Improving recreation facilities for all

Baildon Library

Baildon Library is adjoining the Ian Clough Hall and its entrance is on Hallcliffe.

Information about a vast number of subjects can be accessed through the computer terminals which are free to use if you have a library card e.g. Planning Applications, Restaurants, Hotels, Events, Council Services. Support Groups, Organisations, and, of course, this site.

There is free parking between the Library and the Church.
Opening hours:
Monday 9.30am-7.00pm
Tuesday 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday 9.30am - 1.00pm
Thursday 9.30am - 7.00pm
Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm
Saturday 9.30am - 4.00pm

As with most libraries it maintains lots of Community and Group Information. The minutes and programmes of many local organisations are available at the Library. The Community Diary gives dates on which local organisations intend holding shows, sales and fetes. The Library also holds a list of private teachers.

Bradford Council maintain a website that contains details of local libraries. The site for Baildon Library can be accessed here

Ian Clough Hall

Tel 531465 (Caretaker) Tel 751576 (Bookings)

Baildon Recreation Centre

Tel 599245

Swimming

• Alexandra Road, Shipley, BD1 8 3ER

Tel 757162
Diving Pool, Main Pool and Small Pool.

Swimming for all.

Teaching and other special sessions

• Denton Road, Ilkley Tel 01943 600453
  Indoor pool open all year round.

Outdoor lido open from Spring Bank Holiday to beginning of September

• Aireborough Leisure Centre, Guiseley Tel. 01943 871035

Bracken Hall Countryside Centre - website

One of six Bradford Council Museums - offers displays (some interactive) on the ecology, geology and history of the area, appealing to all age groups. There are special activities on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Group visits can be arranged and National Curriculum based studies are available.

 Admission is free

Tel 584140

Opening hours are

May to August. Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays 12 to 5 p.m.

September, October and April. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 12 to 5p.m.

November to March- Wednesday and Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.

Shipley Glen Tramway

Shipley Glen can be reached from Saltaire and Baildon Green on the Glen Tramway. Britain’s oldest working cable railway, built in I 895.At this time the local Aire Valley was black with smoke from mills and domestic chimneys and a trip to the Glen was a holiday for the masses who worked there. At one time 17,000 people used the Tramway in a single day. At present, the Tramway is run by Mike Leak with the help of his wife and volunteers. Recently, with the support of Bradford Council, a Glen Tramway Preservation Company Ltd. has been set up with six trustees with the aim of guaranteeing its future. This is especially important since Saltaire became a World Heritage Site. The Trust is forming a Friends of the Glen Tramway Group o give support. Friends of the Glen Tramway-Richard Freeman530383.

Useful Contacts: -

Archaeology and History of Baildon Moor-Gavin Edwards- 01943 600066.

Ecology-Annie Healey, Countryside Officer-752425.

Rights of Way- Fiona Plane-435682.

Rights of Way Maintenance-Kevin Whittaker43 5684.

Woodlands-RichardDunton-754826.

Countryside Service-Richard Perham-588616.

Friends of the Glen Tramway-Richard Freeman530383.

Bracken Hall Centre-584140.