Editing Otley

{{Short description|Market town and civil parish in England}}
{{about|the town in West Yorkshire }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
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| country                  = England
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| civil_parish             = Otley
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Leeds]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[West Yorkshire]]
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = [[Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North West]]
| post_town                = OTLEY
| postcode_district        = LS21
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| static_image_name        = Otley Market Place clock 7 August 2017.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Jubilee Clock Tower and [[Buttercross]] in the Market Place
| london_distance          = 193 miles
| type = Town
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within [[City of Leeds]]
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'''Otley''' is a [[market town]] and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] at a bridging point on the [[River Wharfe]], in the [[City of Leeds]] [[metropolitan borough]] in [[West Yorkshire]], England. [[Historic counties of England|Historically]] a part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], the population was 13,668 at the 2011 census.<ref name="2011 census"/> It is in two parts: south of the river is the historic town of Otley and to the north is [[Newall, West Yorkshire|Newall]], which was formerly a separate township. The town is in lower [[Wharfedale]] on the [[A660 road]] which connects  it to [[Leeds]].

The town is in the [[Otley and Yeadon (ward)|Otley and Yeadon]] ward of [[Leeds City Council]] and the [[Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North West]] [[UK Parliament constituencies|parliamentary constituency]].

==History==

===Toponymy===
Otley's name is derived from Otto, Otho, Othe, or Otta, a [[Saxon]] personal name and ''leah'', a woodland clearing in [[Old English]]. It was recorded as ''Ottanlege'' in 972 and ''Otelai'' or ''Othelia'' in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A. D. |date=1998 |title=Dictionary of English Place-Names |location=Oxford |page=263 |isbn=0-19-280074-4 }}</ref><ref name=tde>{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=Samuel |chapter=Otley, (All Saints) |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51196#s22 |title=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |pages=369–372 |year=1848 |access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref> The name [[The Chevin|Chevin]] has close parallels to the early [[Brittonic languages|Brythonic]] [[Welsh language|Welsh]] term ''Cefn'' meaning ridge and may be a survival of the ancient [[Cumbric]] language.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ekwall|first1=Eilert|title=The concise dictionary of English place-names|date=1960|publisher= University Press|location=Oxford|page=102|edition=4|oclc=400936}}</ref>

===Early history===
There are pre-historic settlement finds alongside both sides of the River Wharfe and it is believed the valley has been settled at this site since the Bronze Age. There are Bronze Age carvings on rocks situated on top of The Chevin: one such example is the Knotties Stone.<ref name="ref">{{cite web |url=http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/knottiesstone.htm |title=Knotties Stone |website=StoneCircles.org.uk |access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref> West Yorkshire Geology Trust has reference to Otley Chevin and Caley Crags having a rich history of human settlement stretching back into Palaeolithic times. Flint tools, Bronze Age rock carvings and Iron Age earthworks have been found. In medieval times the forest park was used as common pasture land, as a source of wood and sandstones for buildings and walls.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

===Saxon and Medieval=== 
The majority of the early development of the town dates from [[Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain|Saxon times]] and was part of an extensive manor granted by King [[Æthelstan]] to the [[see of York]]. The [[Archbishops of York]] had a residence and were [[lords of the manor]]. Their palace was located on the site occupied by the Manor House.<ref name=tde/> Otley is close to [[Leeds]] and may have formed part of the kingdom of [[Elmet]]. Remains of the Archbishop's Palace were found during the construction of St Joseph's Primary School.

As in other areas of the north, the [[Norman Conquest]] largely laid waste this area.<ref name=Wood>{{cite book |last=Wood |first=Paul |date=1999 |title=A Guide to the Landscape of Otley |location=Otley |publisher=Christine Dean & Paul Wood |isbn=0951583611 }}</ref> The Saxon church was replaced by a Norman one, but this contains much Saxon sculpture.<ref name=Wood/> Thus in the 11th and 12th century Otley would have been a loose congregation of buildings around the two focal points of the manor house by the bridge and the church.<ref name=Wood/> An important reason for the town's location was a water supply, the Calhead Beck (now covered over) which ran down from Otley Chevin over Whitley Croft, a little East of the church and then to the river near the bridge.<ref name=Wood/>

The town grew in the first half of the 13th century when the archbishops laid out [[burgage]] (freehold) plots to attract merchants and tradespeople. The burgage plots were on Boroughgate, Walkergate and Kirkgate. This began to create the layout of today,<ref name=Wood/> based on a triangle of these plots forming the streets.<ref name=conserve>{{cite web |url=http://www.leeds.gov.uk/docs/otley%20a4%20new_lores.pdf |title=Otley Conservation Area Appraisal |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.leeds.gov.uk |access-date=9 August 2017 }}</ref> Bondgate was for the workers: bondsmen and tenants.<ref name=OldOtley>{{cite book |last=Brumfitt |first=Elise |date=1986 |title=Old Otley |location=Leeds |publisher=M. T. D. Rigg Publications |isbn=0950919136 }}</ref> A leper hospital was founded on the road to [[Harewood, West Yorkshire|Harewood]] beyond Cross Green.<ref name=Wood/><ref name =conserve/>

