The facilities at Thwaites were improved gradually over the years (surviving a near catastrophic fire in the 1960s) until finally the club moved to their present address at Utley in 1986, when Keighley played against Yorkshire to officially open the new ground.

Among the Yorkshire team that day was former Keighley Colts player Martin Whitcombe who made a try scoring debut for the county against the club where he learnt to play rugby.

Many outstanding players and impressive sides have been produced over the years, but the pinnacle of the club's achievements was in the 1947–48 season when it won both the Yorkshire Shield, and Yorkshire Cup competitions, beating Sheffield by 17 points to 0 in the Shield final at Otley and Otley by 14 points to 6 in the Cup final at Skipton.

Following a second-place finish in Yorkshire 1's 2011–12 season, Keighley travelled to Alnwick RFC for a play-off against the Durham and Northumberland 1 runners-up.

After narrowly missing out on North East 1 survival, Keighley dropped suffered a further relegation to Yorkshire 2.

Most recently, Ellie Kildunne, who made her international debut in England Women's 79–5 win over Canada.