Editing Shipley, West Yorkshire (section)

== Economy ==

===Commercial and retail===
[[File:Shipley Market, rear1.jpg|thumb|right|Shipley market hall]]
Shipley is dominantly residential in character serving as a commuter suburb of larger urban employment centres in Bradford and Leeds. Manufacturing activity includes information technology specialist [[Arris International|ARRIS]] located in the Salts Mill complex.  Marlin Windows, HC Slingsby and the offices of the Bradford Health Authority also feature among the larger employers in the town.

The town has one large scale supermarket, [[Asda]] in the town centre, but also supports smaller scale supermarkets and convenience shops. An open air market is a feature of the main commercial centre of the town as well as a covered market hall known for its landmark clock tower and 1960s [[brutalist]] architecture. Other shops in the same precinct include an [[Arndale Centre]], retailers such as [[Boots the Chemist|Boots]]. A pedestrian precinct with some shops and leisure businesses links Asda and its multi-storey free car park with Market Square. This area also includes the Shipley Library and the [http://www.kirkgatecentre.org.uk Kirkgate Centre], the town's main cultural focus offering regular a range of community activities in addition to holding cultural events such as live music, a regular alternative market and world cinema.

The town's secondary commercial centre, Gordon Terrace, part of the historic Saltaire Village development, features independent food and fashion retailers, as well as numerous restaurants and cafes.  The town has a large volume of through vehicle traffic as it is on two of the main routes between Bradford, Leeds and the Aire Valley towns of [[Bingley]], [[Keighley]], and [[Skipton]].

===Visitor attractions===
[[File:Saltaire from Leeds and Liverpool Canal.jpg|thumb|[[Salts Mill]] alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal]]
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The village of [[Saltaire]] located in Shipley is a [[UNESCO]] designated [[World Heritage Site]] incorporating the Victorian era [[Salts Mill]] and associated residential district.  Located by the [[River Aire]] and [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] the model village was planned by industrialist Sir [[Titus Salt]] as a processing facility for [[alpaca]] woollen cloth and as residential accommodation for his workforce.  [[Salts Mill]] is no longer used for textile production, but now contains the 1853 Gallery, housing many works by the artist [[David Hockney]], a variety of shops, restaurants and local businesses, including [[Pace Micro Technology]] (now [[Arris International|Arris]]). Salts Mill is accessed via the nearby [[Saltaire railway station]] and together with the stone built terraced houses, ornate Victorian era civic buildings and Roberts Park, draws significant numbers of tourists to the area.

{{anchor|Shipley Glen}}To the north across the River Aire, is '''Shipley Glen''' ("glen" refers to the little valley beneath a ridge).  It has long been a popular beauty spot, and in 1895 the [[Shipley Glen Tramway]] was built to carry visitors up to the top.  The tramway has weathered periods of neglect and closure, but in 2012 it ran most weekends through the summer, staffed by volunteers.
[[File:Overview of Shipley, West Yorkshire.jpg|thumb|left|Looking over Shipley from Northcliffe]]

===Parks and gardens===

Crowghyll Park was once a quarry and the town's refuse dump.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=66}}  The land was given to church wardens in lieu of common rights when Shipley Common was enclosed and in 1889 it was landscaped. A public playground was opened by Mrs Titus Salt in 1890.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=25}} A larger recreation area with playing fields, allotments, woods, and a private golf club is situated on the hill at [[Northcliffe Park|Northcliffe]]. The woods and playing fields were opened to the public by [[Henry Norman Rae|Norman Rae]] MP and the playing fields are named after him.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=49}} In the village of Saltaire is [[Roberts Park, Saltaire|Roberts Park]], built by Sir Titus Salt for his workers' recreation.

===Theatre and cinema===

The [[Victoria Hall, Saltaire|Victoria Hall]] in Saltaire is a concert venue, hosting bands such as [[Fairport Convention]]. However, there were once a number of entertainment establishments within the district:
* ''Queen's Palace'' – Formerly a temperance coffee house, an institution called Queens' Palace Theatre was sited on Briggate around the turn of the 20th&nbsp;century.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=10}}  It held twice nightly variety shows at 7&nbsp;pm and 9&nbsp;pm.  In December 1915 it became Shipley Picture House and remained as a cinema until August 1932.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=28}}  The building was demolished following a fire in 1960.{{sfn|Burrows|p=8}}
* ''Glen Royal'' – The same fate met its successor, the Glen Royal Cinema, which was sited slightly further along Briggate.  This 1,200 seat "showpiece super-cinema"<ref name="Greenhalf1"/> opened with a showing of [[Emma (1932 film)|Emma]] on 5 September 1932 and was Shipley's premier cinema during the [[Golden Age of Hollywood]].{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=28}}  A [[Hammond organ]] was installed in 1936 and it became the first cinema in the area after the Ritz in Bradford to show [[3D film]].<ref name="Greenhalf1"/>  In 1963 it followed the path of many former cinemas, by becoming a [[casino]] and [[bingo hall]], and later part of it became a [[snooker]] club.  In time, it became derelict, before being destroyed by fire like its predecessor in 2013.<ref name="Postles1" />
* ''Saltaire Picture House'' – Saltaire Picture House was on a site opposite the Old Tramshed and opened in 1922, seated 1,500.  It later became the [[Gaumont British|Gaumont]].  The cinema closed in 1957 and the building was demolished soon after.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=27}}
* ''Pavilion'' – The Pavilion Cinema or Pavilion de Luxe on Commercial Street was built in 1912 and known as the 'Bug Ole' or 'Bug Run'.{{sfn|Firth|1996|p=28}}  It opened on 2 April 1914.{{sfn|Burrows|p=21}}  The small seating capacity, 630, gave rise to the motto 'the little theatre with the big reputation'.{{sfn|Burrows|p=21}}  It closed in November 1956.{{sfn|Burrows|p=6}}
* ''Prince's Hall'' – Prince's Hall Cinema opened on 24 June 1911{{sfn|Burrows|p=13}} and like the rest of Shipley's cinemas had an organ.  It survived for many years, called Unit Four, with half the capacity of the old Prince's Hall{{sfn|Burrows|p=13}}  It was the last remaining cinema in Shipley until it closed at the turn of the 21st&nbsp;century.

[http://www.shipleyfilmsociety.org.uk Shipley Film Society] was established in 2010 to bring cinema back to Shipley, and runs a programme of independent and world cinema between September and May each year.

===Libraries===

The library on Well Croft in the town centre is a branch library of Bradford Central Library.  A Carnegie Library on Briggate built with a £3,000 donation by [[Andrew Carnegie]] now stands empty{{sfn|Burrows|p=4}} but the name persists in Carnegie Drive and the Carnegie Clinic.

===Industry===
Shipley used to house the Naylor Cars, Ltd., that produced the [[Naylor TF 1700]], an MG TF replica.
Industrial businesses with a presence in Shipley include [[Denso |Denso Marsten]], Manor Coatings, Produmax, [[Teledyne Technologies|Teledyne]] and HC Slingsby.