As well as farming and use of woodland, important local activities were quarrying stone, and the manufacture of [[potash]] from [[bracken]], used to make a soap which therefore supported a community carrying out [[fulling]], the cleansing and finishing of woollen cloth on Watergate.<ref name=Wood/> The Chevin provided stone for building (and millstones) as well as bracken, wood and common grazing, while the river provided reeds for [[thatching]] houses.<ref name=Wood/>

===Industrial Revolution===
[[File:Weir on the River Wharfe at Otley - geograph.org.uk - 45975.jpg|thumb|right|Weir on the River Wharfe at Otley with Garnett's paper mill behind]]
The [[woolen|woollen]] industry developed as a cottage industry but during the [[Industrial Revolution]] and the mechanisation of the textile industry, mills were built using water then steam power. A cotton mill and weaving shed for [[calico (textile)|calico]]es were built by the river in the late 18th century. Later woolcombing and worsted spinning were introduced.<ref name =conserve/> By the mid 19th century 500 inhabitants were employed in two worsted-mills, a paper-mill, and other mills.<ref name=tde/> A [[tannery]] was established in the 19th century.<ref name =conserve/> At this time the opening of the new Leeds Road and Bradford Road greatly increased access for trade.<ref name=OtleyM/> Many houses were built from the middle of the 19th century onwards, including the first row of terraces by the newly formed Otley Building Society from 1847.<ref name=OtleyM/> [[Otley railway station]] opened in 1865 connecting goods and people to Leeds, with a connection to Bradford in 1875.  At its peak it had 50 trains a day, but it was closed in 1965 under the [[Beeching cuts]].<ref name=OldOtley/>  Kirkgate was the first street to be paved in 1866, followed by sewers in 1869.<ref name=OtleyM/>

[[File:Otley Wharfdale Press sculpture 7 August 2017.jpg|thumb|right|Sculpture of Wharfedale Press in Wharfemeadows Park]]
The Wharfedale Printing Machine was developed in Otley by William Dawson and David Payne.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otley.co.uk/museum/PrintingPress.htm|title=The Wharfedale Printing Press|website=www.otley.co.uk|accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref> An early example can be seen in [[Otley Museum]]. By 1900 the printing machinery trade, with over 2,000 people employed in seven machine shops, was Otley's most important industry.<ref name =conserve/>

===20th century onwards===
During the First World War, Farnley Camp at Otley housed the Northern Command Gas and Grenade School, which taught military personnel about explosives.<ref>{{cite web|title=UoB Calmview5: Search results|url=https://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=XMS802|access-date=26 May 2021|website=calmview.bham.ac.uk}}</ref>

After the First World War there was a general shortage of housing in Britain, and much of it was crowded slums.  Otley Council prepared one of the first subsidized housing schemes, commencing with relatively open land in Newall on the North of the river in 1920.<ref name="OtleyM" />  The 1920s also saw the beginnings of the conversion of properties to a sewer drainage system, and electric lighting instead of gas on the streets.<ref name="OtleyM" />

Further estates followed and by 1955 there were more than 1,000 [[council house]]s. Private housing was also expanded during this time, but was greatly reduced in the Second World War. House building revived in the 1960s to 1980s, but industry declined, with many factories closing, including the printing machine works in 1981.<ref name="OldOtley" /><ref name="OtleyM" />

Wharfemeadows park provided leisure space for residents and the [[River Wharfe]] a place to swim with public open air swimming baths opening on the site in 1924.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=HISTORY OF THE BATHS |url=https://www.otleylido.com/history-of-the-baths |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=Otley Lido }}</ref> By the 1960s the outdoor pool was a popular leisure destination and was in use until 1993 when a fault with the pumping system precipitated its closure.<ref name=":3" /> In February 2016, in response to a Leeds City Council invitation for ‘Expressions of Interest' for the site of 'the former Otley Lido', a group of local residents launched an ongoing campaign to regenerate the site as a modern open air swimming pool and community centre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Otley Lido |url=https://www.otleylido.com/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=Otley Lido }}</ref>

=== Otley Museum ===
Until 2010 [[Otley Museum]] was based in the [[Otley Civic Centre|Civic Centre]] when it was displaced by major redevelopment of the building.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=20 June 2009 |title=Trustees slam plans for Otley to house a national printing museum |url=https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/4447505.Trustees_slam_plans_for_Otley_to_house_a_national_printing_museum/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=Wharfedale Observer }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=27 January 2010 |title=Otley Museum prepares to move exhibits |url=https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/4863301.Otley_Museum_prepares_to_move_exhibits/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=Wharfedale Observer }}</ref> In January 2010, its collections, reflecting the town's story from prehistory to the present day,<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Welcome to Otley Museum and Archive Trust |url=https://otleymuseum.org/ |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=Otley Museum & Archive }}</ref> were packed for storage while new premises were sought.<ref name=":1" /> A proposal by the Town Council to develop a National Printing Museum based on the printers' engineers collection was criticised by trustees on the basis that printing was just one aspect of the town's history and that demand for such a museum had not been demonstrated.<ref name=":0" /> In 2024, while still without a permanent physical home, the museum publicised its new website which will serve as a showcase for photographs of some of the approximately 1900 artefacts that have been curated by volunteers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Otley Museum |url=https://www.otleytowncouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OTLEY-MATTERS-SEP-2024-WEB-VERSION-2.pdf |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=Otley Matters |pages=3}}</ref> Visitors can view items from the collection by prior arrangement at its temporary location at [[Otley Cycle Club]].<ref name=":2" />

