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Ilkley Beer Festival is marking its 18th year on February 13th & 14th with a renewed focus on community fundraising and support for local businesses. Every penny of profit from the event is reinvested directly back into the Ilkley area. Since its inception, the festival has raised more than £300,000 for local good causes, with funds supporting a wide range of organisations across the town. Money raised through the annual festival, held at the King’s Hall & Winter Garden, hel

Shaunna's Summit of Everest Day [Photo: Will Fred] Members of Ilkley Harriers, along with walkers, cyclists, families and passers-by, came together at the weekend to take on an extraordinary endurance challenge on Ilkley Moor. The challenge on Saturday 31st January raised thousands of pounds for cancer support and research, and involved repeatedly travelling between La Stazione coffee shop in Ilkley and Keighley Gate, a steep 3.13km route with around 300 metres of ascent. Eac

Jon Palmer Acoustic Band Caroline Mutton looks ahead to a weekend of musical entertainment at Ilkley Playhouse. The ever-popular Jon Palmer Acoustic Band returns on Friday 6 February. This is a six-piece band that performs with a passion and enthusiasm that matches the content of Jon’s songs. Mixing the traditional with the contemporary, Jon Palmer writes songs with soaring, memorable choruses that you will struggle to get out of your head, long after the evening is over. On

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HST staff volunteering at FareShare Ilkley based learning provider, High Speed Training, has officially certified its 4 millionth learner, marking a significant milestone for the organisation. Founded in 2008, High Speed Training is dedicated to keeping people safe, and delivers more than 170 specialist courses for the professional services, hospitality, food manufacture, logistics, education, construction, and health and social care sectors, covering topics including health

L-R Mark Stidworthy Jos Mountcastle David Shaw MBE A new online directory and community calendar have launched to bring together information about the vibrant voluntary and community sector in the LS29 area. The Ilkley Community Network (ICN) website is now live, hoping to become the definitive directory for voluntary organisations, non-profits, youth groups, and social clubs across the district. The project was driven by a clear necessity to bridge the gap between Ilkley's r

Brook Street flowerbed [Photo: Niamh O'Hearne] The Friends of Ilkley Riverside Parks [FOIRP] are celebrating another highly successful year of improvements to Ilkley’s much-loved riverside green spaces, while inviting new volunteers to join them in caring for the parks in the year ahead. The FOIRP volunteers have delivered a wide range of enhancements across Ilkley’s Riverside Gardens and surrounding green spaces, helping to improve accessibility, biodiversity and the overall

Brutus Gold’s Love Train is coming back to Ilkley in May After a sell-out debut last year, Brutus Gold’s Love Train is back, bringing one night of disco magic to The Kings Hall on 30th May. This multi-generational party invites everyone – mum, dad, son, daughter – to dress up, hit the dance floor, and sing along to classic disco anthems and funky guilty pleasures. From the young to the young at heart, the Love Train is a celebration of music, fun, and togetherness. Brutus Gol

The Major of Ilkley witnessed the Armed Forces Covenant signing The Mayor of Ilkley, Councillor Jane Gibson, attended the recent Ilkley Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club and witnessed the Armed Forces Covenant signing. The club marked a highly successful start to the year with its first breakfast of 2026, attracting a larger-than-usual turnout of serving personnel and veterans from across the area. Cllr Gibson joined members for breakfast and spoke informally with attend

Ilkley Pride & Diversity Group welcomed a large and enthusiastic gathering of local businesses, community organisations, and civic leaders on Thursday evening for its annual Supporters Launch Event, held at The Ticket Office in Ilkley. The event marked the beginning of the group’s 2026 programme and reflected the continuing growth of community support for diversity and inclusion initiatives across the town. A wide range of local representatives attended, dignitaries such as J

Charlie, Monty and Oli Three football fans from Ilkley plan to walk 120 miles in honour of all those affected by dementia. In April, Charlie Wilson, Oli Cliffe and friend Monty are going to walk 120 miles from Old Trafford in Manchester, to Villa Park in Birmingham, via Bramall Lane in Sheffield for Dementia UK. The lads said: "We are all big football fans and want to use these iconic stadiums as goals for our walk." This will be the lads second walk for the charity, in 2025

The next stage of a £7.2m Yorkshire Water project will involve the closure of various roads around Askwith village from next week. Yorkshire Water says the project to replace 18.8km of water mains between Weston and Ilkley, will improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage, and prevent water main bursts in the area. The project, which began this month, will see contract partners United Infrastructure replacing over 18km of mains pipework on local streets by th