Otley Pub Updates
August 2014
| July | August | Notes | |
| Otley Pubs Open: | 14 | 20! | Seems we’re counting the Tap House and North Bar as mini-pubs, so with the Royalty and Roebuck that’s 20! Grand eh? |
| Otley Pubs Temporarily Closed: | 0 | 0 | Black Horse now open |
| Otley Pubs Permanently Closed: | 3 | 4 | Woolpack, Yeoman, Summercross, Bridge |
| July | August | Notes | |
| Outskirts Pubs Open: | 2 | 2 | The Roebuck (Spite) Open & popular. The Royalty – go try it! |
| Outskirts Pubs Temporarily Closed: | 1 | 0 | |
| Outskirts Pubs Permanently Closed: | 0 | 0 | The Summercross, The Yeoman |
| July | August | Notes | |
| Town Bars Open: | 4 | 2 | I’m sorry old boy but since we now class North Bar Social and the Otley Tap House as pubs it looks like we’ve lost 2 bars. We haven’t really but I don’t know how to add the new two into the pubs section. (Can you help, website chappies?). |
| Town Bars Temporarily Closed: | 0 | 0 | |
| Town Bars Permanently Closed: | 0 | 0 |
Otley Pubs
| Pub | Last ReportedStatus | Latest News29/7/14 |
| The Bay Horse | Open & Trading | 3 Yorkshire Guest Beers always available. Now varied food. £2.70/pint offers! Free veg curry with drink. Dripping sarnis. |
| The Black Bull | Open & Trading | Still a lunchtime favourite. Newly repainted – looks grand. |
| The Black Horse | Open & Trading | Go try it and support the new folk. |
| The Bowling Green | Open & Trading | Current beer festival. (Might as well just leave that there all the time). |
| The Cross Pipes | Open & Trading | Music themed nights started. Loads of other stuff. |
| The Fleece | Open & Trading | Good range of real ales. New Chefs appointed. Reports of very good food. |
| The Horse & Farrier | Open & Trading | New menu. New manager. Minor refurbishment. Brewer and food events lined up. |
| The Junction | Open & Trading | Live music Tuesdays, Quiz Wednesdays. Outside smoking area at back. |
| The Manor House | Open & Trading | Reported new tenants in. We wish them well. |
| The Old Cock | Open & Trading | Constantly changing range of micro real ales. Leeds Camra pub of the year again. |
| The Red Lion | Open & Trading | Taken over and re-opened by two previous and well-liked chaps. The pairing is saved! |
| The Ring o’Bells (The Otley Tavern) | Open & Trading | The Otley Tavern. Now operated by our (former) Chair & Membership Sec.! 4 Real ales @ £2.50/pint. Superb quality Wharfebank. What an improvement! |
| The Rose & Crown | Open & Trading | Local guest beer added. Events planned. |
| The Summercross | Closed. Demolition of toilet block complete. Closure now irreversible? | OPC has contacted the ‘Developers’ and pleaded with them to either do the decent thing and sell it on so it can be re-opened as a pub, or get on with the development since it looks so awful. Cynically, they say they will start ‘within the next 18 months’. |
| Whitakers Arms | Open & Trading | Major refurbishment completed – and a grand job too. Live bands and music nights. Look at the wallpaper maps! |
| The White Swan | Open & Trading | Major re-fit has done amazing tings to this place. Smart, tasteful and now seems twice as big. Got to be seen! A good range of local real ales too. Quiz on Tuesdays, Cask Ale night Wednesdays. |
| The Woolpack | Closed and no longer a Pub (Enterprise) | Now a studio business. (anyone been in?) |
| The Yeoman | Closed – now owned by Tate Fuel Oils | Tate’s confirm will not re-open as a pub. |
| The Yew Tree | Open & Trading | Refurbishment completed and mighty fine it is too. Also still with what must be the most genuine tap ‘oil in Otley. More reports of crackin’ grub. |
Outskirts of Otley
| Pub | Last ReportedStatus | Latest News 29/7/14 |
| The Spite (re-named Roebuck) | Open! | Nice pub area at the front. Good range of local micro brews. |
| The Royalty | Open – go and try eh? | We must try for ourselves. Has massive potential when the walking season returns. Good review in the Evening Post. |
Bars – Otley Town
| Pub/Bars | Last ReportedStatus | Latest News29/7/14 |
| Korks | Open & Trading | Cask ales sold |
| North Bar | Open & Trading | This should now be under pubs. Some unusual beers . Don’t forget there is an upstairs too. Go in and see if you think it’s a pub or a bar. Outside tables now fitted. |
| Rocca’s | Open & Trading | Limited selection of real ales. Lots of music acts on. Good range of craft beers. |
| Otley Tap House (bar or pub?) | Next to The Swan a new place. | Whether it’s a pub or bar doesn’t matter. 4 handpumps and Otley now has two pairings (Whitakers-Lion and Swan-Tap). |
Note
While all information here is presented in good faith and is accurate to the best of our knowledge, no responsibility can be taken for incorrect or outdated reports.
We will welcome any corrections or constructive additions to this Monthly Update.
Compiled by Phil Greaves with grateful help.
