Ilkley news

A group of Yorkshire Brownies, has received support from A-list celebrities such as Dame Helen Mirren and author Sir Quentin Blake for its project to raise funding for a school in Zimbabwe.

New signs at Ilkley Riverside Memorial Gardens were delayed due to the pandemic, but have now been installed.

The highly anticipated Ilkley Half Marathon, organised by Ilkley and District Round Table, is set to be the largest sporting event in Yorkshire since 2019 when 2,000 runners take on the course on 11th July 2021.

Voting for the 2021 Ilkley & District u3a Photographic Exhibition has opened and once again members of the public are being invited to nominate their favourite photograph.

The paddling pool on the edge of Ilkley Moor off Wells Road has had a Spring clean in time for the bank holiday weekend.

For the first time since December due to Covid restrictions, Real Food Ilkley will be held on The Grove this Sunday, 2 May, between 10am and 3pm.

Co-op stores across Ilkley, Adddingham, Silsden, Steeton, Cross Hills and Riddlesden are inviting local groups to apply for their Community Fund.

The Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks (FOIRP) are pleased to announce the planned works around the Memorial area in Riverside Gardens have now been completed.

The closest TSB for Ilkley customers from 27th May will be the Keighley branch.

The NHS in Bradford District and Craven is urging people aged 16 and over who provide vital care and support for others to come forward for their vaccination.

Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore and his counterpart in Shipley are to meet with government ministers to discuss a plan to remove the areas from Bradford Council control.

With a year of lockdowns and restrictions the Ilkley Playhouse Lockdown Library has been a lifeline to many and raised almost £5,000 for the playhouse.

The chairman of the Ilkley Bandstand Trust has appealed for people enjoy the area on The Grove in a respectful way.

Ilkley Camera Club’s Jack Sedgewick wins young photographer prize in national photo competition.

Bradford Council is considering implementing a ‘Public Space Protection Order’ at Ilkley Riverside to help reduce the anti-social behaviour by a minority of visitors.

Climate Action Ilkley is putting together a design brief to redevelop the land in front of the Playhouse between Castle Rd and the river. 

Positive news for families requesting primary school places for September across the Aire and Wharfe Valleys.

Indoor swimming pools and gyms can reopen from Monday with stage 2 of the roadmap out of lockdown.

Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks are partnering with The 2 Minute Foundation, a registered charity dedicated to encouraging people to do a small amount of litter picking when they are out walking.

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions, Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks are back and have started work on new memorial flowerbeds.

A new group has been formed to support the planned Wharfedale Greenway, a planned route for walkers, cyclists and horse riders that will link towns along the River Wharfe in West Yorkshire.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery in Ilkley last week.

The Friends of Ilkley Moor Litter Pickers Group are celebrating the arrival of their new, superior litter picking equipment, bought through a grant from Bradford Council.

Ilkley has been named the best place to live in the North and Northeast of England by The Sunday Times.

A virtual meeting to update residents in Ilkley on the progress of a partnership created to improve ecological status of the River Wharfe will take place on 13 May, ahead of the start of the 2021 bathing season.