==Governance==
[[File:Otley Civic Centre (Taken by Flickr user 4th June 2012).jpg|thumb|[[Otley Civic Centre]]]]
Historically Otley was a market-town and the centre of a large [[ecclesiastical parish]] in the [[wapentake]]s of [[Skyrack]] and [[Claro (wapentake)|Claro]] in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. The various [[Chapelry|chapelries]] and [[Township (England)|township]]s in the ancient parish became separate civil parishes in 1866.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10458079/relationships Vision of Britain website]</ref>  The local authority was the lord of the manor until 1864 when Otley Board was formed and many public buildings date from then on.<ref name=conserve/> From 1894 Otley formed an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]], and in 1897 and 1903 expanded north of the River Wharfe to include [[Newall, West Yorkshire|Newall]].  Since local government reorganisation in 1974 Otley has been a civil parish in the [[metropolitan borough]] of the [[City of Leeds]], in the county of West Yorkshire.  The parish council has exercised its option to declare itself a [[Town councils in England|town council]]. The town council and the [[Otley Museum]] were both based at [[Otley Civic Centre]] until the building closed in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/4863301.Otley_Museum_prepares_to_move_exhibits/ |title=Otley museum prepares to move exhibits|newspaper=Wharfedale Observer|date=27 January 2010| access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>

Otley lies in the [[Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North West]] constituency of the [[UK Parliament]] and is represented by MP [[Katie White (politician)|Katie White]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. It is part of the Otley & Yeadon ward on Leeds City Council and is represented by three Liberal Democrat Councillors Ryk Downes, Colin Campbell & Sandy Lay.<ref>{{cite web|title = Councillor Sandy Lay |url = http://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=4577 |publisher = Leeds City Council |year = 2012 |access-date = 31 July 2012 |quote = Councillor Sandy Lay – first elected 4 April 2012}}</ref> It is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with the French town of [[Montereau-Fault-Yonne]], south of Paris.

Otley and Wharfedale [[ward (politics)|ward]] has a population of 24,000, and Otley itself has a population of 14,348, according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|Census 2001]].

==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]].

==Transport==
[[Roman roads in Britain|Roman roads]] bypassed Otley, South of the Chevin and North of Timble, so most of roads in the area were little better than tracks until the 18th century when efforts were made to facilitate trade.<ref name=Wood/>  By 1820 there was a regular [[post coach]] to Leeds on 4 days a week and 9 carriers delivering as far as [[Manchester]].  In 1840 and 1841 new roads to Leeds and Bradford were opened.<ref name=OldOtley/>  From 1900 the first motor vehicles appeared in Otley, and in 1912 a motor haulage business started with a vehicle with interchangeable bodies so that it could work as either as lorry or [[charabanc]].  By 1930 there were bus companies operating and in 1939 [[Otley bus station]] opened.  [[Trolleybus]]es operated by Leeds Corporation Tramways arrived in 1915, but ceased in 1928.<ref name=OldOtley/>

The [[Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway]] opened [[Otley railway station]] in 1865 and closed in March 1965; the town bypass follows the part of the line of the old railway.<ref name=OldOtley/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jack|first1=Jim|title=Petition to bring the railway back to Otley|url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/4255100.Petition_to_bring_the_railway_back_to_Otley/|access-date=10 January 2017|work=Wharfedale Observer|date=2 April 2009}}</ref> The trackbed between Burley in Wharfedale, Otley and Pool is to become a [[Cycling infrastructure#Bikeways|cycleway]], [[footpath]] and [[Bridle path|equestrian]] route known as the [[Wharfedale Greenway]], with possible extensions onward to Ilkley alongside the extant railway. Planning permission for the first phase of the greenway was granted in July 2020.<ref name="lcc-2020">{{cite report | author = Planning Services| date = July 2020 | title = Report of the Chief Planning Officer | url = https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/ | publisher = Leeds City Council |id=Application 19/01217/FU}}</ref>

The main roads through the town are the [[A660 road|A660]] to the south east, which connects Otley to [[Bramhope]], [[Adel, Leeds|Adel]] and [[Leeds|Leeds city centre]], and the [[A65 road|A65]] to the west, which goes to [[Ilkley]] and [[Skipton]]. The A6038 heads to [[Guiseley]], [[Shipley, West Yorkshire|Shipley]] and [[Bradford]], connecting with the A65.  To [[Harrogate]], the A659 heads east to the A658, which is the main Bradford–Harrogate road.

[[Otley bus station]] is run by [[West Yorkshire Metro]] and services are operated by [[First West Yorkshire]], Harrogate Bus Company, [[Keighley Bus Company]], and [[Connexionsbuses]]. There are local services connecting the town and outlying areas.

