Editing Otley (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Otley overview 001.jpg|thumb|right|View over Otley]]
[[File:Otley Bridge 01 7 August 2017.jpg|thumb|right|Otley Bridge, viewed from the South and West side]]
Otley lies {{convert|28|mi}} south-west of York, {{convert|10|mi}} north-west of Leeds, {{convert|10|mi}} north-east of Bradford, and {{convert|196|mi}} from London. The town lies in lower [[Wharfedale]], at a bridging point over the [[River Wharfe]] where there is a seven-arched medieval bridge, and is surrounded by [[arable land|arable farmland]]. The historic town developed on the south bank of the Wharfe, but in the 20th century Otley expanded north of the river, to include new developments at [[Newall, West Yorkshire|Newall]] and the Weston Estate.

The south side of the valley is dominated by a [[gritstone]] [[escarpment]] overlooking Otley called [[the Chevin]] and to the north is Newall Carr.<ref name=tde/> In 1944, Major Le G.G.W. Horton Fawkes of [[Farnley Hall (North Yorkshire)|Farnley Hall]] donated {{convert|263|acres}} of land on the Chevin to the people of Otley. This has been expanded to {{convert|700|acre}}  and constitutes ''Chevin Forest Park''. It was from a quarry on the Chevin that the foundation stones for the [[Houses of Parliament]] were hewn.

To the east and west of Otley are flooded gravel pits, where sand and gravel have been extracted in the 20th century. The gravel pits to the east at Knotford Nook are a noted [[birdwatching]] site. Those to the west are devoted to [[angling]] and [[sailing]].

To the west are the villages of [[Burley in Wharfedale]] and [[Menston]]. To the east is [[Pool-in-Wharfedale]]. To the south is the towns of [[Guiseley]], and [[Yeadon, West Yorkshire|Yeadon]].