Bradford
Council - Well-organised web site with lots of information Yorkshire
Tourist Board - Touristic information about Yorkshire in generalLister Park - National Museum of Photography, Film and Television - Library - Historic walks - Colour Museum - Industrial Museum - Bolling Hall - Saltaire
Below are some tips on inexpensive ways to have a nice time close to home. Much more information can be found on the following web sites, where you can also find more information about location, opening times and special exhibitions for the attractions below:
Bradford
Council - Well-organised web site with lots of information
Yorkshire
Tourist Board - Touristic information about Yorkshire in general
Important: Take your Student Card with you wherever you go. Many attractions, if not free, offer reduced rates for students (often called "concessions" or "concessionary rates").
Finally, during our time in Bradford we created the International Dinners web site. You might want to visit it for more suggestions, recipes of dishes from all over the world, and much more.
(Free) Very close to home (opposite the Management Centre) and free! The park has a boating lake with a small pavillon, a playground, free sport courts where you can play soccer, tennis, and basketball. When the weather is nice, it is a good place to have a picnic or just sit on one of the benches and look at the people.
If the weather is bad, have a look at the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery & Museum, which is also located in the park and has new collections every couple of months.
(Free) World famous in Bradford (and some other parts of England), this museum is great fun. You can easily spend a couple of rainy Saturdays here. What's more: admission is free, although you do have to pay for films shown in the museum's Pictureville, Cubby Broccoli, and IMAX theatres.
Where: City Centre, Manchester Road, five minutes away from Bradford Interchange Station
(Free) Library membership is free (you will need to take a proof of your current and your home address) and you can borrow up to 10 books. CDs and videos are also on loan, but you will need to pay for them.
Where: City Centre, Manchester Road, five minutes away from Bradford Interchange Station
(Free) Go to the Tourist Information (in the City Library) and get the Cinema Heritage Trail or the Merchant Trail, self-guided walks around some of Bradford's historic buildings. And you can pick up some more tips on what to do in Bradford and environment as well.
Where: City Centre, Manchester Road, five minutes away from Bradford Interchange Station
(Students £1.00) Interactive exhibits enable visitors to learn everything about colour and colouration. Also displays the history of dyeing and textile printing.
Where: City Centre, 1 Providence Street, off Westgate
(Free) An original spinning mill complex built in 1875, now used to recreate life in Bradford at the turn of the century. Fascinating machinery, mill stables complete with horses and daily demonstrations.
Where: Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP.
(Free) Named after the Bolling family, who built the oldest part, most of it dates from the time of the Tempests in the 1600's. It was always a family home and still has that welcoming, homely quality. Bolling Hall is close to Bradford City Centre yet a world apart from the noise and bustle of life today.
Where: Bowling Hall Road, Bradford, BD4 7LP
(Free) Saltaire combines in its name Titus Salt, a 19th century industrialist who built and owned Salt's Mill (and most of Saltaire, by the way), and the river Aire that crosses the town. The mill that Salt built was for his large textile trading enterprise. Being a socially enlightened person (certainly by 19th century English standards), he then proceeded to provide for his workforce a complete town away from filthy Bradford, with excellent housing by the standards of the day, education, health care, social activities and, in later years, even retirement homes.
You can have a nice stroll through the village (pick up a guide at the Saltaire Tourist Information) and along the river. The mill currently houses a large bookshop and a number of arts, fashion, designer kitchenware and home decoration shops. There is also a permanent exhibition dedicated to the Yorkshire painter David Hockney.
Where: about 20-30 minutes walk from the Management Centre, just continue straight on from the Keighley road entrance of the Management Centre towards Shipley. Alternatively, take a bus on Keighley Road or the train from Frizinghall.
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