==Notable features==
===Otley Bridge and riverside===
[[File:Wharfemeadows Park along 7 August 2017.jpg|thumb|right|Wharfemeadows Park]]
[[Otley Bridge]] is a 7 span stone bridge and [[Scheduled Ancient Monument]], dating from 1228, which was rebuilt after the flood of 1673 and widened in 1776.<ref name=conserve/><ref name=OldOtley/> In 1957 a concrete cantilevered footwalk was added to separate pedestrians from road traffic.<ref name=OldOtley/> On the north side eastwards, 2 miles of the riverbank is Wharfemeadows Park with extensive gardens on land donated to the town in 1924 by the Fawkes family.<ref name=conserve/><ref name=OldOtley/><ref name=Welcome>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitotley.co.uk/outdoors/ |title=The Great Outdoors |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.visitotley.co.uk|access-date=9 August 2017 }}</ref> It originally had an open-air swimming pool.<ref name=OldOtley/> Opposite on the south side is the much smaller Tittybottle Park, originally designated Manor Park in 1909 but it acquired its popular (and now official) name for its popularity with mothers and nannies.<ref name=OldOtley/><ref name=Welcome/> On the south side westward, is Manor Garth Park, formerly part of the land of the manor house.<ref name=Welcome/> About {{convert|1|km|mi|order=flip|1}} east of the bridge is Gallows Hill, where the medieval [[gallows]] stood.<ref name=Wood/> Low-lying land by this was formerly a [[sewage works]], but was bought by the Town Council in the 1980s and developed into Gallows Hill [[nature reserve]].<ref name=Welcome/><ref name=Major>{{cite news |last=Jack |first=Jim |date=24 December 2015 |title=Major improvements leave Otley nature area in great shape for the New Year |url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/14164985.Major_improvements_leave_Otley_nature_area_in_great_shape_for_the_New_Year/ |work=Wharfedale Observer |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref>

===Market Place===
While markets have been held from at least 1227<ref name=Wood/> it has only been in the current Market Place from about 1800.<ref name=OldOtley/> It contains the [[Buttercross]] (covered area for farm produce, now used for occasional charity events, otherwise rest and shelter for visitors) and the Jubilee Clock, which was erected in 1888 at a cost of £175.  It has two plaques, one in memory to two locals killed in the [[Transvaal War]] and one expressing the gratitude of Belgian refugees who came to Otley during the First World War.<ref name=OldOtley/>  Many of the buildings around are listed.

==Education==
[[File:Otley Stew Oyster 7 August 2017.jpg|thumb|right|Prince Henry's Grammar School old premises]]
A [[grammar school]] was founded by Royal Charter issued to Thomas Cave in 1607 by [[James VI and I|King James VI and I]], who named it "The Grammar School of Prince Henry".<ref name=OldOtley/> The single storey building was pulled down and rebuilt in the Elizabethan style with two storeys in 1840.<ref name=OldOtley/> It closed in 1878 and was used as a court-house,<ref name=tde/><ref name=OldOtley/> and in recent times has been commercial premises, then a public house until closure in 2020.<ref>[https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/restaurants-bars/otley-pub-stew-oyster-closed-17528313 Regulars 'gutted' as Otley pub announces sudden closure] ''Leeds Live'', 7 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021</ref> In 1918 the foundation was re-established in temporary premises and in 1925 [[Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley]], in Farnley Lane opened.<ref name=OldOtley/>

Otley has a number of primary schools.

==Religion==
[[File:All Saints Otley exterior 01 7 August 2017.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|[[All Saints' Church, Otley|All Saints’ Parish Church]].]]
[[File:Otley Navvies Monument 7 August 2017.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|Navvies' Monument]]
Otley's first church was built in the early 7th century, made of wood, but was burnt down.<ref name=OldOtley/> The [[All Saints' Church, Otley|Parish Church (All Saints)]] originates from Saxon times and contains the remains of two early [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] crosses, one of which has been reproduced for the town's war memorial.  The present building is based on a [[Norman architecture|Norman]] church from the 12th century but little of the original remains, except the north doorway.<ref name=tde/><ref name =Gen>{{cite web |title=The Ancient Parish of Otley|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Otley/index.html |publisher=GenUKI|access-date=16 January 2011 }}</ref> Substantial changes were made in the 13th, 14th and 18th century, with the Tower Clock dating from 1793.<ref name=OldOtley/> This church was the centre of an ancient ecclesiastical parish which comprised the chapelries of [[Baildon]], [[Bramhope]], [[Burley in Wharfedale]], [[Denton, North Yorkshire|Denton]], and [[Farnley, North Yorkshire|Farnley]], and the townships of [[Esholt]], [[Hawksworth, Guiseley|Hawksworth]], [[Lindley, North Yorkshire|Lindley]], [[Menston]], [[Newall with Clifton]], [[Pool-in-Wharfedale]], and [[Little Timble]].<ref name=Wood/>

The graveyard contains the "Navvies' Monument", a replica of the entrance to [[Bramhope Tunnel]], a monument to those killed during its construction.<ref name=OldOtley/>  Inside the church is the tomb of the grandparents of [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron|Thomas Fairfax]] who commanded Parliament's forces at the [[Battle of Marston Moor]] in 1644.

