A Guide to Shops & Business Premises in Burley District
The main shopping streets in Burley District, now & in the past have been Main Street & Station Road in Burley in Wharfedale. The main employers were Greenholme Mills textiles (upto 1968) & Scalebor Park Hospital (upto 1994). As local employment has diminished, so has the number of local shops.
Shops & Business Premises on Main Street (east), Burley in Wharfedale, from Burley House to Station Road.
Corn Mill Lane, Burley in Wharfedale
Story of Fred Midgley Butchers, Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale
Shops & Business Premises at Burley Grange on the corner of Main Street & Station Road, Burley in Wharfedale
Currently the page has just the history of the building - needs content related to the occupiers from 2009 onwards. If you can help fill in the blanks, please get in touch via the contact page.
Currently the page has just the history of the building - needs content related to the occupiers from 2009 onwards. If you can help fill in the blanks, please get in touch via the contact page.
Junction of Main Street & Station Road, Burley in Wharfedale
Unknown date. Junction of Main Street & Station Road, Burley in Wharfedale. Image courtesy of Sally Gunton.
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1968 - Junction Main Street and Station Road Burley in Wharfedale. Image courtesy of Sally Gunton
The bus in the photo above is a West Yorkshire AEC Regent V.
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c2000 Junction of Main Street & Station Road, Burley in Wharfedale. Image courtesy of Burley Archive.
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Story of the Victoria Cafe aka the Cheshire Cat, Station Road, Burley in Wharfedale
Shops & Business Premises on Main Street (west), Burley in Wharfedale. From Station Road to Leatherbank.
Peel Place, off Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale.
North Parade, off Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale.
Hill Top, Burley in Wharfedale. Access via Main Street.
Burley in Wharfedale Social Club aka the Rifle Club
Sun Lane, Burley in Wharfedale, off junction Main Street & Victoria Road
Following on from the junction of Leatherbank & Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale heading west.
Ilkley Road, Burley in Wharfedale
The Generous Pioneer was built on the former sports & cricket field of Burley in Wharfedale Sports Club - Clarence Field (Burley District Cricket). In 1925 the sports club moved to its present location at Hodson Park, Grange Road, Burley in Wharfedale.
Generous Pioneer, Ilkley Road, Burley in Wharfedale - 2018. Image courtesy of mapio.net
2022 - Closed and demolished to make way for several blocks of retirement apartments.
Little Esscroft, Coutances Way, Burley in Wharfedale
1904 Little Esscroft Refreshment House - proprietor W. R. Wilkinson
Then as Little Esscroft Cafe, added a petrol filling station & became known as Riversdale Cafe.
In 1929 Albert Warburton, the owner, applied for an alcohol license, but this was refused. Albert Warburton was the son of William Warburton, the conductor of Burley & District Brass Band & also the co-partner in Warburton Brothers Garage on Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale.
It changed its name to Riversdale Road House under the proprietor E. O. Tyson.
1960 Riversdale Cafe & Filling Station.
In the 1970s it was a night club called "Jeeves" run by Michael Booth.
1975 Riversdale Restaurant
c1981 to 2004 it was a Little Chef with the petrol filling station removed.
c2006 to May 2023 - an outlet for Kashmiri Aroma restaurants.
June 2023 - Planning application submitted to Bradford Council to convert premises for use as a McDonald's Restaurant. If given the go-ahead it would be open from 8.00am until midnight, 7 days a week in line with the current takeaway restrictions on the site.
November 2023 - Planning for McDonald's approved. Slated to open October 2024.
In 1929 Albert Warburton, the owner, applied for an alcohol license, but this was refused. Albert Warburton was the son of William Warburton, the conductor of Burley & District Brass Band & also the co-partner in Warburton Brothers Garage on Main Street, Burley in Wharfedale.
It changed its name to Riversdale Road House under the proprietor E. O. Tyson.
1960 Riversdale Cafe & Filling Station.
In the 1970s it was a night club called "Jeeves" run by Michael Booth.
1975 Riversdale Restaurant
c1981 to 2004 it was a Little Chef with the petrol filling station removed.
c2006 to May 2023 - an outlet for Kashmiri Aroma restaurants.
June 2023 - Planning application submitted to Bradford Council to convert premises for use as a McDonald's Restaurant. If given the go-ahead it would be open from 8.00am until midnight, 7 days a week in line with the current takeaway restrictions on the site.
November 2023 - Planning for McDonald's approved. Slated to open October 2024.
Little Esscroft Cafe, Burley in Wharfedale. Image courtesy of Sally Gunton.
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Riversdale Cafe & Petrol Station, Burley in Wharfedale. Image courtesy of Burley Archive.
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Riversdale Cafe and Petrol Filling Station, Burley in Wharfedale. Image courtesy of Sally Gunton.
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Riversdale Road House and Petrol Filling Station, Burley in Wharfedale. Image courtesy of Sally Gunton.
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Little Chef, Coutances Way, Burley in Wharfedale. c1981-2004. Image courtesy of Burley Archive.
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Kashmiri Aroma, Coutances Way, Burley in Wharfedale - 2018. Image courtesy of Google.
Kashmiri Aroma - After 15 years on the site, planning to close May 2023 and move to a site in Baildon.
June 2023 planning application for McDonald's Restaurant. Opened as a McDonald's in October 2024.
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Other shops & business premises in Burley District:
Shops & Business Premises at Burley Woodhead
Greenholme Mills Textiles 1790-1968, Iron Row, Burley in Wharfedale.
Greenholme Mills Industrial Estate 1968-2018
Greenholme Mills Industrial Estate 1968-2018
Bradford Road, Burley in Wharfedale.
Other known shops & business premises in Burley District.
Current businesses (2020):
Hillcrest B&B 24 Hill Crescent, Burley in Wharfedale LS29 7QG Phone: 01943 863258
Past businesses:
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16 Grange Road, Burley in Wharfedale
1950s to 1970s G C Rusted Grocers, Confectioners & Off-License |
10 St Philips Way
1970s Lilians Ladies Hairdresser. |
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2 Fenton Street (Junction of Fenton Street & Crown Street), Burley in Wharfedale
Crown Stores - Grocers & Off-License 1952 - 1964 C E Foster 1964 - 1980s R Beisley 1980s - 2000s John North |
Crown Stores, Crown Street, Burley in Wharfedale - 2008. Image courtesy of Google
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Burley Community Library & Burley Archive, Grange Road, Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire England LS29 7HD
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