Moorside Mills was built around 1875 as a small worsted spinning Mill by John Moore. Ownership of the mills changed many times, and they developed and grew. In 1970, Bradford Council bought Moorside Mills from Messrs. W & J Whitehead to create an innovative museum. Bradford's Industrial Museum has permanent displays of textile machinery, steam power, engineering, printing machinery and motor vehicles, along with an exciting exhibitions programme. You can enjoy the splendour of Moorside House where the Mill Manager lived, or visit the Mill-workers' terraced houses dressed to reflect three different time periods. Moorside Mills is also home to the museum's team of working horses. Some of the horses may be out working on the streets of Bradford or even starring in a film or television programme, but there will usually be at least one on site for you to meet. Weather and other work permitting, you can also enjoy a ride in a horse-drawn vehicle.

 

 

Our Education team runs regular workshops schools and groups, along with special events and workshops accompanying the exhibitions programme.

 

Opposite the main entrance is the Victorian Job Master's Stables, home to the museum's team of working horses.

 

 

Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm

Sunday 12 noon - 5pm

Last admission time is 4.30pm 

Closed: Mondays (Except Bank Holidays) Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday

 

 

How to find Museum

Signposted from Bradford Ring Road and Harrogate Road (A658). Buses 645/646 from Market Street or Hall Ings and minibus 896 from Interchange (not Sunday). All buses stop at Moorside Road. On the museum site there is free car parking and disabled car parking

 

 

Bradford Industrial Museum and Horses at Work

Moorside Mills

Moorside Road

Eccleshill

Bradford

BD2 3HP