Shipley

Worth seeing in and around Shipley

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Valley Parade

   Valley Parade, currently known as Mbanq Valley Parade for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The stadium was built in 1886 as the home of Manningham Rugby Football Club; it remained so until 1903, when the club changed code from rugby league to association football, and became Bradford City A.F.C. Valley Parade has since been Bradford City's home ground, and is now owned by the pension fund of the club's former chairman Gordon Gibb.

   3.3 km · Football stadium in Bradford, home to Bradford City A.F.C. · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Al-Mahdi Mosque

   The Al-Mahdi Mosque is a mosque in Bradford, England. The mosque was built at a cost £2.5 million entirely from voluntary donations of British Ahmadi Muslims.

   3.9 km · mosque in Bradford, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bradford Reform Synagogue

   The Bradford Synagogue, officially Bradford Reform Synagogue, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 7 Bowland Street in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the United Kingdom. Established as a congregation in 1873, the synagogue building was completed in 1881.

   3.6 km · synagogue in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

   Cartwright Hall is the civic art gallery in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, situated about a mile from the city centre in the Manningham district. It was built on the former site of Manningham Hall using a gift of £40,000 donated by Samuel Lister and it is named after Edmund Cartwright.

   2.4 km · Art museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Bradford Industrial Museum

   Bradford Industrial Museum, established 1974 and located in Moorside Mills, Eccleshill, Bradford, United Kingdom, specializes in relics of local industry, especially printing and textile machinery, kept in working condition for regular demonstrations to the public. It is owned and operated by Bradford Council.

   3.9 km · Industrial museum, mill museum, textile museum, in Eccleshill, Bradford, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Shipley Town Hall

   Shipley Town Hall is a municipal structure in Kirkgate in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England. It was the headquarters of Shipley Urban District Council.

   800 m · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Victoria Hall

   Victoria Hall, Saltaire is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Saltaire, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, designed by architects Lockwood and Mawson.

   1.6 km · building in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum

   Bracken Hall Countryside Centre and Museum is a children's museum, natural history education centre and nature centre established in 1989 at Bracken Hall on the edge of Baildon Moor, close to Shipley Glen in West Yorkshire, England. In 2013 the Bradford Council removed their funding of the museum.

   2.7 km · children's museum, natural history museum, local archaeology museum, interpretation centre in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Shipley College

   Shipley College is a General Further Education college in West Yorkshire, England, The college is a small place mainly based in the village of Saltaire. Other Sites are used for Lifestyle and Adult Learning and include local schools and Community Centres.

   1.5 km · college in Bradford, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of St Paul

    The Church of St Paul, Shipley is a parish church in the town of Shipley, West Yorkshire, England. It is the only Anglican church in the benefice of Shipley St Paul.

    1.1 km · church building in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Shipley

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 8 km · Manchester (MAN), 64 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 90 km

Stations

Shipley railway station, 400 m · Saltaire railway station, 1.7 km · Baildon railway station, 2 km · Frizinghall railway station, 1.5 km · Idle railway station, 2 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Shipley

  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £6–8
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• Liverpool → Shipley

  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £10–14
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Shipley

  106 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £12–16
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