Shipley & District

Shipley is a popular part of the Bradford district, which over the past few years has seen an upsurge in property prices as people move into the area.

Thanks to the area's excellent road and rail links, which bring major business centres like Bradford and Leeds within easy commuting distance, property prices are continuing to rise.

The main shopping centre is Shipley, which has an attractive retail area with open market, surrounded by a wide selection of shops.

There is also a supermarket, large library, swimming pool, golf course and a very popular area of moorland known as Shipley Glen. The area has also gained quite a reputation for the number of excellent restaurants and takeaways covering virtually every cuisine in the world.

Alongside the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, former mill warehouses have been refurbished to offer a variety of businesses,including a waterbus service, restaurants and gym, while others have been converted into apartments.

There has also been a considerable number of new-build developments in the area

Nearby Saltaire is firmly on the tourist trail, drawing tens of thousands of visitors every year who marvel at the model village built by Sir Titus Salt, and the 1861 Gallery with its huge collection of works by Bradford-born artist David Hockney.

Other popular attractions in the area include Baildon Glen, Baildon Moor, St Leonard's Farm Park in Esholt and several parks including Norman Rae Playing Fields – known locally as Northcliffe Park and woods – Roberts Park at Saltaire and Crowghyll Park, which is home to Shipley's war memorial.