Salts Mill and Saltaire Bradford

Salts Mill in Saltaire

An historic Victorian model village located in Shipley, Bradford Metropolitan District, in West Yorkshire, England. Saltaire is a UNESCO World Heritage site named after Sir Titus Salt who built a textile mill, known as Salts Mill and this village in its shadow on the River Aire.  Saltaire and Salts Mill are hugely popular with film & TV productions, most recently used as a filming location for the 2022 sequel to the much loved classic, The Railway Children Return. Other productions to film there include Netflix drama The English Game, BBC dramas The ABC Murders and Peaky Blinders and feature films Ghost Stories and Funny Cow.

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    Chris Hordley, Production Liaison & Development

    Chris provides bespoke advice on regional locations, studios and facilities to UK and international production companies. With over 20 years combined industry and production liaison experience, Chris has secured and supported productions in Yorkshire & Humber including; Peaky Blinders, Happy Valley, Victoria, Ackley Bridge, God's Own Country, Paddington 2, and Transformers: The Last Knight.  He also supports Screen Yorkshire’s senior management team in building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
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    Richard helps to find and develop Yorkshire’s industry talent of the future. He assists with the development and running of Screen Yorkshire’s training and education programmes including our nation-leading Connected Campus initiative. Having worked for 20 years in the industry throughout the UK on feature films, television dramas, music videos and commercials, Richard brings a wealth of knowledge to the role.