Food and Drink in Otley
Otley is a working historic market town on a bridging point of the River Wharfe, 13 miles north-west of Leeds city centre in Lower Wharfedale, and its food and drink scene is famous regionally for the density of pubs in its small centre and a strong real-ale culture. Henry III granted Otley's market charter in 1222, and the open-air market still trades in the town centre beneath the wooded gritstone ridge of the Otley Chevin. Otley Bridge (with 13th-century origins), the All Saints parish church and a connection to Thomas Chippendale, the 18th-century furniture maker born here in 1718, anchor the surrounding town.
Otley is a working historic market town on a bridging point of the River Wharfe, 13 miles north-west of Leeds city centre in Lower Wharfedale, and its food and drink scene is famous regionally for the density of pubs in its small centre and a strong real-ale culture. Henry III granted Otley's market charter in 1222, and the open-air market still trades in the town centre beneath the wooded gritstone ridge of the Otley Chevin. Otley Bridge (with 13th-century origins), the All Saints parish church and a connection to Thomas Chippendale, the 18th-century furniture maker born here in 1718, anchor the surrounding town.
