Weekly Wind-Up 6 May 2015
The Weekly Wind-Up from Kirklees Local Television. On this week’s programme presenter Milton Brown ids joined by Jeanette Dyson and Sam Travis from Farnley Estates and Sofia Buncy from Huddersfield Pakistani Community Alliance.
This week our guests take a look at plans to create a new country park at Farnley Tyas, to be enjoyed by many generations to come, the increase in hospital parking charges, particularly the decision to start charging blue badge holders for parking, as well as the recent conference on Muslim Women in Prisons. Then there is a brief overview of some of the local news stories.
Places to see in ( Otley - UK )
Places to see in ( Otley - UK )
Otley is a market town and civil parish at a bridging point on the River Wharfe in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Otley is in lower Wharfedale on the A660 which connects it to Leeds. The parish church (All Saints) has 7th-century origins. Otley lies 28 miles (45 km) south-west of York, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Leeds, 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Bradford, and 196 miles (315 km) from London. The town lies in lower Wharfedale at a bridging point of the River Wharfe where there is a seven arched medieval bridge and is surrounded by 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 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. In 1944, Major Le G.G.W. Horton Fawkes of Farnley Hall donated 263 acres (1.1 km²) of land on the Chevin to the people of Otley. 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.
The main roads through the town are the A660 to the south east, which connects Otley to Bramhope, Adel and Leeds city centre, and the A65 to the west, which goes to Ilkley and Skipton. The A6038 heads to Guiseley, 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, TLC, Utopia and Harrogate Coach Travel. There are local services connecting the town and outlying areas. Otley railway station opened in 1865 and closed in March 1965; the town bypass follows the line of the old railway.
Otley has a diverse range of cultural organisations. It has five active Morris dance sides, the Wharfedale Wayzgoose (Border), The Buttercross Belles (Ladies Northwest), Flash Company (Border, Molly, Appalachian & 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 who perform at many events in the town.
Otley hosts the annual Otley Folk Festival in September, a 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. This celebrated its bicentenary in 2009. There is a beer festival, organised by the church, in November. Otley once vied with a handful of towns for the distinction of having the most pubs per head of population in England.
( Otley - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Otley . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Otley - UK
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Tyas Cottage, 5 star self-catering
yorkshire-holiday.co.uk. Virtual tour of 5 star self-catering accommodation for 6 in rural location near Slaithwaite, which is near Huddersfield. Broadband access, pets welcome, log burner, 4 poster bed.
The views of Castle Hill in Huddersfield by Roy West 2014
Greater Manchester Police never took into consideration, that I could not have been in two places at the same time. surprisingly all these so called incidents of harassment were taking place when I was somewhere else, but this did not matter to GMP because they were acting politically to have me constantly arrested and taken away from my family.