Information about Ilkley
The English spa town of
Ilkley
is pleasantly situated in Lower Wharfedale on the edge of Ilkley Moor and the
Yorkshire Dales
National Park,
but yet lies within easy reach of the cities of Leeds and
Bradford.
As such Ilkley makes a great centre for visiting both cities and countryside of West Yorkshire, with plenty to see and do in the area.
Attractions in and around the town of Ilkley itself include Ilkley Moor (famous for the well known Yorkshire anthem of “On Ilkley Moor Baht’ at”
- which roughly translates as “On Ilkley Moor Without a Hat”!),
where can be found the Cow and Calf Rocks, the Rocky Valley, the prehistoric Swastika Stone and numerous other prehistoric cup and ring markings cut in to the rocks.
Also on the moors is the bath house of White Wells (which is actually Victorian but said to date back to Roman times),
while back in the town can be found the Ilkley Toy Museum, the famous Betty’s Cafe
and the Ilkley Lido (a large but unheated open air swimming pool which quite naturally is open during the summer months only.
Slightly further afield attractions include Bolton Priory and the the infamous Strid – a narrow and dangerous channel of water where the River Wharfe is channelled
between rocks only a few metres wide, the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
(where steam trains run from near the village of Bolton Abbey to Embsay), and the market town of Skipon (the “Gateway to the Dales”)
with its shops, cafes, pubs and medieval castle.
Ilkley has its own railway station, and with Leeds Bradford International Airport being situated close by Ilkley is well connected with the rest of the world
and is well worth a visit !
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