Dan Shepherd is a local, relationship-first estate agent helping people in and around Otley move with confidence and clarity. After 14 years working on the...
Back in 2015, hairdresser Josh Matthew spotted a gap in the local men’s market. Not for another barbershop — but for something different. A premium...
Business of the Week, Fitness, health & beauty / Westgate, Beech Hill & Bradford Rd
Once a pet store offering a few pots and pans, Dodgshons moved into kitchenware and sugarcraft supplies when it was taken over by Christine Barker...
Business of the Week, Furniture & homeware / Manor Sq, Clapgate & Bridge Street
Known as 'the pork pie people', this fabulous traditional butchers has been an Otley landmark since opening its doors in 1869. Exactly 100 years...
Business of the Week, Food & drink shops, Made in Otley / Market Place & Market Street
“Mighty oaks grow from small acorns,” the old saying goes — and few places prove that better than the Edward Johnson garage at Carr Bank....
Business of the Week, Garages, petrol & motoring / Newall & Weston
What started out as a small enterprise being run in conjunction with a university degree, Etempa Web Solutions has now become one of Otley's go-to...
Business & Trade Services, Business of the Week / Wharfebank Mills & Otley Mills
You might have seen James Ellis around town, working on projects for Visit Otley and filming the annual Christmas video. What you might not know...
Business of the Week, Fitness, health & beauty, Sports & Leisure / Pool Road & Pool
Claire Fink has been a dispensing optician for some 30 years, setting up Fink Eyewear on Market Place in 2017 after a long stint working...
Business of the Week, Fitness, health & beauty, Other services / Market Place & Market Street
When former marketeer Kevin Gillespie decided to go alcohol-free, he found that most of the drinks available to him tasted like little more than fizzy...
Business of the Week, Food & drink shops / Manor Sq, Clapgate & Bridge Street
When Anwar Ghani — known to most as Arnold or simply Arni — first opened Fusion Exchange & Repair in 2009, it was Otley’s go-to...
Business of the Week, Furniture & homeware, Gifts & galleries, Other services, Toys, games & kids / Market Place & Market Street
Anwar Ghani — or Arni, as most locals know him — has been a familiar face on Otley’s high street since 2009, running Fusion Exchange...
Business of the Week, Travel & transport / Maypole, Cross Green & Walkergate
Andrzej Markowski and Anna Wodecka made their way from Poland to open this fabulous little chip shop on Gay Lane, opposite Bloomfield Square. Hailing from...
Business of the Week, Cafés, pubs & restaurants, Delivery & takeaway / Bondgate, Gay Lane & Leeds Rd