Saltaire

The development - which he described at the time as 'a paradise on the sylvan banks of the Aire, far from the stench and vice of the industrial city' – was adjacent to both his mill and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and achieved World Heritage status in 2001.

The 25 acre village remains remarkably as it was when Salt died in 1876. It comprises 22 streets, 850 houses, 45 almshouses, a school, a hospital, two churches, Sunday school and a workers institute. But like most of the other 'model' workers' villages created by the industrial magnets of the Victorian era, there were no pubs.

Things to see in Saltaire
Things to see in the village include Salt's Mill itself, which now houses the 1853 Gallery (open daily) with Europe's largest collection of works by Bradford-born artist David Hockney. In its heyday the mill employed 3,000 people and produced 30,000 yards of cloth a day. There is also a good selection of traditional shops in the village - offering a choice of gifts.

Both the United Reform Church and Wesleyan Chapel are of interest, as is the Victoria Hall working men's institute and the noisy Reed Organ & Harmonium Museum. And good news - there is now a pub on site, The Boathouse Inn, on the banks of the River Aire, converted from Sir Titus Salt's boathouse.

A ten-minute stroll along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal from the village will bring you to Hirst Wood Lock and the seven-arch aqueduct over the River Aire.