This shop is so very exciting from the outside. A brief wander past the window, most especially at…read moredusk, and it shines out like the north star - a beacon of shiny! Inside it is packed with all kinds of ornaments and gift items, including some awesome vintage styled wire frame candle holder type lampshades, cute garden ornament animals and beautiful vintage style birdcages. I don't even know why I want a quirky birdcage, but I do, and Leaves and Linen stocks lots of them! I think they'd make a great jewellery and scarf holder, certainly it would look really funky, but perhaps for the more experimental person even a great flower pot holder! As well as this there are flowers, cards, linens, throws, terracotta and many other troves of gifts and such inside. Apparently all of the stock is hand picked by the owner from all over the world and this personalised sense of style is apparent throughout. Everything you could want for the home and garden are within and there is brilliant advice on offer too for throwing about ideas. For the shiny obsessed magpies out there this is a delightful shop. For the patient-but-gloomy-disinterested boyfriends, not so much apparently...

Another shop selling dangly wind chimes in Ilkley! Leaves and Linens is the kind of place you can…read morefind a gift for your mother or grandma as they sell floral tea towels, oven gloves, flower, mugs, and candles. The whole shop is nearly entirely filled with beautiful, colourful flowers but I was disappointed to find they were all fake, after a brief period of amazement! Oh well, they last longer, right? There are real, alive flower outside the shop. The man working there was eager to be of help then politely left me to look around when I said I was 'just looking'.

Opulent Design is another of those quaint delights within Ilkley. It seems mostly to be a gift…read moreshop, although home wares feature heavily too. Inside it is literally like a magpie's dream, immediately to the left as you enter the door is a glass cabinet area filled with shiny - beautiful jewellery, necklaces, earrings and such, which had the air of an indie designer. The shop is literally packed with cabinets and tables of goodies, I was actually worried about knocking things over with my bag! As well jewellery there were games, pottery items, ceramics, wicker baskets, ornaments and all sorts of knick-knacks and exciting little bits. My favourite items worthy of noting were the little cloth owl and kitty purses, by 'Cotton Zoo' and a cat's bum tea-towel holder (honestly, that's what it is!) which, curiously, won 'gift of the year'! A seriously exciting and cute shop, well worth a peek.

As I walked into this shop I made a bit of a din by jangling all the wind chimes that hung above my…read morehead at the front of the shop. Opulent Designs is quite large for a gift shop and sells a strange but delightful mishmash of gifts, jewelry, cards and novelty items. The front is very colourful and clearly geared towards children with one wall full of toys. There is a lively feel to the place - The Beachboys were playing as I was browsing. I was intrigued by the table holding only 'The Beano' themed things, from note books to coasters to thermos flasks, having never seen anything quite like it. Further into the shop there is an area selling cosmetic gifts like little bath bombs in the shape of cakes and ice cream shower cream, in ice cream flavors - mint, vanilla and chocolate! There is also a wide range of jewelry and some smart silver picture frames on offer so Opulent Designs covers most bases when it comes to gift ideas from children to your Granny to your friend that is getting married and has things for all budgets!

Unfortunately does not take card payments (as at August 2019) but otherwise this is a most…read moreexcellent tea rooms. A lot here is home made and even some of the fruit for the jam is grown in their allotment. Service was very cheerful and good, lots of choices offered, food was delicious. Decor is pleasant, so apart from the payment issue I could not fault this lovely tea room.

We got married at the beginning of september . A friend recommended The Green Room , From the…read moremoment we went in you could not wish for a more friendlier atmosphier they helped us so much , advising us to choose some great flowers . On the day of the Wedding they were fab better than we could of ever imagined , thanks a million .

Gill and Suzanne make going to this beautiful shop a real treat, they are always so friendly and…read morewelcoming. I go every week and enjoy choosing my flowers from a wide and interesting selection. The flowers are always beautifully wrapped and are of very good quality. There are also gorgeous gifts, decorations and cards in the shop. The Green Room is a lovely place to go and browse when you have time, it feels a bit indulgent spending time there. Just what you need as a break from a busy day!

This is a seriously cute little children's toy shop situated in the heart of Ilkey. Nothing can be…read moremore fun for a young at heart adult like me than to have a good rummage in a toy shop and see what they've got. I don't know why really, it's not as if I can play with any of the things, but hey. It's fun to browse, and even more fun to buy something exciting to give to a young cousin/niece and so on. Secrets & Surprises certainly have the market cornered for children's items at any rate. They don't just sell toys, but gifts, clothes and furniture for the wee ones too. Nothing is more adorable than their little wicker seated chairs and their little child sized stools! What is it about mini things?! They also have little tables, presumably perfect to use for drawing, colouring, play doh-ing and more. There were little pink wellingtons, stuffed animals, toys and games - you name it and they probably had something even better. For a delightful browse, most especially if you've a little person to purchase for, this shop is just the bee's knees. Wonderful!

This store is simply filled with useful things. I imagine, since I'm such a magpie for shiny…read morethings, that this place could be the equivalent for those DIY kind of guys. (And girls, if that's more your thing!) I remember countless times nipping into Wilkos with my boyfriend for something like, shampoo say, and having to drag him away from all the tools and plugs and so on in some bizarre role reversal. This would be a similar kind of place I imagine, and so I'm rather glad I found it without his company! Generally speaking, they sell hardware, houseware, garden equipment, ironmongery and gifts. This essentially means that anything practical, rustic, perfunct and such lies within. Need a new washing bin? Done. Need a new shower head? Done. Need a new lawnmower? Done. Need a new iron? Done. Need a new set of dinner plates? Done. Need a new ... ad infinitum ... Done. You get the idea, right? They have almost anything housey that you could need.

Quality goods, and nearly on our doorstep(steeton) ,very helpful and well mannered staff, ken…read moretaylor.

My boyfriend and I recently went on an afternoon trip to Ilkley and as the day was coming to a…read moreclose I decided to nip in here for a quick browse. I was pleasantly surprised to see the beautifully laid out flowers and displays. Although I'd only intended to nip in for a nose around I ended up getting quite involved in their mini-rose tubs and other such pretty offerings! After asking about whether or not I could keep the roses indoors, which apparently you can although they'll survive outside too, I decided to go with a small tub of peach-orange mini roses for a meagre sum of £4.50. They are beautiful and healthy and now proudly brighten up my porch, so here's hoping that I manage to maintain them - I am supremely good at forgetting to water plants! This lovely little florist comes with friendly and helpful service, alongside what appear to be lovely floral arrangements and a number of cute little potted plants. Certainly worth bearing in mind!

I had my flowers for my wedding done here. I had very few specific ideas about my bouquet, etc.,…read morejust really knew what colours I needed and was finding the whole thing a bit stressful and just wanted someone to do it for me. Thankfully, they did just that. With very little to go on, they made me the most beautiful bouquet and cake decoration /table decorations. I couldn't ahve been happier and was so glad they didn't push me to have more ideas