A YEAR IN NORMANDIE
APRIL 29th - OCT 29th 2023, WEDS – SUN, 11AM – 4PM.
Roofspace, 4th floor
Admission free, no pre-booking required.
David Hockney's A Year in Normandie reopens April 29th, Weds – Sun 11am – 4pm until October 29th 2023. CLOSED CORONATION DAY MAY 6th.
At 90.75 metres long this is David Hockney’s biggest ever picture: a vibrant, joyful frieze recording the changing seasons in and around the artist’s French garden. This is the first time this vast work has been seen in the UK.
David Hockney "A Year in Normandie" 2020-2021 (detail.) Composite iPad painting. © David Hockney
Please see opening times for more information.
Stunning classic, modernist furniture, homewares and designer gifts: in short, everything for the Home. Brands include Acme, Alessi, Cassina, Chemex, G-Plan, Fritz Hansen, Knoll, Kartell, Marimekko, Iittala, Ritzenhoff, Vitra plus many more. This is the place to find the beautiful, the useful and the unusual.
CALL 01274 530770 or 01274 531163
The World's largest selection of medieval, renaissance and baroque musical instruments. Come and see recorders, viols, lutes, harps, crumhorns, harpsichords, spinets, shawms, even hurdy-gurdies - as well as sheet music, CDs and accessories. A must for the musically minded.
At the time of writing the Early Music Shop is by appointment only. Please see https://earlymusicshop.com/ or contact them directly for further details.
CALL 01274 288 100
Yorkshire Music School teaches you how to play in a relaxed and spacious environment. Here you'll develop your talents, build your confidence and connect with other like-minded musicians. Music tuition for all ages and all levels of ability including guitar, piano, vocals, drums, bass, rock band, ukulele, junior piano course, acoustic/classical guitar.
WEB: www.ymss.co.uk
EMAIL: info@ymss.co.uk
TEL: 01274 595954
Browse - the Salts Online Shop for posters, signed and special books and stationery.
When Sir Titus Salt built Salts Mill in 1853 it was all about seeing business through fresh eyes. Today a host of forward-looking companies continue that tradition. The current list of tenants includes a home-grown FTSE listed group, environmental and landscape architects, international software support agents, electronics manufacturers and many others.
Carlton Fine Art and Antiques is not just a traditional antique shop, dealing in fine furniture, paintings and quality objets d'art, but is also an 'Antique Centre' with approx. 40 dealers selling a wide range of antiques and collectables. The aim is to cater for every taste and pocket.
Please contact Carlton Antiques for their latest opening hours.
CALL 01274 592 103
Mountains of excellent outdoor kit and friendly, knowledgeable guides to help you choose exactly what you need. There's kit here for grownups and kids too: footwear, waterproofs, fleeces, rucksacks... Brands include Rohan, Berghaus, Sprayway, Lowe Alpine and Mountain Equipment.
EMAIL info@trekandtrailsaltaire.co.uk
CALL 01274 589 692
All Terrain Cycles is one of the biggest and best-stocked shops in the country. Here you'll find a massive range of leading brands from all the various cycling disciplines available to touch, feel and often even try before purchase.
See the website to check holiday hours.
CALL 01274 588 488
A leading contemporary jewellery gallery showcasing renowned designers and emerging talents from Britain and abroad. Much of the work on show pushes and blurs the boundaries between fine art, jewellery, design and fashion - resulting in pieces that may be best described as wearable art. As well as its core collection, the gallery organises a number of changing exhibitions each year.
WEB: www.kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk
EMAIL: info@kathlibbertjewellery.co.uk
CALL 01274 599 790
Changing exhibitions from our collection and by visiting artists.
Currently showing The Other Side and Other Works by David Hockney.
Admission free. See opening hours
The 1853 Gallery - named after the year that the mill opened - is unique. It displays a large number of David Hockney's paintings, etchings, and drawings. Art materials and art books are for sale too, dotted around this vast and inspiring space. Like all of the Mill it's free to enter.
enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk / 01274 531163
We are always planning special events. Keep informed on Instagram @saltsmillofficial, twitter @SaltsMill or on Facebook.
David Hockney's A Year in Normandie reopens April 29th, Weds – Sun 11am – 4pm until October 29th 2023
Café in to the Opera is temporarily closed (note, Diner open as usual.) People and Process is open 10-4.
The Arrival of Spring open 10 - 4
We’ll be open throughout May half term week, please scroll down for details. Closed Coronation Day (Sat May 6). Open Bank Holiday Mon May 8th.