The Bridge Church was originally the Salem Chapel, built in 1826, being for many years the Congregational Church but having its present name from 1972 with the formation of the [[United Reformed Church]].<ref name=OldOtley/> The church also operated a church hall in Newall Carr Road, some {{convert|1.5|miles}} from the church, until the hall was declared redundant.<ref>Enjoy Design, ''Design and Access Statement'' for proposed residential conversion, accessed on 7 October 2024 via Leeds City Council's [https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/ Public Access for Planning] portal under reference no. 23/07393/FU</ref>

Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Church was opened in 1851.<ref name=OldOtley/> 

What is now Beech Hill Church started life in 1916 as 'Bethel Gospel Mission' and moved to its current location on Westgate in 2021.<ref name="Otleyco" />

[[Methodist]] preacher [[John Wesley]] was a frequent visitor to the town in the 18th century. Allegedly his horse died in the town and is buried in the grounds of the parish church. Its grave is marked by an unusual stone, also known locally as the "Donkey Stone". His ''Journal'' for 1761 reads, "6 July Monday; In the evening I preached at Otley and afterwards talked with many of the Society. There is reason to believe that ten or twelve of these are filled with the love of God." Wesley Street is named after him. A chapel was established on Walkergate in about 1800, replaced by a larger one on Westgate in 1857: a third Chapel (now Trinity Methodist Church) was built on Boroughate in 1876.<ref name=OldOtley/>

A [[Primitive Methodist]] Chapel opened on New Market in 1835, and became the [[Salvation Army]] Citadel which closed in 2019. A Primitive Church on Station Road opened in 1874 and closed in 1965 (it is now residences).<ref name=OldOtley/> Another Primitive Church on Craven Street opened in 1901 and closed in the early 1950s. It is now the headquarters of 2nd Otley Scouts, and is known as the Chevin Community Centre.<ref name=OtleyMe>{{cite web |url=http://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/page/otley_craven_street_primitive_methodist_mission_west_yorkshire |title=Otley (Craven Street) Primitive Methodist Mission West Yorkshire |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk |access-date=23 October 2017 }}</ref>

An 1890 [[Quaker]] meeting house on Cross Green is now a [[Gospel Hall Assemblies|Gospel Hall]].<ref name="Otleyco">{{cite web |url=http://www.otley.co.uk/churches/fr_details_churches.htm |title=Summary Details of Churches and Fellowships in Otley |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.otley.co.uk |access-date=12 August 2017 }}</ref> Otley Quakers now meet at the former Courthouse on the last Sunday of each month.<ref>Otley Courthouse, [https://otleycourthouse.org.uk/regular-activities/classes-workshops/ Classes & Workshops], accessed on 5 May 2025</ref>

Other Christian groups meet in members' homes or rented rooms.<ref name="Otleyco" />

==Culture and community==
[[File:A True Yorkshireman.jpg|thumb|right|Otley Show in 2009.]]
Otley has a diverse range of cultural organisations. It has five active [[Morris dance]] sides, the Wharfedale Wayzgoose ([[Border Morris|Border]]),<ref>{{cite web |title=Wharfedale Wayzgoose Border Morris Side|url=http://www.wharfedale-wayzgoose.co.uk/|publisher=Wharfedale Wayzgoose|access-date=16 January 2011 }}</ref> The Buttercross Belles (Ladies Northwest),<ref name=Belles>{{cite web |url=http://www.buttercrossbelles.com/ |title=The Buttercross Belles |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.buttercrossbelles.com |access-date=9 August 2017 }}</ref> Flash Company (Border, [[Molly dance|Molly]], Appalachian & [[Clogging|Clog]]), Hellz Bellz (Contemporary) and Kitchen Taps (Appalachian Step).

Drama groups include the Otley Community Players, Otley Youth Theatre (OY), and a thriving arts centre in the former courthouse. There is a poetry society, which  meets monthly in the Black Horse Hotel. The town has a [[Brass Band]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Otley Brass Band|url=http://www.otleybrassassociation.co.uk/otleybrassband/|publisher=Otley Brass Association|access-date=28 December 2014}}</ref> who perform at many events in the town. It is not a regular contesting band, but won first prize in the unregistered section at their first contest at [[Hardraw Scar]] in September 2007 and again in 2008. Since then they have competed in the 1st to 3rd section winning Second prize and Best March in 2014.

Otley hosts the annual Otley [[List of folk festivals|Folk Festival]] in September, a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] Fayre in December, a carnival in June, and, in May, what is reputed to be the oldest one day [[agricultural show]] in the country.<ref name=OldOtley/> This celebrated its bicentenary in 2009. There is a [[beer festival]], organised by the church, in November.
Otley has four [[Scouting|Scout]] troops, Otley Parish, Otley Bridge, 2nd Otley, and Otley Methodist Scouts.<ref>[http://www.wharfedalescouts.org.uk/centres.html Wharfedale District Scouts], Retrieved 27 May 2011</ref> An [[Army Cadet Force]] detachment is also located in the town.

