We have cleaned up and weeded and trimmed around the gateway stones on Leeds Road and Pool Road, and repainted the lettering, so you can read the town name now.
Town marker stones repainted
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Ilkley Road gateway opened
A stunning looking stone cyclist has started greeting motorists as they enter Otley from the Ilkley direction. It is the centrepiece of a new dry stone wall gateway that has been installed beside the A660, near the turn-off for Wharfebank Business Centre. It was officially opened in February by Otley’s Town Mayor, councillor Nigel Gill.
The feature is the latest in a series of gateways that Otley in Bloom have been positioning on routes into town. Others are on Pool Road, Leeds Road and Bradford Road, near Ellar Ghyll. More gateways are planned for the future.
It was made by dry stone waller Gordon Simpson, who said “It’s a nod to the Tour de France, which came past this very spot, and Otley’s very long tradition of cycling. And having the wheels made out of millstones was a way of referencing Yorkshire. It took about three weeks to make. We actually built the wall at home in two pieces and then transported it.”
Smartening up the Otley gateways
On 10th November David, Ian and Maria were at work tidying and planting at the Gateways at Pool road and Leeds Road. They also did some planting at the One Stop shop planters and outside the nail bar.
The gateway to Otley
The entrance to the town is now marked by a huge, heavy and chunky piece of beautiful local stone sourced from a local quarry.
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