire Exhibition which is a fascinating exhibition which explores Saltaire’s history from 1853 to the present day.
Shopping
If you enjoy shopping then take time to explore the many independent shops in the mill which include everything from bikes to antiques. Stroll around the Salts Book and Poster shop and browse in The Home a luxury home ware and furniture shop.
Cafes and Restaurants
A popular choice with locals and visitors alike is Salts Diner, found on the second floor. If you just fancy a coffee visit The Espresso Bar (go through the Diner and turn left). On the third floor is Salts Mill’s excellent fish restaurant, Café in the Opera (open Wed – Sun 10am – 5pm).
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📍 Salts Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, BD18 3LB
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My wife, who is wheelchair user, and I visited Salt Mill this Saturday 7 March 2026. We have been here before 3 years ago. While the Exhibition and displays are great but the place itself is not 'disabled friendly' for this century. Only one accessible toilet which doubles as a Baby changing room also. If a inconsiderate parent occupies about 40 minutes for a nappy change the disabled person 'bursting' is snookered! Trust me we faced that situation! There is one small lift servicing the whole building and a disabled person could end up waiting a long time to go up or down. I accept and appreciate the free entry but it may be worth considering an entry charge if only to invest in useful infrastructure! A must 'go to place' if you admire David Hockney paintings like we do. Great displays and souvenirs to buy! Generally staff are helpful but some are unfriendly to the point of being rude! Probably not trained in Customer care and poorly managed.
Marvellous space! Beautiful buildings sensitively used for a brilliant FREE Hockney exp on ground floor and many lovely art materials available to buy. Gorgeous book shop on higher floor plus lovely reasonably priced cafe. Biggest treat for me was the exhibition of Ian Beeson's deeply moving, thought provoking photographs! Also Free!! The UNESCO world heritage site that is Saltaire village is over the bridge (2 mins away) and is perfectly charming with the four lions who should have been in Trafalgar Square- can you spot them? All together makes for a really great day out, even in this misty-rainy weather
Incredible place, We Will Sing is amazing and is highly recommend a visit just for this, I really wish I could buy a vinyl album of the recording it was breathtaking. But there are also wonderful shops with books, stationery etc. Quite a few eating options, the carrot cake in the upper cafe is heavenly! And of course the artwork is fantastic. Very highly recommend!
Loved this old industrial building, wonderfully preserved. Went to the free Hockney exhibition and perused the gallery upstairs and bolt on antique store. It looked like a great cafe in the place too. All in a beautiful part of the world. What a great place to walk around Saltaire is.
My favourite place in Yorkshire! I’ve been coming here since I was a kid and still love it now. Great selection of shops, art, restaurants! Really well looked after building and I can spend hours in here!