In January 2013 ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper featured an article in its Weekend section entitled ''Let's move to Otley, West Yorkshire''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/jan/11/lets-move-to-otley-west-yorkshire?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Let's move to Otley, West Yorkshire |last=Dyckhoff |first=Tom |date=11 January 2013 |work=[[The Guardian]]: Weekend |page=58 |access-date=16 January 2013}} ''Published online in "Money" section on 11 January 2013'' <!-- Article history link online gives print publication date and page --></ref>

===Hostelries===
The Black Horse Hotel (original demolished, current from 1901<ref name=OldOtley/> and the Royal White Horse Hotel (the former Barclays Bank (closed 2019), in Manor Square<ref name=OldOtley/>) were the original [[Post office#Name|posting houses]] and many of the others were [[coaching inns]].<ref name=OtleyM>{{cite book |last=Brumfitt |first=Elise |date=1988 |title=Otley and Menston – a glimpse of the past |location=Leeds |publisher=M. T. D. Rigg Publications |isbn=<!--none--> }}</ref>  By 1900 there were over 30 inns, and Otley was said to have "a pub on every corner".<ref name=OtleyM/>  This reputation has continued into recent years with BBC Radio 4's statistics programme "More or Less" concluding that it had the greatest number per head of population.<ref name=MoreOrLess>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7370986.stm |title=Which town has the most pubs for its size? |last=Tetlow |first=Daniel |date=28 April 2008 |website=BBC Magazine |publisher= BBC|access-date=11 August 2017 }}</ref>

Today there are 20 [[pub]]s in the town although the ''Roebuck'' (formerly known as the ''Spite''), the ''Chevin'' and the ''Royalty'' are on the outskirts, with the ''Roebuck'' located in [[North Yorkshire]].<ref name=PubClub>{{cite web |url=http://www.otleypubclub.co.uk/otley-pubs-present |title=Existing Otley Pubs |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Otley Pub Club|access-date=12 August 2017 }}</ref> Some of the oldest buildings have been demolished or replaced, but the Red Lion on Kirkgate dates from 1745, the Bowling Green from 1757 (originally a courthouse), the Rose & Crown (originally cottages) 1731.<ref name=OtleyM/>  The Old Grammar School was (as of 2017) the Stew and Oyster pub, this closed in January 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/18143608.high-profile-pub-closure-otley/|title=High profile pub closure at Otley|work=Ilkley Gazette|accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref> The Old Cock on Crossgate (despite its name) has only recently become a pub, but inhabits former cottages from 1757.<ref name=BLBOldCock>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101135224-11-and-13-sugar-street-otley#.WY4eJNJ9670 |title=11 and 13, Sugar Street |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=British Listed Buildings |access-date=11 August 2017 }}</ref>  These are all Grade II listed buildings.

The ''Black Bull'' in the Market Place, was allegedly drunk dry by Cromwell's troops on the night before the battle of Marston Moor during the [[English Civil War]] and has a 15th-century well in the beer garden.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jack|first1=Jim|title=Otley pub's historic Roundheads visit celebrated in new TV show|url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/14428330.otley-pubs-historic-roundheads-visit-celebrated-in-new-tv-show/|access-date=3 May 2018|work=Wharfedale Observer|date=14 April 2016}}</ref>
<gallery>
File:Black Horse Hotel at Otley.jpg|Black Horse Hotel
File:The Red Lion - Kirkgate - geograph.org.uk - 468541.jpg|Red Lion
File:Bowling Green, Otley 7 August 2017.jpg|The Bowling Green
File:Rose and Crown Otley 7 August 2017.jpg|Rose and Crown
File:Otley Old Cock front cropped 7 August 2017.jpg|Old Cock
File:The Black Bull in Otley.jpg|Black Bull
File:The Bay Horse, Market Place, Otley (30th December 2013).JPG|Bay Horse
File:The Junction Inn, Bondgate, Otley (30th December 2013).JPG|The Junction Inn
File:Whitakers, Kirkgate, Otley (30th December 2013).JPG|Whitakers
File:The White Swan, Boroughgate, Otley (30th December 2013) 001.JPG|The White Swan
File:The Yeoman (formerly the Fountain), Gay Lane, Otley (30th December 2013) 001.JPG|The Yeoman (formerly the Fountain)
File:The Ring O'Bells - New Market - geograph.org.uk - 468527.jpg|The Ring O'Bells (now the Otley Tavern)
File:The Cross Pipes - Westgate - geograph.org.uk - 1207285.jpg|The Cross Pipes
</gallery>

==Filmography==
Otley is "Hotton" in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television [[soap opera]] ''[[Emmerdale]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Behind the scenes of Emmerdale – from the valley of Littondale to Leeds|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/travel/2016-03-29/behind-the-scenes-of-emmerdale-from-the-valley-of-littondale-to-leeds/|website=radiotimes.com|access-date=2 May 2018|date=29 March 2016}}</ref> and  appears in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' where Otley Courthouse is the old Police Station.<ref>{{cite news|title=Old Otley police station to open its doors|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10616100.Old_Otley_police_station_to_open_its_doors/|access-date=3 May 2018|work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=18 August 2013}}</ref> ITV's ''[[DCI Banks ]]'' also regularly filmed in the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=Detective TV show uses town for shoot|url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/11663760.Detective_TV_show_uses_town_for_shoot/|access-date=3 May 2018|work=Wharfedale Observer|date=12 December 2014}}</ref> Otley was also the setting for the drama series ''[[The Chase (2006 TV series)|The Chase]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clayton|first1=Emma|title=DAYS OUT: Historic town of Otley has breathtaking scenery|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/lifestyle/taleisuredaysout/15382855.DAYS_OUT__Historic_town_of_Otley_has_breathtaking_scenery/|access-date=3 May 2018|work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=2 July 2017}}</ref> and the ITV dramatisation of ''[[The Bad Mother's Handbook]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actress Catherine charms Otley and Arthington|url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/1024899.actress-catherine-charms-otley-and-arthington/|access-date=3 May 2018|work=Wharfedale Observer|date=16 November 2006}}</ref>