Open on bank holiday Mon 1st May
CLOSED on Coronation Day Sat 6th May
We’ll be OPEN on Bank Holiday Mon 8th May
Enjoy the Saltaire Arts Trail May 27 – 29, see https://saltaireinspired.org.uk/.
We’ll be OPEN for May half term: open Weds May 24 – Sun June 4th inclusive.
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Please email enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk with the date and time you’d like to visit and the number in your party. Then we’ll send you a booking form
Salts Mill, Victoria Road, Saltaire, West Yorkshire BD18 3LA
Driving with satnav? Use postcode BD17 7EF and see directions below.
Tel 01274 531163
Saltaire is 4 miles north of Bradford, 15 minutes from the M606 and the motorway network. Follow the brown road signs from the motorway. The Saltaire train station is just across the road from the Mill. It takes 15 minutes to Leeds or Bradford.
Sat nav users: entering our correct postcode brings you into the wrong side of the Mill for the car park. Instead, please set your Sat Nav to BD17 7EF. When it tells you you've reached your destination, keep going along Salts Mill Road following the brown signs - you'll pass a big red brick chimney on your left as you cross the canal and The Waterfront, an office building, on your right, then you'll see the mill at the end of the road. Proceed through the gates into the free Salts visitors car park on the right.
Please email enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk with the date and time you’d like to visit and the number in your party. Then we’ll send you a booking form
01274 531163
Come along Salts Mill Road, pass the 'Visitors Parking' sign and continue past the chimney where you will see a glass canopy with disabled parking spaces. Level access to all public areas and the lift is through the tunnel opposite these parking spaces. There’s an accessible toilet on the ground floor and the 2nd floor. We have a wheelchair you can book for your visit, please call 01274 5311633 / email enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk and give us a few days notice.
For additional information or help please call 01274 531163 during opening hours.
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Salts Mill is open Weds – Sun. We’re closed Mon & Tues. Open most bank holiday Mondays. We’re always closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
We’ll be open extra days over Easter & throughout May half term week, please scroll down for details. Closed Coronation Day (Sat May 6). Open Bank Holiday Mon May 8th.
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Year in Normandie open 11-4 until Oct 29 2023
1853 Gallery, Salts Book & Poster shop, The Home: Weds - Fri 10 - 5, Sat & Sun 9:30 – 5:00
Salts Diner: Weds – Fri 10-4, weekends 9:30-4 (see service times below)
Café in to the Opera is temporarily closed as we recruit chefs – to apply please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk (note, Diner open as usual.)
People and Process is open 10-4.
Gallery 2: Weds – Sun 10-4
The Arrival of Spring open 10 - 4
Espresso Bar open weekends from 2023 for drinks and cakes
Trek & Trail & Kath Libbert Jewellery: Weds – Sun 10 - 5
Carlton Antiques: Weds – Fri 10:30 – 4:30; Sat 10:30-5; Sun 10:30-4:30
Early Music Shop: see www.earlymusicshop.com
All Terrain Cycles: see www.allterraincycles.co.uk
Service Times for Salts Diner and Café in to the Opera:
Salts Diner open weekdays 10-4, weekends 9:30 -4
Service times Weds – Fri: breakfast 10-11, lunch 11.45-3, close 4pm
Drinks, cakes and toasted items sold throughout
Service times Sat & Sun: breakfast 9:30 – 10.45, lunch 11.45-3
Drinks, cakes and toasted items sold throughout
Café in to the Opera is temporarily closed as we recruit chefs – to apply please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk (note, Diner open as usual.)
Service times: drinks, cakes and toasted items sold throughout; lunch served 11:30-3
Booking advised for the Diner and Café, please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk / call 01274 531163
We’re always closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day. Early closing on Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve.
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We’ll be open all Easter week: open every day from Weds April 5th – Sun April 16 inclusive.
OPEN on bank holiday Mon 1st May.
CLOSED on Coronation Day Sat 6th May.
We’ll be OPEN on Bank Holiday Mon 8th May.
We’ll be OPEN for May half term: open Weds May 24 – Sun June 4th inclusive.
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Guide dogs & assistance dogs are of course most welcome. Small dogs, carried by their owners, can enter the galleries & shops but not restaurants. Dogs which can’t be carried aren’t allowed.
