Editing Saltaire (section)

== Saltaire today ==
[[File:Cottages at Saltaire - geograph.org.uk - 1636205.jpg|thumb|left|Saltaire Village cottages]]
In December 2001, Saltaire was designated a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1028|title=Saltaire&nbsp;– UNESCO World Heritage Centre|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|access-date=17 October 2009}}</ref> This means that the government has a duty to protect the site. The buildings belonging to the model village are individually [[listed buildings|listed]], with the highest level of protection given to the Congregational church (since 1972 [[Saltaire United Reformed Church]]) which is listed grade I. The village has survived remarkably complete, but further protection is needed as the village is blighted by traffic through the Aire Valley, an important east-west route. A bypass is proposed to relieve traffic pressure. [[Roberts Park, Saltaire|Roberts Park]], on the north side of the river, suffered from neglect and [[vandalism]] but has been restored by [[City Of Bradford Metropolitan District Council|Bradford Council]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/district/district_shipley/district_shipley_saltaire/4274921.__4_5m_Saltaire_park_scheme_under_way/|title=Roberts Park on schedule for 2010 opening|newspaper=[[Bradford Telegraph & Argus]]|date=8 April 2009|access-date=17 October 2009}}</ref> In July 2014 it was announced that planning officers had compiled a list of replacement front doors that were deemed to be "not in keeping with the buildings' historic status."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/airelocal/11325541.Enforcement_warning_by_Council_as_it_cracks_down_on___39_rogue__39__front_doors_fitted_to_homes_in_historic_Saltaire/ |title=Enforcement warning by Council as it cracks down on 'rogue' front doors fitted to homes in historic Saltaire |newspaper= Bradford Telegraph & Argus |date= 8 July 2014|access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Saltaire Building.JPG|thumb|[[United Reformed Church]], Saltaire Village]]
Saltaire is a [[conservation area]]. [[Victoria Hall, Saltaire|Victoria Hall]] (originally the Saltaire Institute) is used for meetings, community events and concerts, and houses a [[Wurlitzer]] theatre pipe organ.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tate|first1=Chris|title=Famous Wurlitzer brings the generations together at Victoria Hall, Saltaire|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/airelocal/10199530.Famous_Wurlitzer_brings_the_generations_together_at_Victoria_Hall__Saltaire/|access-date=31 May 2016|work=Telegraph and Argus|date=1 February 2013}}</ref> The village is served by [[Saltaire railway station]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Huxley |first1=Victoria |title=World Heritage sites of Great Britain and Ireland : an illustrated guide to all 27 World Heritage sites |date=2009 |publisher=Interlink Books |location=Massachusetts |isbn=978-1566567695 |page=190}}</ref>

The [[Saltaire Festival]], which first took place in 2003 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Saltaire, is held every year over 11 days in September. The Saltaire Arts Trail is a visual arts festival that takes place each May. Its public events include art exhibitions, children's activities, a Makers Fair, and Open Houses where residents open their homes which become temporary art galleries.

Politically, Saltaire is part of the Shipley electoral ward of the [[City of Bradford]], of the Saltaire and Hirstwood ward of Shipley Town Council,<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://shipleytowncouncil.wordpress.com/about/ |title=About|publisher=Shipley Town Council|access-date=26 July 2021}}</ref> and part of the parliamentary constituency of [[Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)|Shipley]], currently represented by [[Anna Dixon]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. From 1999 to 2005, parliamentarians from three chambers, [[Chris Leslie (politician)|Chris Leslie]] MP in the House of Commons, [[Lord Wallace of Saltaire]] in the House of Lords and [[Richard Corbett]] MEP in the European Parliament, all lived in Saltaire.