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Roberts Park is the perfect place for family fun, with a picnic area, playground, skate park, tree-lined promenade, bandstand, alpaca statues, cricket ground, and the Half Moon Café. Plus, it hosts exciting events like World Heritage Day, the Saltaire Festival, Bradford Dragon Boat Festival, and bandstand performances.
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Roberts Park is nestled in the heart of UNESCO world heritage site, Saltaire village. Linking the park to the village is an iron footbridge that crosses the river Aire. The park is an integral part of the local community, but often lends itself to events that bring people and communities together across the district and beyond. This includes the an...
Sir James Roberts
Sir James Roberts was a local businessman who took over the Salts textile empire. He also donated the statue depicting Sir Titus Salt, prominent mill owner and founder of Saltaire village as it stands today. In 1920 Sir James Roberts named the park Roberts Park as a memorial to his second son Bertram Foster Roberts when he gave the park to Bradford Council on 1 August that year.
Alpacas
ThesignificanceoftheAlpacastatuesintheparkisthattheyservetocommemoratethestartoftheAlpacafashionindustryinEngland,whichbeganwhenSaltstumbleduponabaleofAlpacawoolinawarehouseinLiverpoolin1836.Hetooksomesamplesforexperimentationandthenreturnedtopurchasethewholeconsignment.Althoughhewasnotthefirsttoworkwiththefiber,SaltiscreditedwithcreatingtheincrediblypopularanddesirableAlpacacloth.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
In 1971 Saltaire, including Roberts Park, was designated a conservation area, and in December 2001, they were awarded the title of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In Spring, visitors to Roberts Park can expect to see Magnolia lined promenade in full flower and mature Blossom trees surrounding the bandstand. In the summer months, Many Happy Returns and Harlow CarrRoses fill the promenade with colour and fragrance. This encourages insects and pollinators to populate this environment, attracting bird life. Matu...
Friends Group
Visit the Friends of Bradford District Parkspage to find out more about the Friends of Roberts Park.
Saltaire Festival
Running every September, the festival is an award-winning event celebrating the heritage of Saltaire through the arts. Visitors can expect bands, an outdoor cinema, pop-up gardens, stalls, and much more.
World Heritage Day
World Heritage Day is celebrated in April, and Saltaire marks its UNESCO World Heritage status with a family community event. Attractions include a craft market and heritage stalls, theatre workshop, fairground, and an evening lantern parade.
Dragon boat festival
Run across three days, this is a fun-filled family festival with dragon boat racing on the river and landside attractions, including children’s entertainment, charity stalls, catering stands, games, and live acts.
Park run Every Saturday Starts at 9amConcert and live music 12 May 2024 2pm-4pmConcert and live music 19 May 2024 2pm - 4pmConcert and live music 26 May 2024 2pm - 4pmThis chapter focuses on Park's seminal concept of the “marginal man,” originally presented in his 1928 article “Human Migration and the Marginal Man” and later elaborated in the 1937 book The Marginal Man by Park's student Everett Verner Stonequist (1901– 79), who earned his doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1930. After ...
Roberts Park is a great place to visit whether you have small children or a dog or just fancy a wander. It has lovely flowering plants and shady areas in the summer to relax in. Very safe and clean. Read more
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4 days ago · A series of free live music and performances for the whole family at the bandstand in Roberts Park Saltaire.
Roberts Park is a 14 acres (5.7 ha) public urban park in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, England. [2] Higher Coach Road, Baildon, is to the north and the park is bounded to the south by the River Aire . A pedestrian footbridge crosses the Aire and links the park to the village of Saltaire.
Roberts Park is a public park designed by William Gay. It was opened in 1871 as part of the planned layout for Saltaire model industrial town developed between 1850 and 1876. Restoration funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund was completed in April 2010.