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Salts Mill is a place for art, dining and shopping in one stunning historic building. Parking and entrance is free. Inside you can admire our very big collection of works by David Hockney, be inspired by the very best in independent retail and enjoy our bustling restaurants and cafes. You can also learn about the history of the Mill in our People and Process and Saltaire History exhibitions (but if you're after a hefty dose of industrial history try Bradford Industrial Museum).
We often offer special events and exhibitions. In recent years we've worked with photographer Kevin Cummins, poets Simon Armitage and Tony Harrison, the Yorkshire Fashion Archive and Cloth & Memory to name but a few.
The mill is also a place of work for over 1000 people - home to a variety of businesses from technology to landscape architecture and graphic design. To join us, please see space to rent.
The Mill opened in 1853, the centerpiece of Sir Titus Salt's utopian vision of Saltaire. He built the adjoining model village to house his workers. Cloth production at Salts finally ceased in 1986, and the following year the mill was purchased by the late Jonathan Silver, who re-imagined it as a place where culture and commerce could thrive together.
In 2001, Saltaire became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNESCO noted: "Saltaire is an outstanding and well preserved example of a mid 19th century industrial town... The layout and architecture of Saltaire admirably reflect mid 19th century philanthropic paternalism, as well as the important role played by the textile industry in economic and social development."
To shop online please visit https://saltsmillshop.co.uk/
To contact us please phone 01274 531163 or email:
Salts Diner and Café in to the Opera: diner@saltsmill.org.uk
Galleries, bookshop, poster shop: enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk
Online shop: onlineshop@saltsmill.org.uk
The Home: thehome@saltsmill.org.uk
Salts Estates, property rentals & accounts: post@saltsmill.org.uk
For other businesses in the mill, please see their own websites.
Our postal address is:
Salts Estates Ltd
Salts Mill
Victoria Road
Saltaire
Bradford BD18 3LA
(Driving? Please see directions
Instagram: @saltsmillofficial. Twitter: @SaltsMill
3rd Floor Gallery - Our stunning show, 'The Arrival of Spring' by David Hockney, is open on the third floor. This set of original works were drawn by David on his iPad in 2011, and printed at an incredible scale.
enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk / 01274 531163
PEOPLE + PROCESS: SALTS HISTORY EXHIBITION
People and Process tells the story of the Mill through objects great and small: machinery, clothing, art - even a precious plate from the lavish opening banquet of 1853, to which Sir Titus Salt invited 2,440 workers and 1,310 guests. Sir Titus’s original boardroom furniture is on display, and a film about the history of the Mill and Village plays in an adjoining room.
enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk / 01274 531163
The Poster Shop at Salts Mill sells licensed David Hockney posters and postcards that will brighten your walls and cheer your heart. Framed or unframed - the choice is yours.
You can browse almost all of the beautiful posters we sell at saltsmillshop.co.uk, but the poster shop has more choice, including many framed items.
EMAIL enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk
CALL: 01274 531 163
Browse through inspiring art materials right next to original works from one of the world's greatest living artists. Brushes, paints, pens, crayons, pencils, sketch pads and much more, as well as a huge selection of art books.
enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk / 01274 531163
Beautifully curated, ever changing books to browse through and buy in an enormous, light-filled space. The bookshop is especially loved for its wonderful children's section and its poetry offering, but all minds are generously catered for here - philosophy, gardening, eating and drinking, fact, fiction, you name it - as well as cards and gifts. You can browse just a few of the beautiful, signed and collectable books we sell at saltsmillshop.co.uk, but the real-world book shop sells thousands more, from the humblest paperback to the hugest art book.
EMAIL enquiries@saltsmillbooks.co.uk
CALL 01274 531 163
Salts Diner is at the heart of Salts Mill. You can grab a coffee or have a 3-course meal surrounded by works by David Hockney in this big, bustling space. Choose from the menu that includes Caesar salad or Salade Nicoise, try a Saltburger or try one of our daily specials. See our latest menus here. Breakfast menu here.
Booking advised, please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk / call 01274 531163
TEL: 01274 530 533
Visit the Espresso Bar for drinks, sandwiches and cakes.
Salts Mill’s best-kept secret, Café in to the Opera got its name as it stood at the entrance to a display of David Hockney's opera sets that were on display here. You can still eat your lunch under David’s huge hand-painted mural. Come up here for a light bite, or go for fish and chips or fish pie. See a sample menu here.
Service times:
Café in to the Opera is temporarily closed as we recruit chefs – to apply please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk (note, Diner open as usual.)
Booking advised, please email diner@saltsmill.org.uk / call 01274 531163
EMAIL: diner@saltsmill.org.uk
CALL 01274 531163