Editing Oxenhope (section)

==Culture==
The village hosts a number of annual events including a village show, a beer festival (organised by [[Keighley and Worth Valley Railway]]) and a music festival at a village pub.

Each summer the village holds an annual Straw Race. The race was inaugurated in 1976<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/11337759.Oxenhope_Straw_Race_hailed_a_success/|title = Oxenhope Straw Race hailed a success|work=Keighley News |date=13 July 2014 |accessdate=21 October 2015}}</ref> and since then has raised £300,000 for charity from its participants via sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web |title=About {{!}} The Oxenhope Straw Race |url=https://oxenhopestrawrace.com/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=oxenhopestrawrace.com}}</ref> Competitors are required to carry a {{convert|20|kg|adj=on}} bale of straw {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km}} between five [[public houses]] in the Oxenhope area (including the Waggon and Horses, The Bay Horse and The Lamb<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lamb Inn |url=https://www.lamb-oxenhope.co.uk/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=www.lamb-oxenhope.co.uk}}</ref>) and drink a beer in each pub. The last stretch to the Dog & Gun Pub is {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} uphill, past Leeming Reservoir.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rules & Regulations {{!}} The Oxenhope Straw Race |url=https://oxenhopestrawrace.com/rules/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=oxenhopestrawrace.com/rules/}}</ref> Many of the competitors wear fancy dress.

On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the [[2014 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11|2014 Tour de France]] from [[York]] to [[Sheffield]], passed through the village.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html|title = Tour de France Stage 1|access-date = 15 July 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103415/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-2.html|archive-date = 25 July 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> The subsequent [[Tour de Yorkshire]] cycling event has also passed through the village in 2015, 2017 and 2018.