heritage & culture - bradford
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Understanding Bradford District
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Intelligence Bulletin
November 2018 V1.0
Heritage & Culture
At a glance: The district has a strong cultural asset base, characterised by a high number of heritage
buildings giving the district its unique feel. However, 11 of the 59 conservation areas in the district are assessed as being in ‘a poor state and deteriorating’.
Local Authority funding for culture is roughly mid-table compared with other Metropolitan District Councils. Arts Council National Portfolio Grant funding doubled in the most recent funding round but is still low for a city the size of Bradford (less than half the regional or national average for funding per head).
Participation in culture is lower than the regional or national average. Visitor numbers have increased at some of our key visitor attractions reflecting recent investment. Visitor numbers are steadily falling at libraries outside the city centre.
Bradford’s visitor attractions are well liked and are ranked by visitors as being some of the best in the region.
The number of children at age 5 achieving an expected level of expressive arts and design is lower than the regional and national average. Opportunities for higher education learning in creative arts courses are limited in Bradford; only 40 students enrolled in creative arts and design courses at Bradford University in 2016/17.
A high proportion of new businesses are tourism related, but the majority are food services: pubs, restaurants and takeaways. There has been growth in the number of self-catering business units since 2015.
The total value of tourism to the Bradford economy was £680 million in 2017, up by 4% in comparison to 2016.
Introduction This Understanding Bradford District chapter looks at our heritage & cultural intelligence and assets within the district. Our definition of culture is embracing as culture often means different things to different people, from dancing to playing football, visiting a museum to practicing faith, eating food to attending a festival. The common connector is in how it makes us feel, and how it makes us what we are today. It creates a sense of belonging of people and place. The first chapter will explain the district’s heritage & cultural assets. We will then explore how culture is funded in the district, how people participate with it and how culture plays a part in education. Finally, we will explore the relationship of culture with our economy.
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Contents At a glance: ................................................................................................................................ 1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1
Cultural & heritage assets .......................................................................................................... 3
Our key assets .................................................................................................................... 3
Parks ................................................................................................................................... 3
Heritage .............................................................................................................................. 4
Music and theatre ............................................................................................................... 5
Libraries .............................................................................................................................. 5
Events programme.............................................................................................................. 5
Public sector funding for culture ................................................................................................. 6
Local Authority funding ....................................................................................................... 6
Arts Council funding ............................................................................................................ 7
Heritage lottery fund.......................................................................................................... 10
Participation in culture .............................................................................................................. 12
Active Lives Survey........................................................................................................... 12
Attraction visitor numbers ................................................................................................. 13
Theatre Attendance .......................................................................................................... 16
Library visitor numbers ...................................................................................................... 16
Events attendance ............................................................................................................ 17
Sporting events ................................................................................................................. 18
Volunteering ...................................................................................................................... 18
What do people think of us ....................................................................................................... 19
Trip Advisor ....................................................................................................................... 19
Cultural education .................................................................................................................... 21
Expressive arts and design at age 5 ................................................................................. 21
Higher Education Students ............................................................................................... 21
Culture & tourism in the private sector ..................................................................................... 23
New business start-ups ..................................................................................................... 23
Tourism related businesses .............................................................................................. 24
Employment relating to tourism ........................................................................................ 24
Value to the local economy ...................................................................................................... 26
Visit England survey ......................................................................................................... 26
Cambridge Tourism Economic Impact Model ................................................................... 27
Data sources and further information ....................................................................................... 28
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Cultural & heritage assets Our key assets The Bradford District is proud to have two UNESCO designations; Saltaire is a UNESCO world heritage site just north of the city, and Bradford is also part of the UNESCO Creative Cities network, being the world’s first City of Film. We are home to the Science Museum Group’s National Science & Media Museum in addition to four council run museums and galleries, all of which have free admission. We have strong a literary heritage, being the birthplace of the Bronte sisters, and home to the Bronte Society and Parsonage Museum in Haworth. Our visitor attractions also include the Keighley and Worth Valley steam railway, famous for featuring in TV and film such as The Railway Children and Peaky Blinders. Bradford is officially Britain’s Curry Capital, an accolade it has retained for the last six years! Being two thirds rural, our district is home to breath-taking and inspirational landscapes including the rugged Bronte country and the famous Ilkley Moor.
