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L-R Steve Rhodes, Helen Rhodes, Felicity Rhodes (Photo: Heidi Marfitt) Ideal Extraction Ltd in Ilkley has been announced as a finalist in the category ‘Builders of Tomorrow - Construction, Property and Engineering’ at the prestigious Yorkshire & Humberside Family Business Awards 2025. Based in Ilkley, Ideal Extraction is a specialist engineering company providing bespoke dust and fume extraction systems, primarily in the woodworking sector. The company also offers ongoing m

Opening on Thursday 30th October in the Wharfeside Theatre at Ilkley Playhouse is The Unfriend by Steven Moffat. The play is a darkly comic and sharply witty exploration of British manners, social obligation and the unintended consequences of politeness. Peter and Debbie, a seemingly typical middle-class British couple, befriend Elsa, an eccentric American woman, during a holiday. In the spirit of polite conversation, they exchange contact details, expecting never to hear fr

Ashlands Garth enjoys a convenient yet discreet location just off the A65 and Ashlands Road Almost half of the homes at a highly sought-after new Ilkley development by renowned Keighley based builders R N Wooler & Co, have already been reserved and sold - and a brand-new show home has just opened its doors. With just eight homes remaining, the launch of the show home provides potential purchasers with a real insight into the exceptional build quality, high specification finis

📋| ILKLEY CHAT JOBS BOARD |📋 14.10.25 every Tuesday with Right at Home, Ilkley, Keighley & Skipton - recruiting CareGivers to provide quality care in a client’s home: www.rightathome.co.uk/ilkley-jobs 🖱 To add a vacancy next week or view the Jobs Board on our website visit ilkleychat.co.uk/jobs-board There are three sections - main jobs, apprenticeships and volunteers. ■■■ MAIN JOBS ■■■ SATURDAY KEYWORKER – MOOR TIME, UTLEY If you have a sense of humour, energy and kindnes

Tony Robinson [Photo:Paul Marc Mitchell], Nussaibah Younis and Hugh Bonneville all appear this week Ilkley Literature Festival enters its final week with highlights including Hugh Bonneville, Sir Tony Robinson, and Jay Rayner. Several upcoming acts are sold out including Lady Hale, Wild Swans author Jung Chang, Irvine Welsh, and Michael Palin. As the Downton Abbey movie runs in theatres, partly filmed in North Yorkshire, Hugh Bonneville brings movie-star glamour to Ilkley ne

The Sewing Shed team: Tutors Susan Oliver & Becky Downes-Davies, owner Léonie Pratt and marketing support Harriet Mason The Sewing Shed is celebrating its 15 th Anniversary this October and owner Léonie Pratt and her sewing tutors Susan Oliver and Becky Davies-Downes welcomed a host of sewing friends to mark the event with an evening full of sewing chat and admiring each other’s me-mades at Vitello Lounge. The Sewing Shed began life back in 2010 when Léonie turned to her t

The Over 90's Party at the Clarke Foley [Photo: Charlie Swinbourne Photography/Ilkley and District Good Neighbours] One of Ilkley’s most popular charity events – the Over 90’s Party – treated many of the area’s oldest residents to an afternoon of music, nostalgia, and good food once again in September. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Ilkley and District Good Neighbours has organised the unique annual local event for almost four decades, providing many who have passed their

The site of the new Banking Hub in Ilkley A planning application has been submitted to Bradford Council to create a new Banking Hub in the site of the former HSBC on Wells Road. Cash Access UK announced plans for a new banking hub in Ilkley earlier this year and held an information event in May at the Clarke Foley Community Hub. Cash Access UK is a not-for-profit company funded by major high street banks, providing cash and basic banking services in communities across the UK.

Fans of retro fashion and homeware will descend on Ilkley on Saturday 25th October for the Ilkley Vintage Fair. The event at Ilkley...

Officers from the local Neighbourhood Policing Team are holding local contact points this week. Wednesday 15th Oct - Station Plaza in Ilkley - 4pm to 7pm Sunday 19th Oct - Addingham Memorial Hall Car Park - 9am to 11am Contact points give residents the opportunity to meet members of their local Neighbourhood Policing Team, a spokesperson said: "Feel free to drop by, say hello, raise any local concerns or issues or ask for crime prevention advice."

Can Ilkley’s homes become warmer, greener and cheaper to run? Climate Action Ilkley is hosting an event at the Clarke Foley Community Hub...

L-R. Sue Staton, Nicola Carr and Sarah Brookfield-Almond from Ilkley BID Ilkley local heroes are in the spotlight this month as a new...