Saltaire

Saltaire Brewery

February 1, 2009

I had the chance to visit Saltaire Brewery this week, for a tour and a tasting. Saltaire Brewery have been brewing beer in a converted power station on the edge of the Leeds-Liverpool canal in Shipley since 2005, and have produced a range of about fifty different beers in that time. The brewery itself is [...]

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Vicar’s, Saltaire…food for thought

December 21, 2008

Vicar’s is a fascinating place, part cafe, part bistro, part community centre, and has steadily grown a reputation in Saltaire for serving great food and getting involved in the community. Vicar’s is run by Andy Bowerman, a fully fledged Anglican vicar with a brief to create church for people who don’t go to church. He [...]

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Don’t Tell Titus, Saltaire

October 30, 2008

Sir Titus Salt built the model village of Saltaire between 1850 and 1875 to house the workers from his enormous and imposing Italianate mill. Eight hundred and fifty houses were built for Salt’s workers, each with fresh water, a gas supply and an outside lavatory, amenities that, in the dark of the industrial North, bordered [...]

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Saltaire Brewery beer festival

September 13, 2008

The Saltaire Festival’s beer festival has moved ten minutes walk up the canal to Saltaire Brewery. Details straight from the Festival website: Beer Festival at Saltaire Brewery Up to 30 beers from across UK & served through hand pumps from chilled cellar Fri 19th: 4pm – 11pm Sat 20th: 11am – 11pm £2 Entry Fee [...]

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Saltaire Farmer’s Market

August 16, 2008

Saltaire Farmer’s Market (third Saturday of the month) never fails to disappoint. Today, there were eight stalls stretched across a whole car park. That’s a lot of empty tarmac. One cheese stall, a couple of meat stalls, with the rest made up with cake and biscuit stalls. No soup, no pies, not even any fruit [...]

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