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 / 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
Gills Doorstep Solutions is one of those businesses that seems to have Otley running right through it. The business started life back in 1971...
Business of the Week, Food & drink / Orchard Gate & Crossgate
Under the shadow of Otley Chevin lies this super ski, snowboard and SUP shop, one of the best speciality stores in the country. It offers...
Whether you're after a skin fade or a skinhead, a crew cut or a French crop, Grade 1 is one of the best places to...
Business of the Week, Fitness, health & beauty / Boroughgate
First established in Burley in 1996 and relocating to its current Station Road showroom in Otley in 2016, Greenholme Carpets and Flooring has become a...
Builders & building materials, Business & Trade Services, Business of the Week, Furniture & homeware / Station Road
Some stories start with a grand plan. This one started with a hunch. In the mid-1970s, Sandra Burnett and her husband, Clifford, bought part of...
Business & Trade Services, Business of the Week / Westgate, Beech Hill & Bradford Rd
Originally from South Yorkshire, Tom Pitts is a dyed-in-the-wool Sheffield United fan – but we won’t hold that against him. Especially since he’s pulled off...
Business & Trade Services, Business of the Week, Services / Wharfebank Mills & Otley Mills
Jane Thompson's mother Harriet launched this women's boutique on Westgate some 40 years ago, and with Jane now at the helm and daughter Courtney (who...
Business of the Week, Clothing & fashion / Westgate, Beech Hill & Bradford Rd
Annie Stülp left her native Brazil to move to Leeds in the early 2000s and her arrival in Otley has since been a blessing...
Business of the Week, Clothing & fashion, Other services, Toys, games & kids / Market Place & Market Street