==Local media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC Yorkshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]]. Television signals are received from the local relay transmitter. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Wharfedale|title=Freeview Light on the Wharfedale (Leeds, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Leeds]] on 95.3&nbsp;FM, [[Stray FM| Greatest Hits Radio Harrogate & The Yorkshire Dales]] on 107.1&nbsp;FM, [[Capital Yorkshire]] on 105.6&nbsp;FM, [[Heart Yorkshire]] on 107.6&nbsp;FM, [[Drystone Radio]] on 102&nbsp;FM and Rombalds Radio, a community based radio station that broadcast online.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rombaldsradio.com/about/|title=Rombalds Radio |access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref>

The local newspaper is the ''[[Gazette & Observer|Wharfedale Observer]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-yorks/ilkley-gazette/|title=Illkley Gazette|date=10 February 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>

==Sport==
Otley Angling Club was formed in 1897 by local land owners. It controls the fishing on the River Wharfe through Otley and a coarse fishing pond on the outskirts of the town. It runs regular fishing matches on the river and junior matches on the club pond.<ref>{{cite web |title=Otley Angling Club|url=http://www.otleyanglingclub.co.uk|publisher=Otley Angling Club|access-date=16 January 2011 }}</ref>

Otley Athletic Club meets at Otley Cricket Club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Otley Athletic Club|url=http://www.otleyac.org.uk/ |publisher=Otley Athletic Club|access-date=16 January 2011 }}</ref>

[[Otley Cricket Club]], founded in 1820, play in the Airedale and Wharfedale Senior Cricket League. The club has won the league title 13 times and shared it in 1966. The club has three Senior teams and provides facilities for Juniors from Under 9 to Under 17. The Club play at [[Cross Green]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Otley Cricket Club|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/otleycricketclub/|publisher=spitchero.com|access-date=16 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202103511/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/otleycricketclub/|archive-date=2 February 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref>

[[File:Cross Green rugby ground, Otley.jpg|thumb|right|[[Cross Green rugby ground]], the home ground of [[Otley R.U.F.C.]]]]
[[Otley R.U.F.C.]] play home matches at Cross Green,<ref>{{cite web |title=Otley RUFC home|url=http://official.sportnetwork.net/main/otley--official/s175.htm|publisher=sportnetwork.net|access-date=16 January 2011 }}</ref> which was the venue for the Italy v USA fixture in the 1991 [[Rugby World Cup]]. In 1979 Cross Green was the site of a victory by the North of England against the [[All Blacks]].<ref>
{{cite web
 |url         = http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2004/9/16/97284.html
 |title       = TV screening of Otley's historic rugby day
 |accessdate  = 23 April 2008
 |date        = 16 September 2004
 |work        = Telegraph & Argus
 |publisher   = Newsquest Media Group
 |url-status  = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100718111636/http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2004/9/16/97284.html
 |archive-date = 18 July 2010
}}
</ref> Otley R.U.F.C. finished 5th in [[National Division One]] in both the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons but were relegated to [[National Division Two]] at the end of the 2006–07 season. The club won National Division Two in 2007–08 and returned to National Division One for the 2008–09 season.

Otley Town Football Club has teams in the Premier division of the West Yorkshire League, the Premier division of the Harrogate & District League and the reserves division of the West Yorkshire League. It runs junior teams including two girls' teams. The club is a Charter Standard football club run by volunteers. The Sunday League team, Otley Wharfeside AFC, play in the Wharfedale Triangle Football League.

Otley Cycle Club was founded on 27 January 1927.<ref>{{cite web| title=History|url=http://otleycycleclub.co.uk/history/| website=Otley Cycle Club|access-date=2 February 2016}}</ref> Its patron is [[Lizzie Armitstead]], an international champion cyclist who was born in the town. It meets regularly and hosts a number of races throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web|title = Homepage – Otley Cycle Club|url = http://otleycycleclub.co.uk/|website = otleycycleclub.co.uk|access-date = 2 February 2016}}</ref>

