Otley Run

Revellers on the Otley Run in 2024

The Otley Run is a pub crawl in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The popular route covers Far Headingley, Headingley and Hyde Park areas and commonly continues towards Leeds City Centre.

Today's Otley Run is seen as a rite of passage for students studying at Leeds' universities[1][2] and its modern route features in a London Underground style pub map of Leeds designed by former graphic design student Steve Lovell.[3][4] Participants now often wear fancy dress,[5][6] coordinating their costumes to a particular theme.

  1. ^ "Leeds's own Otley Run is ultimate in student initiation". Yorkshire Evening Post. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016.
  2. ^ "The Philosophy of the Otley Run" (PDF). The Gryphon. 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Former Leeds student designs the ultimate pub map". The Tab. 28 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Leeds Orderaround". Archived from the original on 27 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Halloween Otley Run Challenge". Leeds Rag Blog. 24 October 2007. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008.
  6. ^ "10 things to do in Leeds before you die" (PDF). Leeds Student. 28 September 2007.