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• Ilkley Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club celebrates successful year

  Ilkley Armed Forces and Veterans Breakfast Club marked the close of another successful year with a Christmas Lunch held at The Lister Arms in Ilkley.

• Ilkley charity’s lunches bring Christmas cheer and new friendships

  There was plenty of joyful festive cheer and a feeling of community connection as eighty-five older residents joined Ilkley and District Good Neighbours for their annual Christmas lunches. 

• Night of glitz and giving as charity ball raises £20k for Sue Ryder

  The Rotary Club of Ilkley hosted its annual charity Holly Ball on Saturday 13 December, welcoming a sell‑out audience of 200 guests to the stunning King’s Hall and Winter Garden.

• MP’s Small Business Award winners crowned as local businesses “fight on”

  The winners of local MP Robbie Moore’s 2025 Small Business Awards have been crowned after more than 2,500 votes were cast for over 200 small businesses across Keighley, Ilkley, Craven and the Worth Valley.

• Separate waste and recycle more this Christmas

  Bradford Council is encouraging people to remember what bins to put their waste in this Christmas and make a New Years resolution to recycle more.

• Christmas timetable revealed for Ilkley trains

  Train operator Northern has released a calendar to provide customers with a handy reference guide for service levels over the festive period.

• Ilkley Beer Festival tops Yorkshire beer festival guide

  The Ilkley Beer Festival has been included in a guide to the 'Fantastic Beer, Wine and Spirit Festivals in Yorkshire to Check Out in 2026'.

• Spanish airport operator acquires Leeds Bradford Airport in £270m deal

  Spanish airport operator Aena has acquired a majority stake in Leeds Bradford Airport in a deal worth £270million.

• Changes to bus and train services over Christmas and new year

  As usual bus and train services in and around Ilkley will be amended over the Christmas and new year holiday period.

• Two special parkruns in Ilkley for Christmas

  As well as the usual Saturday morning East Holmes Field parkruns, the team in Ilkley will host two special events on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

• Changes to bin collection dates over Christmas

  Residents are being urged to take note of alternative bin collection dates over the festive period so that they don’t miss them.

• Entries close in three weeks for tenth Ilkley Business Awards

  Organisers of the 2026 Ilkley Business Awards are reminding businesses within LS29 that entries close on 9th January 2026 – and there will be no extension.

• Airedale NHS microbiology staff announce December strike

  Microbiology workers at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust have announced plans to take industrial action later this month, citing concerns about pay and working conditions.

• Classic Victorian thriller next at Ilkley Playhouse

  Classic Victorian thriller Gaslight opens in the Wharfeside Theatre at Ilkley Playhouse on 15th January, Caroline Mutton previews this and more highlights for the start of 2026.

• Review: Ilkley Concert Club, James Newby & Jong Sun Woo at King's Hall

  Geoffrey Mogridge reviews Ilkley Concert Club, James Newby & Jong Sun Woo, King’s Hall, Ilkley, Wednesday, 10th December 2025.

• Ilkley's Christmas church advent and carol services

  As we prepare for Christmas all the churches in Ilkley have been busy with carol and advent services.

• Community group praises council’s swift response to moor fly-tipping

  Last week a serious case of fly-tipping was reported along Moor Road by the Cow & Calf.  Items included building materials, bath, toilet and cabinets.

• Ilkley charity brings community Christmas cheer

  Over 100 local residents enjoyed an early Christmas treat when volunteers from Ilkley Good Neighbours, accompanied by 6th-form students from Ilkley Grammar School, delivered gifts to their homes.

• Frantic bidding war for Burley-In-Wharfedale auction property

  A three-bedroom terraced house in Burley-in-Wharfedale has been sold using Dacre, Son & Hartley’s auction service and generated a vast amount of interest with dozens of viewings and 131 bids.

• Success again for local nursery

  Esscroft Private Nursery in Burley-in-Wharfedale has been named Nursery of the Year at the prestigious Yorkshire Prestige Awards 2025/26, winning the coveted Legacy Award.