Guiseley (/ˈɡaɪzlɪ/ GHYZE-lee)[1] is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Otley and Menston and is now a north-western suburb of Leeds.

The name of Guiseley is first attested in an eleventh-century copy of a charter from around 972, as Gislicleh; it next appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Gisele and similar variants.

[7] A Saxon settlement existed around a spring which is now called Guiseley Wells and provided drinking water.

In Victorian times it became industrialized, acquiring a railway connection in 1865 and a town hall (now Guiseley Theatre) in 1867.

[10] In 1974 Aireborough was itself abolished and absorbed into the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in the new county of West Yorkshire.

Guiseley's church, dedicated to St Oswald, was the centre of a large parish that included many surrounding villages.

[12] The town is known for Harry Ramsden, whose fish and chip shop traded from a small shed next to the tram terminus at White Cross.

The Wetherby Whaler group purchased the site and planned a £500,000 refurbishment to open during the summer of 2012.

The town has a Morrisons supermarket, charity shops and beauty stores on Otley Road, as well as many pubs, bars, takeaways and restaurants located around the town and a leisure centre with a swimming pool and gym on The Green.

Recently, an increasing number of stores of well-known leading brands such as Argos, TK Maxx, Marks & Spencer (food), Asda Living, Currys, Costa Coffee, Next and Sports Direct have been opened in the area.

Guiseley is also home to England Athletics registered running club Airecentre Pacers.