Sir Titus Salt was a remarkable man, a successful businessman and a visionary planner of a healthy model village, more like a small town with tow planning and leisure facilities, to accommodate his workers. He moved his industrial premises out of Bradford into the fresh air of the countryside by the river.
The river provided what was needed for his mill.
You can see a statue of the man near the park entrance. I enjoyed reading the plaques about the history of the man and the area.
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Then notice the statues of the alpacas, a kind of small camel with a furry coat which provided soft wool. The animals were originally used for other purposes, such as meat. But he had the idea of using the wool in his business.
The river in the middle has a weir, with wading ducks or geese. The sound of the rushing water is remarkably spoorific, like those sound effects you can buy which are supposed to help you to sleep. What a peaceful place. I could have stood indefinitely watching two canadian geese and other birds unaccountably perched on their spindly two legs in the middle of the rushing water. They were intermittently dipping their long beaks into the water. I think they were catching small fish being swept past. The perfect picnic spot, for birds.
You can walk across the pleasant park, admiring the statues, greenery, birds, water, barges, people strolling, families enjoying themselves, to his model village factory buildings which are still in use for other purposes.
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