Parks The district has a total of 36 public parks; ten of the parks are on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Seven parks have achieved ‘Green Flag Award’ status in 2018, six managed by the council alongside the University campus.1
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Heritage Bradford District is home to one of the highest number of Listed Buildings of any urban Local Authority in England (outside London). Historic England records Bradford District as having 2,287 listed buildings, behind neighbouring Kirklees and Leeds with 3,023 and 2,363 respectively.
Figure 2 Top 10 English urban Local Authorities for listed buildings (outside London)
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Buildings such as Bradford City Hall, Bradford Cathedral, Saltaire Congregational Church, East Riddleston Hall, Bronte Parsonage, Bolling Hall and East Riddleston Hall (National Trust) make up the 23 most important Grade One listed buildings in the district. Of the 2,287 listed buildings in Bradford District, 11 are included on Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk’ register 2017.
Figure 3 Top 11 English urban Local Authorities - Number of listed buildings at risk
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There are also 11 conservation areas in the district listed as at risk (out of a total of 59). This is the second highest number of conservation areas at risk of any Local Authority outside London (Nottingham has 14 at risk). All 11 conservation areas are categorised as deteriorating and are either in a ‘poor’ or ‘very bad’ condition.
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Music and theatre Bradford Council operates four theatre venues; three are located in Bradford city centre (The Alhambra, St George’s Hall and The Studio) and King’s Hall in Ilkley. There are a number of other venues around the district, including Theatre in the Mill, Mind the Gap, the Bradford Playhouse, Bingley Arts Centre, Ilkley Playhouse and Keighley Playhouse.
Libraries There are currently 10 council managed libraries in addition to 17 community or venue managed libraries and two ‘hybrid’ libraries (combination of staff and volunteers) operating in the district.
Events programme The district has a thriving events calendar headlined by festivals such as the Bradford Literature Festival, Bradford Science Festival, Bingley Music Live, the Bradford Dragon Boat festival, and the Bradford Festival. The Tour de Yorkshire is also a regular visitor to the district.
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Public sector funding for culture
Local Authority funding4 In 2018/19 Bradford Council revenue account spending on culture (not including recreation and sport) was £28.97 per head of population. Of this, £10.19 was spent on Culture & Heritage5, £9.22 on Open Spaces6 and £7.51 on Library Services.
Figure 4 2018/19 Revenue Account Spending per head of population on Cultural & Related Services in Bradford
Spending per head on culture is roughly mid-table of all the Metropolitan District Councils in England, falling by 92p per head between 2016/17 and 2018/19.
Figure 5 2018/19 Revenue Account spending per head of population on Cultural & Related Services by Metropolitan District Council (Archives, tourism, culture & heritage, open spaces and library services - not including sports & recreation)
There are stark differences to spending by different councils over the last three years; Knowsley, Gateshead and Bury all making big cuts putting them at the bottom of the spending 4 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing based on 2017
mid year population estimates 5 This includes arts development & support, repair & maintenance of authorities historic buildings/monuments (not
including conservation & listed building development control), museums & galleries, theatres & public entertainment 6 This includes community parks and open spaces, countryside recreation and management, allotments.
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table. Barnsley and Manchester have made significant increases in spending. Of those councils increasing spending, Barnsley, Doncaster, Sunderland, Wolverhampton and Leeds have all received increases in Arts Council National Portfolio Grant in the 2018-22 funding round (see next section for further information about Arts Council funding).
Figure 6 Change in Cultural & Related Services Revenue Account spending per head of population between 2016/17 and 2018/19 by Metropolitan District Council (excluding sports and recreation).
Arts Council funding The Arts Council provides funding locally to organisations through its National Portfolio (NPO) grant. For the grant period 2018-22 organisations in the Bradford District were allocated £13.26 per head of population7 (just over £7m in total), this is up from £5.47 per head for the previous grant period (2015-18). On the face of it this appears to be a significant increase, however NPO funding per head is still well below the regional and national average of £29 per head. Of the 180 funded local authorities, Bradford is ranked 78 for per head funding. There are 11 funded organisations within the Bradford District. Bradford Council receives no direct funding through the Arts Council NPO Grant (but does receive funding through its other grant programmes (see later).
