20 Sep 2025
Historic Guided Walking Tour
Heritage Hub
A fun local history tour journeying between two time zones.
Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult
This factual and fun walking tour from Heritage Hub is led by not one but two costumed guides from different time zones.
First you’ll meet Pollie Toothill, Saltaire Victorian, who will give you a potted history of Saltaire, telling you the story of the village – including her own tale, plus a scandal or two – and all about Sir Titus Salt. You might also meet one or two other villagers from this time.
Then, crossing the bridge over the river to the park, you’ll say goodbye to Victorian Saltaire and board the Time Machine, AKA the 130-year old Shipley Glen Tramway, riding through the magical glen and time-travelling forward to Edwardian England.
There you’ll meet the next guide, Nell Kenney, the forgotten Bingley Suffragette, who will take you to the site of the ‘monster’ Suffragette rally where up to 100,000 people gathered in 1908. Nell will tell you her story and that of her sisters, in particular her younger and more famous sister Annie, who caught the eye of the then Prime Minister.
Meet at
Saltaire United Reformed Church
Victoria Road
Saltaire
BD18 3LF
This event is part of Heritage Open Days, England’s largest festival of history and culture, and is presented by an organisation involved in Bradford 2025’s Elevate programme, which aims to strengthen, sustain and increase the agility of Bradford’s heritage sector.
Image provided by Heritage Hub.
Made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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