Otley Music Festival is a community festival set up to celebrate the wealth of musical talent in the town every June. Organised by local musicophile...
Arts & Entertainment, Business of the Week, Cafés, pubs & restaurants
Postmaster Harvy Kaur gave up a position in the beauty industry to take on Otley Post Office in 2019 and both Harvy and her team...
Business of the Week, Other services / Orchard Gate & Crossgate
Otley Rugby Club is far more than a (rather successful) town sports club, it's one of the Otley community's beating heart. Housed (currently) at Cross...
Business of the Week, Cafés, pubs & restaurants, Fitness, health & beauty, Sports & Leisure / Maypole, Cross Green & Walkergate
If you’ve heard beautifully played violin at a concert in Otley, there’s a fair chance it was being played by Asuka Sumi, a musician...
Arts & Entertainment, Business of the Week / Westgate, Beech Hill & Bradford Rd
Victoria Lewin left her native Kent to study in Leeds in 2004 and, after a brief detour back south, returned to Yorkshire for good, making...
Business of the Week, Furniture & homeware, Gifts & galleries / Kirkgate Arcade
Cath O'Hare studied fine art at Sunderland and has her own career as an artist painting still life and portraits. Living between Otley and Menston...
Arts & Entertainment, Business of the Week, Other services, Services, Toys, games & kids / Chevin
Now in its fourth generation of being managed and run by the Paley family, Paley's has been serving the people of Otley and surrounds from...
Business of the Week, Furniture & homeware / Westgate, Beech Hill & Bradford Rd
Following a stint at the Lavender Tearooms in Bakewell, Gary Barrett has been offering a different take on a coffee shop since back in 2017...
Alfresco food & drink, Business of the Week, Cafés, pubs & restaurants / Bay Horse Court
Back in 1993, Andrew Parkinson left behind a career installing kitchens to start collecting rents on properties owned by his family. It didn’t take long...
Business of the Week, Estate agents / Bondgate, Gay Lane & Leeds Rd
Ably assisted by Bertie, the black cocker spaniel, Alex took opened the the Parkgate Café in September 2024 after buying the business the previous month...
Business of the Week, Cafés, pubs & restaurants / Newall & Weston
Sarah Joice, originally from north Leeds, once dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer. But after an injury led her to visit a physiotherapist, she became...
Business of the Week, Fitness, health & beauty / Manor Sq, Clapgate & Bridge Street

