Wharfeside care home
Welcome to Wharfeside
A warm welcome
Find out about making an enquiry and how we ensure a warm and friendly welcome to all new residents.
Wharfeside care home in Westgate, Otley is a state-of-the-art residential care home which has been purpose built to provide a safe, comfortable and luxurious environment for you or your loved one.
Wharfeside offers first class residential and dementia care. We are welcoming new residents, simply contact us to find out more.
Wharfeside is located close to the shops and amenities of Otley town centre and offers stunning riverside views. The home has been designed with a variety of outdoor communal spaces to socialise in – including large first floor communal roof terraces with panoramic views.
Our passion at Anchor is giving older people a choice of great places and ways to live. We have 60 years of experience and provide housing, care and support to more than 65,000 people. We are an established and trusted provider with more than 100 care homes throughout England.
As a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity, we are able to reinvest fully in the quality of our services. We are committed to the care and happiness of residents and aim to support them in continuing to enjoy their lives; doing all the things they love.
Our dedicated service, combined with Wharfeside’s luxurious environment and facilities, mean you or your loved one can live a full, rich and meaningful life in the company of supportive and like-minded people.
Features of Wharfeside
Communal facilities
Shared facilities complementing each private residence:
- Engaging activities programme
- Garden
- Communal lounge
- Hobby / craft room
- Hairdressing salon
Care and support
In addition to residential care, we also offer:
- Respite care
- Palliative care
- Dementia care
- Convalescence care
- Parkinson's disease
Food and dining
We promote wellbeing through a positive dining experience:
- Communal dining area
- Nutrition and hydration stations
- Private dining area
Life at Wharfeside
At Wharfeside we provide quality 24-hour residential care.
We support and develop our staff on an ongoing basis to enable them to provide the highest quality care for our residents.
At our home we have:
- Bedrooms with en-suite wet room facilities
- Impressive first floor balconies offering outdoor seating areas with stunning views
- Coffee shop
- Bar area
- A hairdressing salon
- A lift to upper floors
- A personal laundry facility and laundry service
- There is a private telephone line in each room
- Regular religious services and meetings, should you wish to take part
- Newspapers are available in the lounge or you could order one to be delivered to your room
- Wheelchair access and car parking
Nearby facilities:
- Wharfeside is 11 miles from Leeds and 10 miles from Bradford and excellent bus services are available
- The nearest hospital is Wharfedale Hospital
- Menston Railway Station is 2 miles away
- The town has a swimming pool and there is a supermarket within walking distance

Welcoming you
Getting here
Wharfeside
Westgate, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3AT

What's happening at Wharfeside
Residents on snowdrop floor have been busy making some Easter trees
facebookHappy Easter to all our family and friends of Wharfeside 🥰
Eyes down for a full house! …….. Bingo!!!
facebookIt wouldn’t be Easter at Wharfeside without the visit from some lambs!! Lilly and Jammy Junior came to visit today, they got lots of cuddles and attention💖
facebookAlison’s granddaughter is due is June, Sylvia has knitted her this beautiful blanket 🥰 A special gift from a special lady 💖
facebookSara Thomson appointed as Interim Chief Risk Officer for Anchor
Anchor is delighted to welcome Sara Thomson as Interim Chief Risk Officer (CRO).
Shaping a career in care: The role and responsibilities of the Service Improvement team
Asa Johnson is Anchor’s National Service Improvement Manager and leads a team of Service Improvement Advisors. In his blog, he shares how he came into the role and his day-to-day responsibilities.
The importance of personalised dementia care
Asa Johnson, our Service Improvement Manager, shares his expert view on personalised dementia care in a featured article on the Care Choices website.
How Extra Care helped one resident gain back their independence
Hear from Mick, one of our residents, about how moving to Anchor Extra Care Housing helped him regain his independence after a brain injury.
We had a fantastic day yesterday celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day
facebookSpecial thanks to the staff and families/visitors that helped make the day so special and dressing up! You all looked amazing. it really was an amazing day #veday80thanniversary
On behalf of the staff and residents at Wharfeside we would like to thank the lovely community of Otley, following some vandalism to our decorative flags we had in place for our garden party to celebrate VE Day 80th anniversary yesterday , in particular David Bateman who kindly brought us some more flags and helped with putting up the decorations.
facebookWe can’t thank you enough and feel blessed to be able to have our beautiful care home in such a beautiful kind and caring community 🥰 #otley
Marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day
8 May 2025 sees the 80th anniversary of VE Day, an international celebration of the arrival of peace in Europe and an important moment for Anchor's residents and colleagues. Read more.
Easter fun on poppy floor
facebookResidents on snowdrop floor have been busy making some Easter trees
facebookHappy Easter to all our family and friends of Wharfeside 🥰
Eyes down for a full house! …….. Bingo!!!
facebookIt wouldn’t be Easter at Wharfeside without the visit from some lambs!! Lilly and Jammy Junior came to visit today, they got lots of cuddles and attention💖
facebookAlison’s granddaughter is due is June, Sylvia has knitted her this beautiful blanket 🥰 A special gift from a special lady 💖
facebookSara Thomson appointed as Interim Chief Risk Officer for Anchor
Anchor is delighted to welcome Sara Thomson as Interim Chief Risk Officer (CRO).
Shaping a career in care: The role and responsibilities of the Service Improvement team
Asa Johnson is Anchor’s National Service Improvement Manager and leads a team of Service Improvement Advisors. In his blog, he shares how he came into the role and his day-to-day responsibilities.
The importance of personalised dementia care
Asa Johnson, our Service Improvement Manager, shares his expert view on personalised dementia care in a featured article on the Care Choices website.
How Extra Care helped one resident gain back their independence
Hear from Mick, one of our residents, about how moving to Anchor Extra Care Housing helped him regain his independence after a brain injury.
We had a fantastic day yesterday celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day
facebookSpecial thanks to the staff and families/visitors that helped make the day so special and dressing up! You all looked amazing. it really was an amazing day #veday80thanniversary
On behalf of the staff and residents at Wharfeside we would like to thank the lovely community of Otley, following some vandalism to our decorative flags we had in place for our garden party to celebrate VE Day 80th anniversary yesterday , in particular David Bateman who kindly brought us some more flags and helped with putting up the decorations.
facebookWe can’t thank you enough and feel blessed to be able to have our beautiful care home in such a beautiful kind and caring community 🥰 #otley
Marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day
8 May 2025 sees the 80th anniversary of VE Day, an international celebration of the arrival of peace in Europe and an important moment for Anchor's residents and colleagues. Read more.
Easter fun on poppy floor
facebookResidents on snowdrop floor have been busy making some Easter trees
facebookHappy Easter to all our family and friends of Wharfeside 🥰
Eyes down for a full house! …….. Bingo!!!
facebookIt wouldn’t be Easter at Wharfeside without the visit from some lambs!! Lilly and Jammy Junior came to visit today, they got lots of cuddles and attention💖
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