Applicant Name Total grant 2018-22 Discipline
Culture Squared CIC (Bradford Literature Festival) £1,200,000 Literature
Mind the Gap £985,560 Theatre
The Bronte Society £930,000 Museums
Impressions Gallery of Photography Limited £809,124 Visual arts
Common Wealth £580,000 Theatre
Freedom Studios £563,796 Combined arts
Ilkley Literature Festival Ltd £549,696 Literature
Theatre in the Mill £480,684 Theatre
Kala Sangam - The Academy of South Asian Performing Arts £400,000 Combined arts
Dance United Yorkshire £360,000 Dance
Artworks Creative Communities £229,984 Combined arts Figure 7 Arts Council National Portfolio Grant 2018-22 by organisation in Bradford
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Bradford district’s grant of £13.26 per head compares to the top 25 local authorities (outside London) as follows:
Rank Local Authority 18/22 Grant per head
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1 Stratford-on-Avon £497.57 4 Royal Shakespeare 96%
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3 Gateshead £137.48 5 Sage Gateshead 50%
4 Newcastle upon Tyne
£125.03 18 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
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5 Leeds £109.77 24 Opera North 48%
6 Norwich £106.10 5 Norfolk Museums 44%
7 Cambridge
£99.37 7 University of Cambridge Museums
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10 Ipswich £83.14 7 New Wolsey Theatre 33%
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£78.02 37 Birmingham Royal Ballet
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12 Waverley
£77.33 3 New Adventures (re:Bourne)
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£74.42 22 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
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14 Brighton and Hove £71.16 15 Brighton Festival 22%
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£64.20 3 Chichester Festival Theatre
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17 Lewes £63.70 1 Glyndebourne 100%
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20 Bristol, City of £59.97 20 Bristol Museums 19%
21 York £55.94 6 York Museums 54%
22 Southampton £54.42 7 Artswork 44%
23 Purbeck £51.28 2 Diversecity 80%
24 Suffolk Coastal £49.45 2 Snape Maltings 88%
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Figure 8 Top 25 Local Authorities (excluding London) for Arts Council NPO grant per head 2018-22
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Arts Council NPO funding for museums is particularly low in Bradford9 in comparison to other large cities, ranking at 51 of 52 funded local authorities – The Bronte Society receiving £930,000. The chart below shows the total grant for museums by organisation with most other large city council museums or museum trusts receiving significant funding.
Figure 9 Arts Council NPO Grant 2018-22 for Museums
In addition to the NPO scheme, the Arts Council also has a funding programme that offers a range of grant support to cultural organisations. For 2017/18 32 organisations in Bradford received a total of £819,206. This equated to £1.53 per head of population placing Bradford 51st of 271 funded Local Authorities outside London. £1.53 per head was also achieved in 2016/17, up from 90p in 2015/16.
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Since April 2018 the Arts Council also awards National Lottery Project Grants to individual artists, community and cultural organisations. For the period April to September 2018, Bradford received 13 grants totalling £380,164. This equated to 71p per head of population placing Bradford 49th of 238 funded Local Authorities outside London.
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Heritage lottery fund The Heritage Lottery Fund distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom. Over the 10 year period from 2008 to 2018 the Heritage Lottery fund has made 106 awards to organisations in the district, totalling £15.6 million12. The largest grant over this period was £3.67m for Cliffe Castle Park in Keighley (Bradford Council), followed by £2.05m for Keighley Town Centre (Bradford Council Design & Conservation Team). In recent years, Bradford has dropped down the table for funding in comparison to other English local authorities outside London.
For 2017/18 we were ranked 193rd of 242 funded local authorities for grant per head (at 18 pence per head).
For 2013-18 we were ranked 180th of 290 funded local authorities for grant per head (an average of £1.53 per head per year)
For 2008-18 we were ranked 147th of 292 funded local authorities for grant per head (an average of £2.88 per head per year)
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Bradford is roughly mid-table in comparison to other northern urban local authorities for Heritage Lottery Funding over the last 10 years.
