Ilkley Manor House

One of Ilkley's oldest buildings, The Ilkley Manor House is a quaint Elizabethan building built on the site of a Roman fort. Converted into an attractive museum and art gallery, the ground floor houses a display of Ilkley as a spa resort showing aspects of the town's history. The upper floor is an attractive gallery space for regional art exhibitions.

While being a major exhibit in itself, the Manor House also stands on the remains of the Roman fort of Olicana. Only a short section of defensive wall remains exposed at the back of the building, but Roman artefacts from the fort and surrounding area are on permanent display inside the Manor House, together with prehistoric artefacts and information about the development of Ilkley as a Victorian spa town.