Market days, the Chevin and a bridge from 1228

The market runs on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, and on Friday and Saturday it stretches from Market Place right up Kirkgate to the parish church. For those hours there is no loading access to the town-centre addresses at all. If your completion lands on a market day we start early, before the stalls go up, or we work from the nearest side street and carry. Either way you'll know which it is when you book.

South of town the ground goes up hard. East Chevin Road climbs around 167 metres in a little over two kilometres with nowhere to turn, so a loaded van approaches Chevin-side houses from the top rather than grinding up from the bottom. North of the river, everything to Newall crosses Otley Bridge, a seven-span stone bridge from 1228 with a carriageway to match: one vehicle at a time, patiently.

What Otley house removals usually involves

Market days are Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, and Market Place with lower Kirkgate is unavailable to a van while the stalls are up
Town-centre council car parks are pay and display and short-stay, which makes them a staging point between loads rather than a loading bay
Chevin-side addresses get approached from the top, because East Chevin Road is a sustained climb with no turning space for a loaded LWB
Weston and Cambridge estate semis mostly have a drive or a usable kerb, and a three-bed there is a straightforward one- or two-load job
For the old core off Bondgate and Boroughgate, send a photo of the staircase turn and the front door and we'll tell you before the day what has to come apart

Where in Otley we work

Kirkgate and Boroughgatenarrow-fronted terraces, yards and folds with no rear access and the market on the doorstep
Weston and Cambridge estatesinterwar and post-war semis, the most straightforward loading in Otley
West Chevinstone detached houses up the hillside, always approached from the top of the Chevin
Garnett Wharfenewer riverside housing on former mill and printing-works land, modern doorways and far less stair work
Newalleverything north of the Wharfe crosses Otley Bridge, so we time the run rather than queue with a full load
Pool-in-Wharfedale and Bramhopethe A660 end of the round, frequently the other half of an Otley move

If your street isn't listed it's almost certainly still covered, Otley and the surrounding LS21 postcodes are all inside our normal working area.

Common Otley runs

Bradford → Otleytwelve miles over Hollins Hill on the A6038, or the A658 via Apperley Bridge when Guiseley is snarled up
Chevin-side house → flat near Market Placethe standard Otley downsize, loaded from the top of the hill
Otley → Guiseley or Yeadonshort Wharfedale hops, usually one load and back

What it costs

The Otley price turns on the day of the week and how close the van can stand to the door, because a market-day move in the old core takes longer than the same house on a Monday. There's no travel surcharge for coming to Otley from Bradford, and you get the price before we set off, not after. See how we quote for the full breakdown.

Frequently asked questions: house removals in Otley

Can you move me on a market day?

Yes, but it changes the plan. On Tuesday, Friday and Saturday the stalls take Market Place and lower Kirkgate, so for a town-centre address we either start before the market sets up or work from the nearest side street. Tell us the address when you book and we'll say which.

How do you handle Otley Bridge with a loaded van?

Carefully and at a sensible time of day. It is a narrow medieval bridge and a scheduled monument, and it is the only practical link to Newall for a long wheelbase van, so we avoid the school run and the market rush rather than sitting nose to tail on it with your furniture on board.

Will you drive up East Chevin Road?

Not with a full load. It climbs around 167 metres in a couple of kilometres and there is no turning space at the top end, which is no place to be in a loaded Transit. We come at Chevin-side addresses from above instead, which costs a few minutes and saves the whole job.