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82% of the awards in the Bradford District were for the heritage categories of ‘Intangible heritage’, ‘Historic buildings and monuments’ and ‘Community heritage’. This is broadly similar to England as a whole (excluding London) where 75% of all awards being in these categories.
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Participation in culture
Active Lives Survey The Active Lives Survey explores participation in leisure and recreational activities, including sport, physical activity and culture. The survey is led by Sport England in partnership with the Arts Council. The first data release in February 2018 (for surveys between November 2015–May 2017) measured:
Arts participation (doing creative, artistic, theatrical or music activity or a craft)
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Participation in dance activities Participation in culture in Bradford was lower than the regional and national average for all activities except for use of a library service, where we are marginally above the regional average. For all activities we are in the lower quartile except for arts attendance at events/performances where we are in the bottom quartile of all English local authorities.
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Attraction visitor numbers The National Science and Media Museum received just over half a million visitors during 2017/18, up by nearly 100,000 on the previous year. This is the highest number of visits to the museum since 2009/10.
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part in the survey (notably Salts Mill, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Cartwright Hall, Bolling Hall or the Bradford Industrial Museum), but of those that did the Bronte Parsonage was the next most Bradford popular museum with 87 thousand visits.
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Theatre Attendance Bradford Theatres (The Alhambra, St George’s Hall, The Studio and King’s Hall) sold 358,087 tickets in 2016/17, similar to the 358,887 in 2015/16.18 In comparison to other theatre organisations across the region, Bradford Theatres had the highest number of booking households during 2016/17 (based on organisations taking part in House Lights theatre benchmarking).
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Library visitor numbers During 2017/18 there were 1.23 million visits to libraries in the Bradford District20, down from 1.36 million in 2016/17. Figures for the first quarter of 2018/19 show a continued downward trend as the 17 relatively new community managed libraries become established within their communities.
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Visits to the City Centre library and Local Studies library (in the city centre) are broadly in line with previous years.
Figure 21 Visits to city centre libraries
Visits to the non-city centre libraries, on a like for like basis for libraries that are currently recording visitor numbers, are down on previous years. There has been a drop in visitor numbers at all non-city centre libraries with the exception of Burley where there has been a slight increase in the first half of 2018/19.
Figure 22 Visits to non-city centre museums (like for like: for libraries currently recording visitor numbers)
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Events attendance In 2018 the Bradford Literature Festival attracted an audience of 70,349; a 40% increase on 2017. The schools programme more than doubled, growing to 30,676 attendees. 51% of attendees were from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds. 28% of visitors reported an annual household income of under £20,000. Strong sponsorship enabled a local, national and international marketing campaign.22 In 2018 the Bradford Science Festival attracted an audience of 34,347.
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In 2017 Bingley Music Live sold over 18,500 tickets. The festival continues to develop with positive reviews and strong headline artists attracted to the event.
Sporting events Bradford’s annual City Runs were established in 2009 and regularly attract over a 1,000 runners of all abilities. Originally, the event was focused on the Half Marathon distance but has been developed to now include a one mile ‘Kids’ race, 5km race, 10km race and the Half Marathon. 2019 will see the introduction of a 10 mile race into the programme and a Veterans championship race. Since hosting the Tour De France the district has regularly hosted the Tour De Yorkshire, including a stage start in 2017 and an iconic finish at the top of the Cow and Calf in Ilkley. The district will also play host to elements of both the women’s and men’s road race that form part of the 2019 UCI Road Cycling World Championships. Bradford Council has worked with British Cycling and Sky since 2010 to deliver an annual, family friendly cycling event within the City Park. This regularly attracts over 5,000 participants. In 1985 the Bradford City Football Club fire claimed the lives of 56 people. The Valley Parade Memorial Football Tournament was established in 1986 and the event is now in its 33rd year. The tournament allows young players aged 12 – 14 years to compete in a friendly environment and be made aware of the tragic events of 1985. Teams from across the district play against teams from Lincoln (Lincoln City were playing Bradford City on the day of the fire) and Bradford’s twin town of Hamm, Germany. Over 12,000 young people have been given the opportunity to take part in the tournament since 1986.
