Otley: Guided Ghost-Themed Walking Tour｜United Kingdom

Meet your ghoulish guide at the clock tower in Otley Market Place and discover Otley's eerie history. Follow your guide around Otley's town center and uncover Otley's unusual history.

Enjoy listening to your guide regale you with tales about Otley's eccentric citizens, oldest buildings, and bygone days.

The route is as follows:

1. The Clock Tower
Discover the history of Otley’s name, the clock tower, and a rather unusual haunted location.

2. Kirkgate, Navvies Memorial, Parish Church
Find out why there are so many gates in Otley, learn about the history of the local railway systems, and hear a ghoulish anecdote about the Parish Churchyard’s rickety old ‘Bone House.’

3. Thomas Chippendale’s home
Find out about Otley’s very own historic celebrity, Thomas Chippendale, who is often referred to as the Shakespeare of English furniture makers!

4. Mercury Row
Head to Mercury Row, which was once named Ratten Row, and for good reason.

5. Like Nana Did
Glimpse through the window and look for a little old lady browsing the herbs and spices section.

6. The Black Bull
See the oldest pub in Otley which is reportedly haunted by Oliver Cromwell’s troops, as well as two hairy gentlemen.

7. Otley Market Place
Uncover the history of the cobbled streets and some rather gory characters who lingered around the Market Place once upon a time.

8. Bay Horse Inn
Hear the tragic tale of a local hero, Catherine Taylor.

9. Otley Courthouse
Find out if the local courthouse is really haunted.

10. The Horse and Farrier
Head to another Otley pub to find out about a particularly Yorkshire ghost.

11. Tittybottlepark
Experience gruesome historic tales of the River Wharfe, the most haunted river in England. Listen to William Wordsworth and find out why you should always swim with a buddy.

12. All Saints Church
What was life like for Catholics in the medieval era? Are there priest holes under Our Lady and All Saints Church? Find out about the twisted fate of a Catholic priest in 1500s England.

13. The Archbishops of York
See the former home of the Archbishops of York and learn how Otley got its cobbled streets.

14. Clitheroe House
Discover the gory end of a Yorkshire hero.

15. Clapgate
See the first Otley Courthouse and police station. Learn about what it was like to go to school in the 1600s.