On 5 July 2014, the [[Tour de France]] Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html|title=Tour de France Stage 1|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103624/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html|archive-date=25 July 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> On 3 May 2015, the final stage of the first [[Tour de Yorkshire]] came through the outskirts of Otley. On 30 April 2016, Otley was the start of the second stage of the [[Tour de Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Stage 2 – Saturday 30th April 2016|url = http://letour.yorkshire.com/stage-2|website = letour.yorkshire.com|access-date = 2 February 2016}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[[File:Chippendale Born Here Otley 7 August 2017.jpg|thumb|right|Thomas Chippendale was born in a cottage which formerly stood here]]
*[[Thomas Chippendale]], the [[cabinetmaker]], was born in a cottage at the junction of Boroughgate and Wesley Street<ref name =conserve/> and his statue stands next to the old [[Grammar School]] that he once attended in Manor Square. 
*[[J. M. W. Turner]], the [[Painting|painter]], visited Otley in 1797, aged 22, when commissioned to paint watercolours of the area. He was so attracted to Otley and the surrounding area that he often returned. His friendship with Walter Ramsden Fawkes made him a regular visitor to [[Farnley Hall (North Yorkshire)|Farnley Hall]], two miles from Otley. The stormy backdrop of his 1812 ''[[Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps]]'' is reputed to have been inspired by a storm over Otley's [[The Chevin|Chevin]] while Turner was staying at Farnley Hall.<ref>{{cite news|title=Welcome to Yorkshire: Artistic trail in great painter's footsteps|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/welcome-to-yorkshire-artistic-trail-in-great-painter-s-footsteps-1-2247284|access-date=2 May 2018|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=18 June 2010}}</ref> 
*[[Elizabeth Garnett]], missionary to navvies and author, was born in 1839 in Otley and did much to improve the life of the navvies working in the area.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=50747|title=Garnett [née Hart], Elizabeth}}</ref>
*[[Craig Adams (musician)|Craig Adams]], member of [[The Sisters of Mercy]], [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]] and [[The Cult]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roach|first1=Martin|last2=Perry|first2=Neil|title=The Mission : names are for tombstones, baby|date=1993|publisher=Independent Music Press|location=London|isbn=1-897-78301-9|page=15}}</ref>
*[[Olivia Blake]], current MP for [[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]]
*[[David Thomas Broughton]], folk singer and guitarist<ref>{{cite news|last1=Todd|first1=Bella|title=David Thomas Broughton: the singer who serenades sausages|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/03/david-thomas-broughton-sausage-serenading-folkie|access-date=3 May 2018|work=The Guardian|date=3 June 2016}}</ref>
*[[Lizzie Deignan]], British cyclist<ref>{{cite news|title=Smiles and confetti as cyclist Lizzie Armitstead marries in Otley|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/smiles-and-confetti-as-cyclist-lizzie-armitstead-marries-in-otley-1-8132511|access-date=3 May 2018|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=18 September 2016}}</ref>
*[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[Nick Houghton]],  former [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hopkins|first1=Nick|last2=Norton-Taylor|first2=Richard|title=General Sir Nick Houghton to be new chief of defence staff|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/mar/18/nick-houghton-chief-defence-staff|access-date=3 May 2018|work=The Guardian|date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
*[[Alan Kernaghan]], Republic of Ireland footballer<ref>{{cite news|last1=McKinley|first1=Stuart|title=Alan Kernaghan ready to make his mark as new Glentoran boss|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/glentoran/alan-kernaghan-ready-to-make-his-mark-as-new-glentoran-boss-34181404.html|access-date=3 May 2018|work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|date=9 November 2015}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Ritchie]], surgeon, African explorer, and naturalist<ref>{{cite ODNB|last1=Baigent|first1=Elizabeth|title=Ritchie, Joseph (c. 1788–1819), traveller in Africa|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-23677|access-date=3 May 2018|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23677|date=23 September 2004|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[Julian Sands]], British actor<ref>{{cite news|title=The Big Interview: Julian Sands|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/cinema/the-big-interview-julian-sands-1-5992389|access-date=3 May 2018|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=31 August 2013}}</ref>
*[[Mike Tindall]], England rugby union captain<ref>{{cite news|title=Queen's granddaughter to wed ex-fish and chip fryer from Otley|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/queen-s-granddaughter-to-wed-ex-fish-and-chip-fryer-from-otley-1-3029234|access-date=3 May 2018|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=21 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[The Chevin (band)|The Chevin]], alternative rock band<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jack|first1=Jim|title=TV date helps Otley band The Chevin to fulfil American dream|url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/9955965.tv-date-helps-otley-band-the-chevin-to-fulfil-american-dream/|access-date=3 May 2018|work=Wharfedale Observer|date=28 September 2012}}</ref>
*[[Coyle Girelli]] Composer and recording artist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/coyle-girelli-funland-album-review/|title=Coyle Girelli &#124; Funland &#124; Louder Than War album review|first=Ian|last=Corbridge|date=16 February 2022|accessdate=11 January 2024}}</ref>{{fv|date=January 2024|reason=No mention of Otley}}
*[[Aidan White (footballer)|Aidan White]], professional footballer<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hay|first1=Phil|title=Leeds United: It's been an honour to be a White – Aidy|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-it-s-been-an-honour-to-be-a-white-aidy-1-7265157|access-date=3 May 2018|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=18 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2021/august/aidywhitesigns/ |title=Aidy White Joins Dale |website=rochdaleafc.co.uk |date= 5 August 2021 |accessdate= 16 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[Dora Metcalf]], entrepreneur, mathematician and engineer
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==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Otley]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.otleytowncouncil.gov.uk/ Otley Town Council]
*[http://www.otley.co.uk Otley Online]
*[http://www.vrotley.co.uk/map-of-otley-west-yorks.html Virtual Tour of Otley centre, and interactive map]
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|West = [[Keighley]]
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|Southwest = [[Bradford]]
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