Volunteering The Bradford Museums service Volunteers Programme can now boast a cohort of over 100 active volunteers from diverse backgrounds, 30 young people (16-24) and 70 + between 25 – 88 years of age, working across a range of activities and venues. There are 17 community managed libraries in the district with over 370 volunteers. Additionally, many of the non-council arts organisations and events rely on volunteers, including the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Peace Museum, Theatre in the Mill, Dragon Boat Festival and Literature Festival.
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What do people think of us Trip Advisor The following table lists the top 20 things to do in West Yorkshire according to Trip Advisor (based on attractions with over 300 reviews). Things to do in the Bradford District make up eight of the top 20.
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1 National Coal Mining Museum for England
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Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
My grandfather used to work at the Keighley Railway Station after the Second World War so it was quite a nostalgic visit for me. The whole experience was wonderful as the steam engines were in fantastic condition as were the authentic stations. We got off at Haworth to do the Bronte experience - we just had a fabulous day in a historic part of Yorkshire.
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Bolling Hall Good source of history of historical Bradford families since 1100’s , current building from 1400’s onwards . Lots of artefacts to see including the famous ghost room & original stained glass. The museum is free & staff are friendly
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Bronte Parsonage I’ve not been to the parsonage for over 20 years and really looked forward to visiting again. The staff were really friendly and knew their stuff, I am a Brontë buff and there was lots of information that I'd never heard before. The rooms are carefully curated and I was surprised by how much of the furniture was original (pretty much all of it), it really brought the experience to life and it felt as though the Brontës had just popped out! There was lots to read and we were inside for two hours easily. I particularly liked to see their clothes and belongings. I'd definitely recommend.
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Lovely visit to cliffe castle in the summer with my grandchildren age 3 & 10..The grounds are beautiful since the water fountain & pond we're restored also plenty of new seating area's.The kids play area has also been remodled plenty for both ages.New part is the animal enclosers near to the cafe.Many different animals to see from rabbits to birds guinea pigs,the children enjoyed a careful walk through the museum.Plenty of places for a picnic with the family a lovely free place to enjoy
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Alhambra Theatre (Bradford Council)
Such a beautiful theatre hall, even better than some of the London ones. Been attending since i was a child and it amazes me every time
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I attended a steampunk market here and it was amazing, i would thoroughly recommend this exhibition so interesting and staff where so knowledgeable and approachable.
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Salts Mill We usually go on a wet day. Indoor window shopping. Art & book shop - fabulously laid out. The kitchen shop is ultimate window shopping - great look but don't touch and the prices - OUCH!
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Fantastic gallery set in a lovely park. A must for anyone who loves David Hockney's work. Just don't go on a Monday!
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Killing time in Bradford and checked this out. It's fab had a great time. Great nostaglic exhibits of older tech History and TV from my past loved seeing Zippy and George, Thunderbirds, Morph, Wombles, Dalek, ZX spectrum nostalgic game history. Great exhibits for kids however none with me at the time but they would love it. Well worth a visit and its FREEEEEEEE
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Cultural education
Expressive arts and design at age 5 Teachers assess children’s development at the end of Early Years Foundation Stage (age 5). They are assessed against a number of themes including ‘Expressive arts and design’. This looks at ‘exploring and using media and materials’ and ‘being imaginative’. In 2018 82.4% of children in Bradford were assessed as achieving at least the expected level in expressive arts and design at age 5, the same rate at 2017. This is lower than Yorkshire & Humber (86%) and England (87%). Following the national trend, girls perform better than boys.
Figure 25 Percentage of children aged 5 achieving the expected level of 'Expressive arts and design'
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Bradford University currently offers two degree courses in creative arts and design:
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Film & television production Just 40 students enrolled in creative arts and design courses in 2016/17 (latest available data) at the university. This compares with 2,455 at Huddersfield University and 5,115 across the four Leeds higher education providers. Bradford University is ranked 137 of 167 Higher Education providers for the number of students enrolling in creative arts and design.26
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Culture & tourism in the private sector The ONS have defined the following Standard Industrial Classification Codes as being tourism related:
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New business start-ups During 2017/18, there were 585 new tourism business start-ups in the district. This equates to 14% of all new business start ups being tourism related. This is the highest percentage of all the Leeds City Region local authorities.
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Public Houses and bars (170 start ups)
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Licensed restaurants (44 start ups) There were 24 accommodation related start-ups (roughly average for the Leeds City Region) and 28 start-ups relating to ‘cultural activities’ (the second lowest rate in the Leeds City Region).
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Tourism related businesses Business Rates data for Bradford District gives us an insight into the number of business units in categories related to tourism. At October 2018 there were 481 live tourism business units (in the categories below), up from 416 in 2015; the biggest growth being in self-catering holiday premises.
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Employment relating to tourism The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) publish estimates of employment by Standard Industrial Classification Code. In total, in 2017, there were 14,690 people working (full or part time) within tourism related industries in the Bradford District, up 540 since 2015. 70% of these roles were in the top 6 industries of:
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Operation of sports facilities There were 1,590 people working within accommodation services (up 270 since 2015), and 280 people working with ‘Cultural Activities’ (down 130 since 2015). Bradford has a relatively low proportion of employment in tourism related industries as compared with other urban local authorities.
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Value to the local economy Visit England survey Visit England undertakes the Great Britain Tourism Survey each year to inform an understanding of tourism at a national level. In September 2018 Visit England released a sub-national analysis of the data with information available at Local Authority level. As the information is survey based, the data is subject to errors caused by low sample sizes at Local Authority level, however this has been mitigated by publishing the data using rolling ‘three year averages’ –using three years worth of survey data and averaging that to produce an annual figure. This data is less sophisticated than the Cambridge Model (see below); low sample sizes for Bradford means the information presented here is subject to a 20% margin of error, that is we can be 95% confident that the figures are within a +/-20% variance from the values quoted. Whilst this brings into question the value of the data, it is still useful for benchmarking Bradford with other local authorities on a like for like basis and for viewing long term trends. NB for local authorities with higher quoted trips numbers, the variance is reduced – for example, for Leeds the variance is reduced to +/-9%. For the period 2014-16, the average number of domestic overnight tourism trips (including holiday trips, business trips, and trips to visit friends and relatives) to Bradford District was 346,000 per year (95% confident to the range of 277,000 to 415,000 trips). The trend since 2011 being downwards, although holiday trips have been broadly steady.
Figure 30 Number of domestic overnight tourism trips by residents of Great Britain to Bradford District - 3 year rolling average
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Bradford is ranked 25th of the 51 urban Local Authorities (outside London) for number of domestic overnight tourism trips. Bradford receives around a quarter of the trips to Leeds.
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Figure 31 2014-16 Number of domestic overnight tourism trips by residents of Great Britain, by urban local authority (excluding London boroughs) (3-year rolling average)
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The Visit England survey values these trips to be worth approximately £50 million to the Bradford Economy.
Cambridge Tourism Economic Impact Model The Cambridge Model is essentially a computer-based spreadsheet model that produces estimates from existing national and local information of the level of tourism activity within a given local area. The volume of these visits are translated into economic terms by estimating the amount of spending by visitors based on their average spend per trip. The Cambridge model uses a range of local data including details of accommodation stock, local occupancy rates, population, employment and local wage rates. It applies this locally sourced information to regional estimates of tourism volume and expenditure derived from the following national surveys:
Great Britain Tourism Survey (see previous section)
International Passenger Survey
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings It is therefore a more advanced model than the Great Britain Tourism Survey alone, and factors in retail, catering, attraction and travel spend. However we do not have access to equivalent data for other local authorities. Also because of methodology changes to the underlying overnight stays data and day visits data, there is no like-for-like year-on-year comparison available prior to 2016. The model estimates, with multiplier effects, the total value of tourism to the Bradford economy was £680 million in 2017, up by 4% in comparison to 2016 (£656m).
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Data sources and further information See footnotes for data sources used throughout this document.
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